Dick Griffin @dick.griffin, Round Midnight in Bright Mississippi, 2014 🎨 Legendary jazz trombonist and painter Dick Griffin whose music career spans over 40 years and consists of working with luminaries such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Tito Puente. Like his music, Griffin’s paintings are influenced from his experience. “When you hear me play, what I put out there is what I’ve experienced; and when I paint, I put the same thing on canvas-in a different way” said Griffin. These sentiments are evident in Round Midnight in Bright Mississippi, a painting that’s dedicated to the great Thelonious Monk, with whom Griffin was a close friend. Round Midnight, is a vibrant, abstract piece of work with melodic brush strokes that invoke a mood of transitioning from a more chaotic, mysterious darkness to a harmonious, inspirational light, with a capital T balancing the ebb and flow of the spirit and mastery of music and the great Thelonious Monk. . . #supportblackart #dickgriffin #roundmidnightinbrightmississippi #theloniousmonk #abstract #painting #blackart #legendary #jazz #trombonist #melodic #veryblack #experientialart #experimental #painterly #artlove #blackexcellence #artvisuals #artislife
