Gregory Peters

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I live in Long Beach California, and am predominantly a painter, creating fine art on canvas. I enjoy sculpting as well and incorporate this skill into my paintings whenever possible.

I refer to these types of artworks as "dimensional" due to the use of mixed media and sculptural techniques.

Probably due to the influence of my artist mother, I developed a love for art at a very early age. I remember scribbling creatively at a mere two years old. While my skills have improved somewhat since those early days, my desire to capture images on paper and canvas has never changed. My mother was an oil painter principally and looking back, I remember absolutely hating the smell of turpentine and oil paints which is why I doesn't use that medium. Besides being smelly and messy, oil paints don't dry fast enough to suit my mercurial interests.

When I discovered acrylic paints, that was heaven. Fast, easy, water-based and colors as bright and sparkling as what I was feeling were a delight to use.

Once, when asked how long it took to create an average work of art, I replied without hesitation "One day."

The look on the prospective patron's face was quite a bit mixed as he tried to process this. He looked closer at the pa...

Art schooling:
Burnley School of Professional Art, Seattle Washington - 1974
Self-taught principally with additional studies under Seattle artist Bill Cumming.
Plain-old schooling:
BS/Business Administration - Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
AA/Marketing - Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
Public Relations Certificate - CSULB, Long Beach, CA
Web Design Certificate - CSULB, Long Beach, CA