Ronald Griggs
Artwork: Dogman
15×22
$320
Artist Bio
Ronald Griggs is a Detroit-based artist working out of the PASC Detroit studio. Ronald is an accomplished draftsman who took classes in drawing in and around Detroit. He creates very realistic drawings and paintings of people, drawing influences from religious iconography, western European painting, manga, mythology, alongside pop cultural references. Ronald takes these references and forms entirely new mythological and symbiotic creatures sometimes engaging in erotic acts. Ronald has exhibited at PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI (2024); PASC at BasBlue (2024); MOCAD, Detroit, MI (2023); NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA (2023); the Detroit Repertory Theatre, Detroit, MI (2022); Art Enables, Washington, DC (2022); PASC Detroit Pop-Up Gallery (2022); The Scarab Club, Detroit (2021); the PASC Southgate Gallery, Southgate, MI (2021); Make Studio, Baltimore (2021); and online exhibitions with PASC (2021). As of 2024, his work has been acquired by the Cranbrook Art Museum for their permanent collection.
Program Description
PASC was launched in January 2021 as the first progressive art and design studio, and exhibition program, in Detroit and Wayne County, dedicated to supporting artists with developmental disabilities and mental health differences to advance independent artistic practices and build individual career paths in the art and design fields.
Program Link
https://www.progressiveartstudiocollective.org/
Alt Text: This artwork in pencil and watercolor, shows a hand-drawn illustration of a human male head upon a doglike body sitting in a meditative pose against a green wash background. The figure has a rounded, orange-colored body with prominent facial features and facial hair. The background is painted in various shades of green, creating a sense of depth and movement.