Greg Gustafson
Greg Gustafson’s landscapes are imbued with a sense of sweeping romance. Small physical details and nuances are reduced to an abstract overview of the whole. Land, water and sky come together as a passionate and accomplished symphony of color and paint. Gustafson begins his paintings out in nature, en plein air. He observes, captures and translates, working quickly to hold the momentary shifts in color and light. The canvasses are then returned to the studio for finessing – brush strokes are firmed up and the spatial structure takes on greater importance. The painting process becomes more abstract and formalized while remaining wholly informed by the memory of original experience. In this way the works become more than representation or abstraction. They become truly poetic.
EDUCATION
1993: Memphis College of Art BFA, Memphis , TN
1987-90: University of the Arts, Philadelphia , PA
1986-87: Housatonic College , Bridgeport , CT
1985: Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven , CT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006: TEW Galleries, Atlanta , GA
2006: Midtown Galleries, Memphis , TN
2005: Durden Gallery, Memphis , TN
2005: Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects, Memphis , TN
2004: Midtown Galleries, Memphis , TN
2003: Midtown Galleries, Memphis , TN
2003: David Mah Studio, Memphis , TN
2002: Midtown Galleries, Memphis , TN
2001: Gin Mill Mall Art Gallery , Indianola , MS
2000: Shainberg Gallery, Memphis Jewish Community Center, Memphis , TN
2000: Midtown Galleries, Memphis , TN
1998: Harrisburg Art Association, Harrisburg , PA
1997: Pennsylvania Blue Cross, Camp Hill , PA
1996: Hershey Philbin, Camp Hill , PA
1995: Deviney Studios, Memphis , TN
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006: TEW Galleries: Gustafson, Zviagintseva, Neumann
2006: Sara Howell Gallery, Jonesboro , AR
2005: Sara Howell Gallery, Jonesboro , AR
2004: Sara Howell Gallery, Jonesboro , AR
2002: Summit Gallery, Fairhope , AL
2001: Perry Nicole Fine Art “Petite Packages”, Memphis , TN
2001: Memphis Arts Council, Shelby County Mayor’s Office, Memphis , TN
2000: Perry Nicole Fine Art “Petite Packages”, Memphis , TN