Colorful abstract landscape with vertical shapes resembling trees in a vibrant forest scene.

Joan Griffin is a Charlottesville-based tapestry artist whose work spans more than four decades of studio practice.

Close-up of an abstract painting with swirling blue, green, black, and white brushstrokes, resembling waves or water.

Using traditional hand-weaving techniques, she creates tapestries for exhibitions and commissioned spaces, working across abstract and representational forms.

A landscape painting featuring a large sunset or sunrise with orange and yellow clouds, dark blue mountains, and green and yellow fields in the foreground.
Close-up of a floral patterned carpet with pink and green lily pads and water reflections.
A painting of a landscape with a dramatic sunset sky, dark hills, and swirling clouds in blue, red, and orange colors.

Her work emphasizes material presence, optical color blending, and a considered relationship between the tapestry and its environment.

A watercolor painting of a park scene featuring several trees, a body of water reflecting the trees and sky, with greenery and purple flowers in the foreground.