G R E G O R I O

My work is underpinned by a contemplative connection to the mystery and mystic beauty of nature that are unfathomable, the amazing places I’ve been to, and all my struggles and experiences as I constantly reinvent myself as an artist. I have a deep relational connection to all of these elemental mysteries that I found myself ever-wondering and grateful for everything that our Creator has given us.

Crossing a wide spectrum of styles, from impressionism, cubism, fauvism, spiritual and contemporary, and visibly juxtaposing key elements from each cultural tradition, way of life and faith to which I belong, I create works which have resonance to our shared core humanity and the influence of nature in our well-being. I always strive for simplicity in my body of work which are visually rejuvenating and unconsciously harness the power of imagination. It is imagination, I believe, that takes us somewhere. I have always believed that as a human being, our brain has an innate power to create, which through our years of maturity, ends up in bondage to our fixed mindsets. My work is meant to encourage you to unleash that power through imagination. Imagination leads to an idea, and the very existence of an idea in your mind means that you have within you and around you the capacity to turn it into reality. It is a wonderful experience. You may find my work as mere illusion, which is actually the catch, encouraging you to go deeper into it and experience the process of organizing you're thoughts so that you may eventually find the whole interpretation process mentally entertaining. Entertaining your mind thus gives a relaxing feeling and engenders positive thinking, if not altogether sparking an idea. If you see my work as mentally challenging yet you end up able to imagine things every time you look at it even though you can’t figure it out... that is a compliment to me. That makes my work worth more than a wall accent. I do not mean to mentally torture you, but my aim is just to introduce something uncommon. As Joseph Addison strongly claimed, “Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.”