{"id":5643,"date":"2020-10-23T19:07:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T19:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridareview.cah.ucf.edu\/?post_type=article&amp;p=5643"},"modified":"2020-10-23T19:07:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T19:07:41","slug":"relationships","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/article\/relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5643 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/10\/01_Open_Window.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/10\/01_Open_Window-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Open Window by Jeri Griffith.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5645\" aria-label=\"Open Window by Jeri Griffith.\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5645'>\n\t\t\t\tJeri Griffith, Open Window, 9 x 12,&#8221; acrylic on canvas. Please click on image to view in slide show.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/10\/02_By_the_River_Griffith.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/10\/02_By_the_River_Griffith-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"By the River by Jeri Griffith.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5646\" aria-label=\"By the River by Jeri Griffith.\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5646'>\n\t\t\t\tJeri Griffith, By the River, 9 x 12,&#8221; acrylic on canvas.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/10\/03_Loneliness_Griffith.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/10\/03_Loneliness_Griffith-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Loneliness by Jeri Griffith.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5647\" aria-label=\"Loneliness by Jeri Griffith.\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5647'>\n\t\t\t\tJeri Griffith, Loneliness, 9 x 12,&#8221; acrylic on canvas.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/10\/04_Underground_Griffith.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/10\/04_Underground_Griffith-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Underground by Jeri Griffith.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5648\" aria-label=\"Underground by Jeri Griffith.\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5648'>\n\t\t\t\tJeri Griffith, Underground, 9 x 12,&#8221; acrylic on canvas.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My work is contemporary and figurative. Through image-making, I explore what it means to be a human being and to be part of the universal human experience, touching on relationships between people, with nature, and with the environment around us. I see myself and others in a constant cycle, always fracturing, fragmenting, and reassembling ourselves over time. All my work\u2014both art and writing\u2014falls somewhere on this experiential spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When I begin to paint, I imagine myself walking on a beam of light. I work completely intuitively and without reference to anything around me. I look at the blank canvas and simply begin to draw what I \u201csee.\u201d After sketching the image in pencil, I patch in color. I choose acrylic paint because it dries quickly so that I can paint out and paint over, working in a collage-like fashion. I can also use acrylics to create a stained-glass effect by hand-rubbing areas with very, very thin layers of color.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know I am on the right track when I feel the presence of some energy, then come into relationship with the canvas as it begins to communicate itself to me. As I transform the original vision, the final piece emerges. I never begin a painting with an idea. The ideas come later.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These 9\u201d by 12\u201d paintings, part of a larger series titled Relationships, are the result of a special challenge I set for myself in 2019. I\u2019d been working on much larger canvases, and I wanted to make smaller, more intimate, almost miniature works. 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