Carol Grigg limited edition print of a lady walking her tired horse

  

New, still in its protective clear wrapping. A Typical Carol Grigg Print.

Large: 25 1/2" X 40". Carol Grigg Born : 1942 - Oregon. Carol Grigg grew up and still lives in Oregon. She draws inspiration from her Cherokee Indian heritage, nature, and primitive art. She works in multiple media: watercolor, oil, inks, lithography, collage, clay, music, and poetry. She is best known for desert-colored pastels depicting her signature Native American rider and horse, which symbolize Mother Earth. Carol Grigg's poetry, music, writing, philosophy, sculpting, potting, and painting reflect the essence of her very special being. She is a whole person, consistent, confident, and truly devoted to her beliefs. She believes in the land and preserving the environment we have left, the animals and preserving what species we have left, the unity of nature and the simplicity of the relationship between man, earth, and beast. Carol's Oregon childhood inspired her strong feelings for the environment and her coming of age in the 60's gave her courage to become involved, contribute and use her talents and means to make a difference.

Contributing her talent to many causes over the years, Carol has championed the Native American, referring to "The Lost Tribes" as the only truly aboriginal inhabitants of North America and recognizing their kinship with the land. She has drawn on the art of early Eastern cultures, of primitive cultures and prehistoric man when art reflected a more profound relationship between man, earth, and beast. The cave paintings of animals such as those found in Lascaux, France have been an influence as well as the animals especially horses that she has owned and nurtured. Artists paint for many reasons. When I do an idea over and over, such as the horse and rider, it is a way of carrying that message to more people.

I like the purity of feeling that a simple, uncluttered image generates and the emotions that work on people in mysterious, subtle ways. Self-taught, although her parents gave her much encouragement and the freedom to create and follow the example of her mother also an artist, Carol may have inherited her distinctive technique through ages past. Ageless, her work is a culmination of artistic genius, innate talent, and the warmth created by her beliefs that flow naturally into her work. Carol keeps her painting techniques secret, I discovered my own methods because I was uneducated and unindoctrinated and so I experimented. You have to get down on the floor with all kinds of material, throw them, mix them in every configuration until you understand what you've got and what you like.