Gallery of paintings and artist's books by Noëlle Griffiths
See paintings 2015 -present on www.noellegriffiths-art.co.uk
See artist's books 1999 -present
Buy on-line selected artist's books 2003-2011
Noëlle Griffiths ~ Statement
Noëlle Griffiths studied Fine Art at St Martin's School of Art, London during 1978-82. She left London to live in North Wales to paint professionally in 1985, and has taught art part-time since 1987. Noëlle has received various awards, residencies and travel scholarships.
As well as painting, Noëlle has made one-off artist's books since 1988, and editioned books since 2003 when she started Hafod Press. Hafod Press books are collected and archived by The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth and in collections including the British Library, V&A Museum, Tate, MMU Manchester, Leeds University, University of Creative Arts etc.
She started the website artistsbooksonline.com in 2005 and co-organised the UK touring exhibition 'For the Love of Making Books' 2007-09.
Noëlle has exhibited regularly in group and solo exhibitions since 1983. She was elected a Member of the Royal Cambrian Academy in 2019..
PAINTINGS "In my paintings I attempt to capture the essence and distillation of an experience or concept. In each painting I want to create an atmosphere. Balancing ideas and memory with a more intuitive handling of surface and colour, rather than depicting reality. I am searching for simplicity through a process of layering and reduction."
BOOKS : "My books extend visually the ideas and images I explore in my paintings. For me a book is a distillation of an experience or concept often with an element of recording something that will never exist or happen again."
e-mail Noelle if you would like to be kept informed about exhibitions, book fairs and art courses.
- Acrylic on khadi paper
78 x 84 cm framed
2009 - Acrylic on khadi paper
78 x 84cm framed
2010 - Acrylic on khadi paper
78 x 84cm framed
2010 - Acrylic on khadi paper
78 x 84cm unframed
2011 - Season pages with one print each and title page open
Bound book, edition of ten (collaboration with Kim Atkinson)
24 x 100cm closed 2010 - Winter pages and one bird glossary page
Bound book, edition of ten (collaboration with Kim Atkinson)
24 x 100cm closed 2010 - Spring pages and title page
Bound book, edition of ten (collaboration with Kim Atkinson)
24 x 100cm closed 2010
- mixed media on paper 86.5 x 117 cm unframed 1992
- mixed media paper 86.5 x 117 cm unframed 1992
- mixed media on paper 86.5 x 117 cm unframed 1993
- mixed media on paper 86.5 x 117 cm unframed 1993
- mixed media on paper 86.5 x 117 cm unframed 1993
- oil on canvas 152.5 x 203 cm diptych 1993
- oil on canvas 42 x 39 cm 1993
- oil on canvas 114 x 94 cm 1993
- oil on canvas 122 x 157.5 cm 1994
- Acrylic on khadi paper
81 x 56 cm 2005 - Ink drawing on wenzhou paper
29 x 20 cm 2006 - Acrylic on khadi paper
43 x 38 cm 2007 - Unique relief print and digital text concertina book (edition of 2)
18 x 13 cm closed, 18 x 145 cm open 2007 - Oil on linen
60 x 50 cm 2008 - Oil on linen
60 x 50 cm 2008 - Unique relief print, acrylic and digital text concertina book (edition of 3)
14 x 21 cm, 76 x 21 cm open 2008 - One-off acrylic, chalk, ink, pencil Japanese bound book
70 x 65 cm closed 2008 - Cover and title page open
Bound book, edition of six
47 x 34cm closed
2009 - Column print and text page
Bound book, edition of six
47 x 34cm closed
2009
- Mixed media on paper
56.5 x 76 cm 2000 - Mixed media on paper
56.5 x 76 cm 2000 - Set of three collograph print concertina books (edition of 3)
14 x 13.5 cm each closed, 14 x 78 cm open 2002 - Oil on canvas
115 x 168 cm 2001 - Set of three one-off acrylic and ink painted concertina books
14 x 14 cm each closed, 14 x 78 cm open 2001 - Oil on canvas
168 x 253 cm diptych 2002 - Set of three collograph print and archival digital text concertina books (edition of 3)
14 x 13.5 cm closed, 14 x 78 cm open 2002
- Acrylic on khadi paper
21 x 15 cm each 2004 - Oil on board
19 x 16.5 cm each 2004 - Acrylic on khadi paper
56 x 81 cm 2005 - Oil on panel
24 x 18 cm each 2005 - Bound archival digital print book (edition of 50)
19 x 30.5 cm closed 2006 - One-off acrylic and ink bound book
42.5 x 30 cm closed 2006 - One-off relief print and archival digital text concertina book
(collaboration with artist Kim Atkinson) 20.5 x 18 cm closed, 20.5 x 137 cm open 2007 - Unique ink, relief print, chine colle concertinal book (edition of 2)
29 x 19 cm closed, 29 x 108 cm open 2008