2025 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 181181 / 354 • View Catalog •
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Robert Griffing (b. 1940)
No Warning (2022)
oil on canvas
30 × 36 inches
39 × 45 × 3.5 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower left
In describing the scene depicted in the painting, the artist wrote: “The painting depicts a scene that would have taken place on the Great Lakes. Storms would come up quickly with little warning. I know firsthand from an experience I was involved in with my Scout troop while taking a weekend canoe trip on Lake Erie. A bad storm came out of nowhere leaving us little time to exit the lake. Our canoes were violently tossed around in the heavy waves, and many took on water. Eventually we were tossed on shore among the rocks; a miracle there were no serious injuries. I don’t know what happened to the men in the painting, at least I know what they are going through.”
