Question 1

Can any of the paintings on the website be purchased?

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Yes – Nearly all the Art shown on the website is new and original and can be purchased, these will be marked accordingly, and you can inquire about purchasing these by sending him a direct message via contact details on the website.

Alternatively, if you like a style that is listed but has already been acquired or part of a collection he has previously done – then it is easy to propose a commission for a similar size, style, and colour combination. This can be done through making an inquiry via sending him a direct message using contact details on the website.

As a good example – there is always a painting titled ‘Orange Crush’ (numbers X, Y, Z) – as he has produced this very strong, vibrant orange background on large and medium sized canvasses with abstract, multi colour applications on it.

Originally, he produced one of these for himself, but since then  at least another four of these of varying large size, orange background but varying multi colour applications have been produced for those that requested them. As referenced earlier, no two will ever be the same.

Question 2

What is your approach to producing art?

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Description of the creative process
His creative process is not very complicated as he doesn’t prepare any drawings or mock ups before starting something. He can confess though thinking about starting something for quite some time, considering what the most ‘striking’ part of the work might be and how different colour combinations might be considered and then applied – in the right balance.

With most paintings though he will almost always take a couple of weeks to complete the base layer as this usually involves a minimum of 4 or 5 coats of whatever the main underlying colour is. This makes for a very solid and vibrant base colour.

Particularly with an Abstract, it is often one colour added at a time and this involves series of paint brush strokes, could be splashes from a small cylinder (cup), spray/s from various sizes spray bottles, swatches of paint thrown across the canvas and / or smeared across with palette knife, hands, cloth, in removing, mixing paints and finally adding specific words, symbols, pictures, drawing and the odd paper collage and / or photo if he feels it adds something.

All this main process is usually done whilst listening to a great song or playlist and most of the time this is how these original paintings get their title. The song enjoyed or played the most during the painting process becomes the title for the painting.

If you could get the song to be played on repeat when the painting is displayed it might make more sense.

Personal experiences often shape your artistic expression.
In lots of ways, he believes his personal experiences have shaped his artistic expression. The reason he believes that is that he has been interested in art for as long as he can remember. Certainly, over more recent years he goes to galleries and exhibitions any chance he can get and has on a few occasions specifically travelled interstate in Australia or overseas to visit exhibitions. 
This is especially true of several Jean Michel Basquiat exhibitions that have been held in Paris, New York, Tokyo and London – all different, all exceptional and all worth the effort of getting to see them – since many of his best works are held in private collections and are rarely exhibited.
What do you hope visitors to the C O N S I D E R (Gallery) website take away from experiencing your art and how do you want them to feel.
That it’s different and unique, colourful and vibrant and has some energy to it.  That they would enjoy having a piece of art like this prominently displayed in their own domain, where they can enjoy it. That’s the best part of producing some of this work – is that’s how people feel when they hang it up in a place of their choosing.

It’s great as the person who has produced a piece of work, to visit locations where it is being displayed and that’s the feeling he/she gets when they see some of these works at the top of a set of stairs or a very prominent wall in a dining room, lounge, hallway, study or office.
They take up quite a bit of space and with the mix of colour you cannot miss them. Hopefully the impact of that works on most people. 
How should they feel? Hopefully they just enjoy it. If they enjoy it enough, they may even want one of their own, which can be similar but different and unique.
Recently some have really liked the combination of strong background colour and multi colours in abstract forms on top – but don’t have the wall size for a large painting. I have managed to produce a number that might be regarded as ‘medium’ sized – i.e. under a metre in width and these have been taken up very well and look good even in a smaller format.

Question 3

What artists inspire you?

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There are many artists whose work he enjoys and follows. 
On that basis also, he has a section of the website which is ‘Inspired by’ where for his own purposes, or through a friend or family member he has responded to a request or desire to produce something like favourite pieces of art from some of the artists listed below.

On the one hand you can’t buy these pieces of work as many are almost priceless and are kept in major Galleries or Private collections. On the other hand, a hand produced similarity, framed and hung in a prominent place in the home is far more enjoyable than a flat print obtained through a Gallery if you are lucky enough to catch that artist being exhibited.

Jean Michel Basquiat
Sometimes referred to as Graffiti type art and you can see why but he never regards it as that – thinking that it has more meaning to it as almost every art piece Basquiat has produced is different. There is symbolism and messaging in there which, you most likely need to study to get it, but it’s worth it as it is so unique in his view.

Leonardo De Vinci
Mainly for being the all-round artist, creative, polymath, possibly the greatest scholar ever – that he enjoys many of the things he did – over 500 years ago.

Michaelangelo
Not much needs to be said here – many people would be quite familiar with what a great and world-renowned artist Michelangelo is. From painting to sculpture his work is always inspiring.
Greg’s only real comment would be you cannot visit the statue of David in Florence and not be moved in some way. When you realise Michelangelo looked at a massively large piece of stone hundreds of years ago and imagined working the magnificent statue of David out of it. By hand.
Jackson Pollack
Greg loves his painting style, the flow with which he paints, his troubled story and the success of his paintings that evolved of many years. He also loves the connection to a big development of bringing modern and international art to Australia in the 1970’s when the Australian Government partnered with the National Gallery to acquire Jackson Pollacks Blue Poles’.

That was a watershed moment in art history in Australia. There is a book called ‘Blue Poles’, by Tom McIlroy which is a great read for anybody interested in Jackson Pollack’s life and art and specifically a painting that had a cultural impact on a country.

Yayoi Kusama
Another unique and vibrant world renowned artist now in her late 90’s but producing brilliant colourful work on an ongoing basis. Kusama is famous for her polka dot paintings and installations and a Kusama exhibition, of which, Greg has had the experience of attending a few which, are like nothing else. This is due to the colour, scale, shapes and the engaging nature of the exhibition and immersive installations.
Caravaggio
Caravaggio is such a master painter and storyteller. A troubled and controversial background. The detail and ‘life’ in his paintings is so real. He is one artist that is hard to see as there are few in Galleries in major cities, a combination of them being held in private collections and also, he did not produce as many masterworks as some other artists.
 
Banksy
Greg has enjoyed Banksy’s work since the first piece seen many years back. Whilst it is graffiti – he has great, poignant messaging in his paintings and words and really makes people think. The actual artist remains anonymous but still produces public works on walls and buildings which are instantly picked up by the media and enjoyed by many.

Question 4

What’s behind naming these Art Pieces?

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Most artists, painters, sculptors, writers, creative people listen to music whilst they create or maybe even podcasts or audible books. Greg really enjoys painting to music and often a particular artist, band and their song or group of songs has helped him work on and through a piece of artwork. On those occasions, which have been many, he has decided to Title the art piece with the most influential song being listened to at the time.

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