Gregory Adamson is an artist, entertainer, philanthropist, teacher, and public speaker who has taken his “Facing the Music” performance painting across the U.S. and abroad, performing at a variety of events including charity fundraisers, corporate events, conventions, fairs, festivals, concerts and private functions. Highlights of his performance career include performing at concerts with popular recording artists, a special performance in London for officials during the Olympics, and a performance at Capitol Records honoring the memory of John Lennon. His performance paintings have raised more than $1 million in auction proceeds at fundraising events with individual paintings auctioning for as much as $100,000.
Greg; "I am in love with the process of creative exploration and discovery, both internal and external. I work with a variety of paint media and other materials, applied and manipulated on a surface. There are times my work is studied, deliberate and observational, but often it is playful, intuitive, and very abstract. Still other times, it is deeply personal with only symbolic representation. In my performances, it is about channeling energy from the music and an enthusiastic audience onto the canvas.
In all cases, love is the overarching theme of my work. I rarely drift into the darker issues of our times, but rather strive always to make my work a celebration of the good. Influences of my rural, Midwestern childhood are omnipresent in my work, as is my faith in a loving God. Over a period of many years I have cultivated an alignment of my life and my art in order to attain and maintain authenticity in both. I also possess a strong, lifelong commitment to service, whether using my work to benefit important causes or teaching and mentoring other artists.
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