When walking through the Pacific Northwest’s woods, some may experience a lingering sense of unease.
That feeling inspires Burien artist Cable Griffith, who paints the ordinary with a twist: unsettlingly bright forests and occasional appearances from giants or UFOs hovering just out of view.
Griffith’s eerie, video game-influenced scenes have landed him commissions and gallery shows across Washington — from a glass tile mosaic series at the Redmond Downtown light rail station to exhibitions at the Tacoma Art Museum and the Museum of Northwest Art. When he isn’t painting, he serves as department chair and an associate professor at Seattle University’s Cornish College of Arts…