news, exhibitions, etc
.........in the studio, with a glass of pinot grigio and Mozart......or perhaps some quiet jazz
"Hilltop" acrylic on paper showing the Australian Watercolour Institute Exhibition 13-28June
37x56cm..showing the Australian Watercolour Institute Exhibition 13-28June, Sydney Botanic Gardens
"Searching"
My studio workshop
ALL WELCOME, ALL LEVELS, BEGINNERS, PROFESSIONALS, DREAMERS.....join us and learn, find new approaches, loosen up, turn up and experience a very stimulating environment.
Australian Watercolour Institute
Moods, Moments and Memories
13-28 June 2026
Garden Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
10-4pm
"The Clairmour Self Portrait", acrylic on paper 37x56cm
Arkaroola Art Adventure 2026
ARKAROOLA WORKSHOP
1-8 September 2026
Exciting desert landscape, large studio, acrylic paint and paper supplied, all meals and motel accommodation.
Contact sam@amazingpeople.com.au
For details of other upcoming Workshops be sure to follow Peter Griffen's Facebook page.
Glebe Art Show
THE GLEBE ART SHOW 2026
Harold Park Tramsheds, Glebe.
14 October, the Opening by Lord Mayor Clover Moore
14-28 October 2026
Mudgee Workshop/ Exhibition
7-8 November 2026. Free Form Painting, in the mud hut, overlooking gum trees and grape vines, Rosby Estate, Mudgee, NSW...for more info email kay@rosby.com.au
New work
...I like to drift, let things happen, always looking for something new
"Silos" 2026 acrylic on canvas, private collection
Royal Art Society NSW
Luna Park and Sydney Harbour
December 2025
Patrick Carroll and Members
25-27 Walker St North Sydney
02 9955 5752
Hadleys Art Prize
My "Small Rocks and Wild Grass", acrylic, oil stick, charcoal and graphite on canvas, 90x120cm, has been chosen to be exhibited in the Hadleys Art Prize, Hobart, 2025. The first prize is $100,000.
Recently acquired for a private collection
"Keogh's Dam, Lightning Ridge" acrylic on canvas, 100x120cm
Linton and Kay, Perth gallery
2026 visit to WA and our key gallery to review and refresh current works on display or in stock.
Royal Art Society of NSW
Members exhibition,"Vive la France" 10-27July2025, opening 11 July 6-8pm
25-27 Walker St, North Sydney
02 99555752
see my "Before the Fire" gouache on paper 28x32cm
Sharing The Same Moon - Exhibition
October 2024. Influenced by Eastern Mark Making I have created a number of paintings. A number of these are showing at 48 Edward Street, Summerhill.
Earth Poetry
Earth Poetry 3.
Peter Griffen, Denise Lithgow and Wendy Redden
SHOP GALLERY, GLEBE
July 2024
contact petergriffen@bigpond.com
Exhibition. New York bound.
Great to have Merridy Lithgow now representing
me in New York.
Merridy was in our studio this week collecting a series of works on paper that she will take back for an upcoming exhibition in New York
Australian Watercolour Institute Exhibition
My “Mapping the Finke” is in the Australian Watercolour Institute Exhibition.
Lions Gate Lodge, Botanical Gardens, Sydney.