CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN

OTTOWA, ONT | CANADA

Christopher Griffin covers a lot of subject-matter in his paintings, from ships to cave-like art. Simple and colorful, his work is primitive and very cool. Having staged exhibitions throughout Canada, his work can be seen in various galleries in the U.S.

Most of his paintings are straight forward. Geometric shapes form animals and other objects, accented by splashes of color that often almost monochromatic.

Griffin describes his own work on his website as being "inspired by ancient artwork on cave walls, children's art and random markings on concrete sidewalks, roads and buildings.I find the immediacy, confidence and lack of pretense in their character very appealing."

Griffin is the founder of Art on Ice, Canada's only outdoor art exhibition on Ottawa's Rideau Canal during the city’s annual Winterlude celebrations. - (bullfrogpower.com).

WEBSITE: http://christophergriffin.ca/
INQUIRIES: Work ranges in price from $800+. For information about purchasing, contact the artist directly: cgriffin@magma.ca. Links to his exhibitions are on his website.
All images Copyright Christopher Griffin.

TONY SAVOIE

WINTER PARK, FL | USA

Tony Savoie's work is different. Different enough to make you take a second and third look, but not so radical that it torments you trying to find hidden meaning and rules within.

Using various forms of mixed media, Savoie creates work that is an aggressive combination of pop art, advertising, typography, color, and scale. Bright, bold, and interesting, his work refreshing to both look and talk about.

For his most recent series - the Command Series - his focus has turned to dogs and their relationship with their owners. As he describes in his artist statement, "I'm attempting to balance anger and apathy with humor and horror."

In his statement, he also generously describes his process: "The technical process for this series involves reverse oil painting directly onto clear acrylic sheets. I use stencils, spray paint, pencils, masking tape, and traditional oil painting. The next step involves the selection and placement of photos and objects that are designed to expand the physical and conceptual depth of the piece in a quest for new questions and relationships."

WEBSITE: http://www.tonysavoie.com
INQUIRIES: Work ranges in price from $400+. For information about purchasing, contact the artist directly: tonysavoie@hotmail.com.
All images Copyright Tony Savoie.

MARCEL DZAMA

Winnipeg, Manitoba | CANADA

Well established in the modern art community worldwide, Marcel Dzarma is known for small, ink and watercolor illustrations depicting simplistic scenes featuring people and animals in a variety of situations (although he does do a considerable amount of work in larger format sculpture).

"Using watercolors and inks and root beer - his secret ingredient - Dzama draws delicately shaded, finely realized figures in all sorts of trouble. His works on paper are small in scale but impressive in their range of subjects and in the finesse of the draftsmanship. This is surrealism that treads the line between humor and tragedy, and teeters between normalcy and perversion." - Brut Sauvage in a review of Marcel Dzarma's work.

WEBSITE: N/A
INQUIRIES: Dzarma has managed to become a very hot artist among Collectors, and the prices fetched for his works have risen to levels beyond the scope of this site ($2500 and below). However, some of his pieces can be found at or below $2500 if you're willing to look around. Start at David Zwirner (NY). Also try Greg Kucera Gallery.
All images Copyright Marcel Dzama.