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

Esther Griffith in 2018

Griffith is a graduate of the University of the West Indies.[3] She works in oil and watercolor.[4][2] 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."[1]

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.[2][3][7] As of 2022, she lives in Trinidad and Tobago.[3]

References

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


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