THE NUDE ART OF RON GRISWOLD

Worthy of Gold……. Posted By Joseph Clark on Fri, Aug 15, 2014 Florida painter Ron Griswold…... contributes sketches and oils on panel with a simple but effective palette of blue, cream and several shades of flesh. The men Griswold paints are always in motion—diving, tumbling, boxing or dancing. Movement through space is captured by flesh-toned smudges left behind by the clear-lined limbs, or ghostly after-images of the whole person. ……. The bodies Griswold paints are beautiful not only for how they look, but because of what they can do; and what they do is an expression of admirable qualities, namely dedication to athletic perfection. The subjects are appreciated as full persons, not diminished but honored by their nudity. Griswold’s subjects are of a moment and an era; if they weren’t frozen in paint, in another second they would have stuck the landing or landed a punch, and then went on with their 21st century lives. www.aglutinart.blogspot.com