American Style Article

It was an emotional experience for me. ... I just was completely floored by (Gribin’s) work.

The figures are emotionally loaded. It's not, however, facial expressions that carry the emotion but their postures and placement in space.

Influences include Japanese art, which Gribin was drawn to during her tenure at Boston University, Matisse for his use of color, drawings by Picasso, and Californian artist Richard Diebenkorn.