Ian Griffiths, also known as Griff, was born in Yorkshire in 1956. As a young boy, Griff became passionate about wildlife and the natural world and spent a lot of time taking part in conservation projects and expeditions.

When Griff was 13 years old he picked up his first set of acrylic paints and realized he had an untapped talent for painting. Once this was realized he went on quickly to paint his favourite subject, wildlife, and exhibited for the first time at the age of 15. Following his first exhibition he received commissions and encouraging comments from Sir Peter Scott.

He has exhibited widely and received private commissions from the UK, Switzerland, Australia and the USA but now living in his wife’s homeland of Cornwall on the Lizard peninsula, he hopes to capture the beauty of the unique flora and fauna of the area as well as drawing on his experience from the many places he has lived.
Griff also has travelled extensively in the UK and around the world recording his journeys through his sketch books.
In 2002 Griff was asked by Professor David Bellamy to produce illustrations for several of his conservation projects and is now his artist in residence on his web site.

Griff’s paintings, in the main, depict the world of wildlife as part of the overall landscape whether this is a small corner or a larger vista. A painting is normally inspired by the landscape, or a small part of it, then with many hours observation and field sketches develop into a complete painting. He works mainly in smooth flow acrylics which are used for their own properties building up many glazes but also using them more opaquely, he also uses many different mediums especially in the field.

Since turning full time in 2007 Griff has featured in several magazines including Wildscape, Birds illustrated and Artist and illustrators as well as exhibiting throughout UK and at the Hiram Blauvelt art museum in New Jersey as part of the juried Artists for Conservation exhibition in 2008. He is also sponsored by Winsor and Newton and is a featured artist on their web site.