Mitch Griffiths: The Unsettling Realism of Flesh and Shadow

Mitch Griffiths: The Unsettling Realism of Flesh and Shadow

In an age hooked on dopamine hits, algorithmic approval, and swipe-sized intimacy, British artist Mitch Griffiths moves against the current—with the slow, deliberate gravity of oil paint. His canvases, rendered with Old Master precision, refuse to be ignored. They demand time, attention, and unease. Griffiths paints like someone out of time, yet acutely attuned to the present. His style harks back to the Renaissance, with its compositional weigh…