{"id":430,"date":"2016-06-03T09:53:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T13:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodstocktradeco.com\/Blog\/?p=430"},"modified":"2016-06-03T09:53:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T13:53:15","slug":"rick-griffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodstocktradeco.com\/Blog\/rick-griffin\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Griffin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mom, Seth Randy & Doc at Postermat with Rick Griffin, Bob Schnepf and Ben Friedman circa 1989<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rick Griffin was born near Palos Verdes, California June 1944.\u00a0 During his childhood he would accompany\u00a0 his father, who was an archaeologist on digs in the Southwest.\u00a0 His exposure to Native American and ghost town artifacts influenced his art work.\u00a0 He was introduced to the art of surfing at a very young age, this along with his love of cars and motorcycles were influences in his professional art work. His character Murph the surf was well known in surfing circles.<\/p>\n

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Destiny played a profound roll in his life at the time he was about to leave the US and emigrate to Australia, Rick hitched a ride and was involved in an auto accident that left him near death.\u00a0 He remembers hearing the words of the 23rd<\/sup> Psalm.\u00a0 In later years this event proved a factor in his later conversion to Christianity.\u00a0 The event also caused his left eye to be dislocated and it is thought that this influenced his characteristic fluid lettering.<\/p>\n

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In 1967 he produced a poster for the Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park this was advertised as the \u201cGathering of the Tribes\u201d\u00a0 and as the Summer of Love continued he was in high demand.\u00a0 He produced a series of posters for Chet Helms,( Family Dog) and Bill Graham (Avalon Ballroom and the Filmore).<\/p>\n

Along with Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse, Victor Moscoso and Wes Wilson, he became known as one of the \u201cBig Five\u201d of psychedelia.\u00a0 In 1967 they founded the Berkeley-Bonapart distribution agency to produce and sell psychedelic poster art.\u00a0 The famous \u201cFlying Eyeball\u201d poster is among one of the most important of contribution to the psychedelic art movement. In\u00a0 the 70\u2019s he produced the illustrated Book of Saint John and later created work for the Calvary Chapel in Costa Messa.\"rick<\/p>\n

It was on August 15, 1991 that Rick placed a phone call to the Robert Beerbohm\u2019s gallery from a payphone in a grocery store.\u00a0 He learned that one of hjis paintings had just sold for $1800.\u00a0 On his way home he was forced off the road by a van and he died three days later from his injuries.<\/p>\n

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I am so happy to have had the opportunity meet him and know that his work will be appreciated for generations to come.\u00a0 His loss was overwhelming he was a true visionary and an outstanding talent.<\/p>\n

Many of his art work is represented in Woodstock Trading Company in poster, magnets, clothing and products for the home.<\/p>\n

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