Esther Griffith Explained

Esther Griffith is a Trinidadian painter. She mainly paints portraits.^{[1] [2]}

Griffith is a graduate of the University of the West Indies.^[3] She works in oil and watercolor.^[4] Apart from painting, she also creates ceramics.^[5]

Trinidad and Tobago Guardian described one of her paintings as "radiated with an air of optimism but also reinforced a sense of shifts and motion with its energetic brushstrokes."^[6] Trinidad and Tobago Newsday states that "her paintings are usually portraits where hyper-realism is juxtaposed against the abstract."

She has made portraits for Wiki Unseen, a Wikimedia Foundation collaboration aimed at providing depictions for BIPOC Wikipedia biographies without an image of the subject.^[7] As of 2022, she lives in Trinidad and Tobago.

External links

• • Amplifying Black & Diverse Histories with Wikimedia, 2022 interview at CVM Television
• 2022 interview at AZP News
• Category:Wiki Unseen at Wikimedia Commons, including some of Griffith's works

Notes and References

1. Web site: Greaves . Debra . 5 artists in Patchwork Revolution . . 8 March 2022 . 22 September 2020.
2. Web site: Liu . Jasmine . Wikipedia Launches "Wiki Unseen," Commissioning Artists To Paint Portraits of BIPOC Figures . . 8 March 2022 . 9 February 2022.
3. Web site: Wiki Unseen Focus: Esther Griffith – ART AFRICA Magazine . ART AFRICA . 8 March 2022 . 25 February 2022.
4. Web site: The University of The West Indies Department of Creative and Festival Arts VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION 2012 . 18. . 8 March 2022 . 2012.
5. Web site: Griffith . Esther . About . Esther Griffith- Visual Artist . 8 March 2022 . en.
6. Web site: Pearce . Marsha . Art and the City . . 8 March 2022 . en . 26 June 2016.
7. Web site: Murphy . Xavier . 2022-03-23 . Meet Esther Griffith The Artist Who Will Be Bringing To Life Prominent Caribbean Figures To Wikipedia . 2022-11-12 . Jamaicans.com . en-US.