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Griff Hollows is an idyllic little place hidden away right next to a main road and suburban houses on the edge of Nuneaton. The natural wooded hollow with a brook running through it is full of native bluebells in springtime. The novelist George Eliot grew up near here and it appears in 'The Mill on the Floss' as 'Red Deeps' where the characters Maggie and Philip meet in secret.
Fabric, felt, and hand stitched thread
Deborah Griffing received both her BA and MFA from The Ohio State University. She has taught at multiple retreats and symposiums, including the Crow Timber Frame Barn Art Retreats, Quilt Surface Design Symposium, CCAD, Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, and Passion Works Studio. She received an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, and has exhibited at the Mansfield Art Center, Columbus Museum of Art, Havana Biennial, Cuba, among others. She has spoken at the Ohio Arts Council’s Arts & Conference, Quilt Surface Design Symposium, and The OSU Urban Arts Space.
Griffing’s work can seem chaotic, whimsical, disturbing, and confusing. Strongly influenced by her mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease and the day-to-day interaction with people with mental disabilities, the workings of the mind inform her paintings and sculptures. She refers to the mind as a “library where fact and fiction can exist side by side”, and those mixed images and ideas are evident in her work. She uses bright colors and often works with rich oil pastels to create a sensual environment that is welcoming and, upon further inspection, are a combination of images that don’t quite make sense.
Griff's restaurant is right on the dock at Port Orford, Oregon. Really fresh fish, and be sure to try the oysters.