Byrd’ s paintings are as individual and unique as the women they portray. He said there was inspiration everywhere and he wouldn’ t paint anything else. Photo by Adelia Ladson
“ I love painting and feel so fortunate to have all the wonderful support that I have, especially, from all my collectors at home in Moultrie and South Georgia.”
During his“ pop-up” art show at Doughboy’ s Downtown, this year, Greg poses, on the“ red carpet,” with Katrina McIntosh and a painting that he did for her.
“ I didn’ t see anything I couldn’ t live without,” he said.
When he made the decision to create his own pieces, he knew exactly what he wanted to accomplish as an artist:“ I wanted something recognizable, something a viewer would know at a glance, and they would know who painted it.”
Greg’ s paintings are instantly recognizable as his because each is a representation of a specific woman, using a simple silhouette to portray the woman’ s figure as seen from“ behind.” Then, building on it to portray each subject’ s personality. His paintings have been referred to as“ pop abstract expressionistic.”
“ I think women are the most interesting. They are a lot more interesting than men. They’ re everything,” he said.
He said he chose the back side view of a woman because it was instantly recognizable. People would look at his paintings and recognize the form as a woman’ s figure.
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