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Greg has been drawing for as long as he can remember but he’s been a
painter for eleven years. He got his first set of watercolours for his
thirteenth birthday and completed his first picture in about fifteen
minutes. The earliest experience of art he can remember was making a
sculpture at school in New Zealand at age six. A green apple with
toothpicks in it called "The Incredible Hulk" .
Greg’s painting paints in acrylic, and gouache with pen and ink. He sold
his first picture at 19, when he entered a competition with the theme
Brisbane's Environmental Heritage with a painting of the City Botanic
Gardens.
Greg paints landscapes using photographic references. Sometimes the
landscapes are of real places, other times they're just made up. He has
also tried portraiture. Greg’s work is held in private collections in
Mexico, Wales, England and Belgium.
Greg has also created a a series of "futuristic" scenes and is inspired
by the detailed work of fantasy artists such as Chris Moore, Tim White,
Jim Burns, Bob Eggleton and Fred Gambino. In late 1998, Greg had an
exhibition of "fantasy art" at the Sugar 'n Spice cafe.
Since leaving school he has studied graphic design part-time at
Morningside TAFE. He is currently studying Fine Art full-time at the
Queensland College of Art and has a passion to work as a graphic
designer or illustrator.
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