MORRIS GRAVES
(1910-2001)
"...I have learned that art and nature are mind's Environment within which we
can detect the essence of man's Being and Purpose, and from which we can draw
clues to guide our journey from partial consciousness to full consciousness."
"I paint to evolve a changing language of symbols and language with which to
remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct us toward
ultimate reality." --Morris Graves
Mostly a self-taught artist, Morris Graves spent a lifetime pursuing and exploring the transcendental
through painting. He first gained notoriety in 1942 with the inclusion of over thirty of his works
in a show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Since then, his work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and has been collected
by many major museums like, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art
in Washington D.C., the Seattle Art Museum, the Tacoma Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of
American Art.
The Gordon Woodside / John Braseth Gallery is the gallery representative for the Morris Graves
Foundation.
