WATERCOLOR

Gary Griswold is a resident of Port Hadlock, Washington. He paints watercolors of Northwest scenes, Classic Boats, and marine subjects. He has been a serious painter since the 1980's. He is a member of the Northwest Watercolor Society and a Board member of the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters, and Art Director or the Port Townsend Aero Museum.

He has shown at the Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair, Boeing Red Barn opening, Edmonds Arts Festival, the Kirsten Gallery in Seattle, the Harbor Gallery in Gig Harbor, Marjuli Gallery at Ocean Shores, and the Puyallup Fair, Jefferson County Fair, the Courtyard Gallery, Port Townsend, and the Art Mine Gallery, Port Hadlock.

He attended San Francisco Art Institute, Los Angeles City College and U.C.L.A University. He has studied with Jerry Stitt, John Riggen, and Deane Lemley.

He prefers to paint outdoors in a Plein Air setting in the mountains, at the ocean, and inland Puget Sound. He is stimulated by the wind, temperature, and smells of the outdoors, and attempts to capture these elements in his paintings.

He has been teaching art classes at Akamia Art Store in Port Townsend and The Art Mine Art Gallery, Port Hadlock.

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