The works of the late Mary Trussell Griffith are currently on display in
the Southeast Georgia Health System Outpatient Care Center Art Gallery,
2500 Starling St., Brunswick. The pieces on display include watercolors,
oils, acrylics, and pencil drawings.
Griffith, who had a fine arts degree from the Lamar Dodd School of Art
at the University of Georgia and a graduate degree from the Memphis Art
Academy, moved to Jekyll Island in 1968 and began teaching art at Glynn
Academy and Risley High School. Following her retirement in 1978, Griffith
worked as a professional artist until her death in September 2003. Her
work has been exhibited around the world and she supervised Glynn Academy
students in the painting of the Golden Isles history mural that currently
hangs in the Brunswick-Glynn County Library.
his free exhibit of her works will be on display through Sept. 30 and is
open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday, and from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. For more information about the exhibit or to purchase
prints, contact Lynda Dalton-Gallagher at (912) 262-0628 or artdowntown@bellsouth.net.