Opening Reception for Cross Pollination Exhibition at The Fischman Art Gallery

The Fischman Gallery is proud to present "Cross-Pollination”, an exhibition featuring the artwork of Debbie and James Griffin. The exhibition explores the multi-layered, collaborative nature of their creative partnership, highlighting the ways that these two artists inspire and shape each other.
"Cross-Pollination" brings together a vibrant dialogue of mediums and textures and ideas. The seeds of the exhibition were planted when Debbie brought a collection of her hand-woven scarves into James’ painting studio. Hung alongside freshly completed canvases, the unexpected harmony of the pieces sparked a revelation. The collection captures a creative cycle of shared ideas: the transition from canvas paintings to the tactile world of woven fibers, and back again. Visitors will experience how a simple woven grid can transform color into entirely new, unexpected, and harmonious dimensions.

The exhibition will also showcase a diverse range of responses to the world—from Debbie’s macro-views of light and shadow on the forest floor and her fish pond to James’ brightly colored interpretations of his inner and outer world.

Cross-Pollination" also honors the artists' role as educators and grandparents and will include selected works by their grandchildren, honoring their belief that art is a shared expression of joy and uninhibited creativity.