User:Artsgrie
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George Grie's biography & art statement
George Grie was born in May 14, 1962. He graduated from the State University in 1985 with a BA (Honors) Degree in Fine Art Education. From the onset of his professional career, the traditional routes of domestic art adopted by many of his peers was not an option. He chose instead to follow the more difficult and demanding path of surrealistic painting wherein clear, concise yardsticks of competence, draughtsmanship and painterly skills can be measured and judged warts and all.
The result of his endeavors during his relatively short career has brought a considerable measure of success with his last several shows in London. Stockholm and Helsinki. Grie's paintings are concerned with the portrayal of strong and powerful images relying on visual impact. They are about capturing visual paradoxes, sometimes they depict calm and contemplative moments, solitude, and sometimes melancholy. There is a stillness in his themes which conveys a sense of inner-reflection. Grie's use of distinction technique gives a stark contrast between the light source and the often dark tonality found in his paintings.
At the age of thirty-five, George Grie had decided to transform his artistic carrier dramatically. He moved to Toronto, Canada where he became a professional Multimedia Graphic Designer. His prime interest is in contemporary 3D modeling software and their applications. Applying his previous art experience and classical education in a new digital world brings him a compete freedom of expression. The latest digital artworks are an extraordinary visual record of his conceptual thoughts, fantasies and dreams. Often journeying into the subconscious, Grie's work shows a magical and playful, dream-like world laced with mastery details. It is not always a comfortable world. There is a great deal of tension and of alienation in the strange events taking place in the landscape of his imagination. Neo Surrealism Art
