Let your fingers do the painting

Trying to fathom how the mind can create order is what drives artist, Bill Griffin, whose exhibition, A Song for Deirdre, is showing at the Cork Vision Centre until Jul 23.

Eleven of the 36 oils on canvas sold on the opening night. Griffin’s exhibition is bold and vibrant with its use of bright colour, daubed onto the surface using his fingers instead of a paint brush.

“I use my fingers because of their speed. With 10 fingers, you can have the equivalent of 10 paint brushes going at the same time. I could be painting six or seven paintings at the same time, going from one to the other.”