MARCH ART EXHIBITION: LOVE IN THE AIR

       The International Center in New York is pleased to welcome back artist and musician Dick Griffin for a show of his paintings entitled Love in the Air. The show will be on display in the Conversation Room now through May 1 with an opening reception on Friday, March 26, from 7-9 PM.

Dick Griffin is one of today's leading trombone players. In a career spanning over 40 years, he has performed with some of the biggest names in Jazz and Soul, as well as appearing with several symphony orchestras. A short list of the luminaries Mr. Griffin has worked with includes: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Tito Puente, Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick, and Lionel Hampton. He was also a member of Sun Ra’s Arkestra as well as a member of the legendary Apollo Theatre’s house band.

As a visual artist, Griffin's original interest in art began in high school and continued as he performed around the world as a professional trombonist. The passion to paint became stronger when Griffin lived in Paris from 1985 to 1986. The tastes, sounds, smells, and sights of Paris inspired Griffin to translate this sensory stimulation onto canvas. As he explains, “When you hear me play, what I put out there is what I’ve experienced; and when I paint, I put the same thing on canvas-in a different way.”

You can learn more about Dick Griffin and his work by visiting his website: www.dickgriffin1.com

         

 

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