Robert Griffing creció en Linesville, Pensilvania, donde recorria los campos y las playas alrededor del lago Pymatuning recogiendo artefactos de piedra, el factor clave para su amor por la historia y las culturas nativas. Después de graduarse en el Instituto de Arte de Pittsburgh y una carrera publicitaria de treinta años, volvió al tema de su fascinación temprana, el indio de los bosques orientales del siglo XVIII. Griffing decidió dedicar su tiempo y energía a su pasión después de recibir una respuesta entusiasta a sus primeras pinturas y grabados.
Se describe a sí mismo como un pintor de escenas del siglo XVIII que implican o presentan el indio del bosque oriental. Sus pinturas se centran en un tiempo que marcó los años de comienzo del caos y la incertidumbre para las tribus del bosque mientras que lucharon para sobrevivir la invasión de europeos.
Además de su extensa biblioteca de libros, periódicos y revistas históricas, está agradecido a sus historiadores y amigos que le proporcionan información y actúaran como modelos para algunos de los personajes de las pinturas.
Griffing espera que sus pinturas puedan arrojar alguna luz sobre este período de tiempo que ha sido descuidado a través del romance de la sociedad con el oeste americano.
Robert Griffing grew up in Linesville, Pennsylvania, where he roamed the
fields and beaches around Pymatuning Lake collecting stone artifacts,
the key factor for his love of history and native cultures. After
graduating form the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and a thirty year
advertising career, he returned to the subject of his early fascination,
the Eastern Woodland Indian of the 18th century. Griffing decided to
devote his time and energy to his passion after receiving an
enthusiastic response to his early paintings and prints.
He describes himself as a painter of 18th century scenes that involve or feature the Eastern Woodland Indian. His Paintings focus on a time that marked the beginning years of chaos and uncertainty for the Woodland tribes as they struggled to survive the encroachment of Europeans.
In addition to his extensive library of books, historical papers and journals, he is grateful to his historian and re-enactor friends who provide information and act as models for some of the characters in the paintings.
Griffing hopes that his paintings shed some light on this time period that has been neglected through society's romance with the American West."
He describes himself as a painter of 18th century scenes that involve or feature the Eastern Woodland Indian. His Paintings focus on a time that marked the beginning years of chaos and uncertainty for the Woodland tribes as they struggled to survive the encroachment of Europeans.
In addition to his extensive library of books, historical papers and journals, he is grateful to his historian and re-enactor friends who provide information and act as models for some of the characters in the paintings.
Griffing hopes that his paintings shed some light on this time period that has been neglected through society's romance with the American West."
