Gregory Blackstockart | bio |
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In the fall of 2006, Blackstock Collections was released by Princeton Architectural Press, and the year has seen Gregory travel to New York to the Outsider Art Fair and American Museum of Folk Art, for book signings and to meet admirers of his work. Gregory also travelled to Wisconsin for a group show of artists with autism, and in his time off has taken his usual journeys to the East Coast and Midwest. He has still had time to create a diverse body of new work of course, from firecrackers to turnips, musical sheet music to Vermont maple sugar candies.
Gregory is as passionate about his music as his drawing. He can be seen playing his accordion outside the Key Arena for Sonics and Thunderbirds games, and also outside the Opera House. Gregory has been drawing for most of his life - in 1966 the Seattle Times published one of Greg's drawings based on the TV series "Batman" of the 1960's. Now, his subjects range from state birds to state prisons, tools to WWII bombers, and mackerel to Boeing jet liners. Gregory's drawings are often large, on several sheets of paper pieced together by Greg with tape and glue. Using pencil, crayon, ink and marker, Gregory depicts insects and baskets with incredible precision, straight lines and text executed without the aid of a straight rule. The detail is minute, shading impeccable.
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![]() Blackstock's Collections: The Drawings of An Artistic Savant, with forward by Dr. Darold Treffert, and introduction by Karen Light-Piña of Garde Rail Gallery. Purchase Blackstock's Collections ![]() Gregory at home © Garde Rail Gallery | |||||||||||||||||||||
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