Cascais Lunch

Griesser paints in oils in a traditional manner, hoping to give others a view into her beloved Pennsylvania world. Many of her paintings have animals as her subjects. “Animals paint themselves, I just hold the brush as they come to life.” Using familiar landscapes, animals and surrounding life, “I create an earthy and emotive interpretation of my world.” In recent years, she has competed in plein air landscape painting competitions. That taught her much about patience, values, color mixing, and capturing the moment, she says, and how to keep your paint from freezing in 23° F. Currently, Griesser is fascinated by museum interiors, particularly stairwells. She has begun a series of paintings inspired by her own photographs of them. Griesser has studied with David Knoecklin in Yellow Springs and exhibited in many art events, including the Chester County Studio Tour, the Montgomery County Studio Tour, Brandywine Valley Plein Air, West Reading Plein Air, Philadelphia Sketch Club Between Two Rivers Plein Air, as well as juried competitions in the tri-state area and internationally.