SHELF LIFE Artworks by Tom Gregg
TOM GREGG
“The process of painting for me is looking, marking, then looking again, and marking again, adjusting and changing, around and around, back and forth, repeating this process until I feel I have captured something meaningful or true to what it is I am seeing”.
Tom Gregg’s interest in still life painting stems from a fascination with objects and the way they share the world of people and yet remain independent, even indifferent, to our struggles and exertions. They maintain a steadfast otherness, an unknown quality, even a mystery in their mere existence. They acquire meaning through our world and yet are thoroughly and distinctly of their world, the world of things. Objects exist; simply, clearly, and profoundly. Still life as a subject matter offers a wealth of potential in terms of metaphor and narrative. Objects, placed upon a tabletop in the studio, are a bit like actors on a stage, in a visual drama. In pure painterly terms, the subject of still life provides me both with a wide range of formal elements to be explored and a unique ability to exert control over these experiments. “The process of painting for me is looking, marking, then looking again, and marking again, adjusting and changing, around and around, back and forth, repeating this process until I feel I have captured something meaningful or true to what it is I am seeing. This goes beyond representation or illusion and has more to do with the energy created by the visual relationships within the painting itself. My hope is to construct a set of relationships within the work that are harmonious, while at the same time imbued with a hint of tension, so as to strike a very particular visual note. Each painting is an attempt to weave together a clear and convincing realism and a clear and charged formal construction, and in so doing, create a remarkable event out of the most ordinary of circumstances.”
114 SOUTHWEST BLVD K A N S A S C I T Y, M I S S O U R I W E I N B E R G E R F I N E A RT. CO M 816.301.4428 M a r ti n i , Lem o ns, and Cig arettes | Oil o n Panel | 34 x 34 in
TomGregg Eggs In Bowl Oil on panel 28 x 31 inches $7,200
TomGregg Lemon In Bowl Oil on panel 10.5 x 12.5 inches $2,650
TomGregg Two Lemons Oil on panel 13.5 x 15.5 inches SOLD
TomGregg Martini and 8 Ball Oil on panel 36 x 37 inches $9,000
TomGregg Two Aperitifs Oil on panel 17 x 20 inches $4,250
TomGregg King of Hearts Oil on panel 28 x 28 inches $7,000
TomGregg Brandy Glass and Eggs Oil on panel 29.5 x 29.5 inches SOLD
TomGregg Two Pills Oil on panel 14 x 16 inches $3,450
TomGregg Boom! Oil on panel 34 x 34 inches $8,200
TomGregg Crown Oil on panel 29 x 33 inches $7,600
TomGregg Money Bag Oil on panel 28.5 x 34 inches $7,600
TomGregg Bad Apple #1 Oil on panel 13.5 x 15.5 inches $3,350
TomGregg Martini, Lemons, and Cigarettes Oil on panel 34 x 34 inches $8,200
TomGregg Two Apples (Blue) Oil on panel 16.5 x 18.5 inches SOLD
TomGregg Pop Up Toy Oil on panel 17 x 19 inches SOLD
TomGregg Lemons and Water Oil on panel 29.5 x 29.5 inches SOLD
TomGregg Two Apples (Yellow) Oil on panel 15.75 x 17.25 inches $3,800
TomGregg Limes, Wine, and Oranges Oil on panel 36 x 37 inches SOLD
TomGregg Cocktail No. 2 Oil on panel 21 x 23 inches $5,060
TomGregg Zippo Oil on panel 13.5 x 16.5 inches $3,450
TomGregg Flower Oil on panel 13.5 x 16.5 inches $3,450
TomGregg Birdie Oil on panel 13.5 x 16.5 inches $3,450
TomGregg Purple Cup Oil on panel 13 x 17 inches $3,450
TomGregg Yellow Cup Oil on panel 14 x 16.5 inches $3,500
TomGregg Pink Icing Oil on panel 12.5 x 13 inches $2,900
TomGregg Garden Cocktail Oil on panel 23.5 x 28.5 inches $6,500
TomGregg Green Candies Oil on panel 15.5 x 20 inches $4,080
TomGregg Red Candies Oil on panel 15.5 x 20 inches $4,080
TomGregg 8 Ball, Egg, and Lemon Oil on panel 21 x 21 inches $5,250
TomGregg Two Oranges Oil on panel 15.75 x 17.25 inches $3,800
TomGregg Three Shot Glasses Oil on panel 31 x 31 inches $7,500
TomGregg Bad Apples #2 Oil on panel 13.5 x 15.5 inches $3,350