Dreaming of the Forest

Item

Title
Dreaming of the Forest
Artist
Gary Griffus
Artist Statement
Dreaming of the Forest
Format
15 x 10.25
Medium
Acrylic, Glue, Paper
Description
a black and white painting of abstracted brush strokes that build up to the top of the painting. There is a paragraph of white text painted on the lower left that reads, "Recently a man in Paris got away with stealing several painting from the louvre. However after pinning the crime and getting in and out past security, he was captured. Only two blocks away his renault van ran out of fuel, when ask how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error he replied: I had no money to buy degas to make the Van Gogh."
Prison
Central Michigan Correctional Facility
Location in the Gallery
Zone 1
Log Number
374-22
Date
2021