A native of Valdosta, Ga., Griffin graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. She has done post-graduate work at the School for Visual Arts in New York and studied with various other painters including Steve Aimone and David Guidera. Her work resides in various public and private collections. She is currently represented by Tinney Contemporary, Nashville; Huff-Harrington Fine Art, Atlanta; and David Perry Smith Gallery, Memphis.