About the Artist

Artist Bio

Greg Gearlds is a contemporary abstract painter working at the intersection of still life, memory, and material exploration. His paintings draw loosely from domestic objects—vases, flowers, tabletops—which are reduced to essential shapes, gestures, and rhythms. Through layered surfaces, intuitive mark-making, and a restrained yet expressive palette, he creates compositions that feel both grounded and suspended.

Influenced by modernist abstraction and the tradition of still life painting, his work prioritizes mood and structure over representation. Each painting functions as a quiet study in balance, inviting viewers to engage with color, texture, and the emotional residue of familiar forms.

Artist Statement

My work begins with the idea of still life—not as an arrangement to be observed, but as a memory to be held - every painting is a single point in time that, at the same time, exist forever.  I reference domestic objects such as vases and flowers, allowing them to dissolve into color, gesture, and rhythm. These forms act as anchors, grounding the paintings without fixing them in place.

Each piece develops through an intuitive process of layering, drawing, and revision. I’m interested in the tension between control and spontaneity, and in leaving evidence of that negotiation on the surface. The paintings are meant to feel quiet but active, familiar but unresolved.

Rather than telling a story, the work creates space for reflection. I want the viewer to experience the painting slowly, responding to its atmosphere and finding meaning through looking.

Proverbs 3:5-6 : Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.