DANNY GREGORY

Of his art and his process, Danny Gregory states: Im a work in progress. My art is less about the end result than it is about the processthe process of understanding the world around me: its beauty, complexity, individuality, and ever-changing nature. Sometimes I use my paints to try to capture the light and color that I see as accurately as I can, layering shades, working wet. Other times, I use color sparingly, sometimes working just within the shades of one hue or working with very flat colors in a graphic way. Sometimes I pretreat my page with a random chaos of color, pooling and spilling liquid color, and then drawing on top of it, then going back to add some dimension with another layer of random splotches and splatters. Most of all, though, I love the emotional quality of watercolors; they are always in motion, drifting through layers, a bit raucous-like and unruly. I dont like super-specific painting with hard edges; I prefer the vagueness of watercolors, particularly in conjunction with an ink line from a dip pen, whereby everything is organic and a little out of controllike my life.

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1 Dog Run, 2004
Watercolor with India ink
7 × 7 in. (18 × 18 cm)

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2 Kafka, 2009
Watercolor with India ink
9 × 6 in. (23 × 15 cm)

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3 Mug 4, 2004
Watercolor with India ink
8 × 5 in. (20 × 13 cm)

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4 Mug 26, 2004
Watercolor with India ink
8 × 5 in. (20 × 13 cm)

5 Mug 15, 2004
Watercolor with India ink
8 × 5 in. (20 × 13 cm)

6 Mug 10, 2004
Watercolor with India ink
8 × 5 in. (20 × 13 cm)

7 Hound 3, 2008
Watercolor with India ink
9 × 6 in. (23 × 15 cm)

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8 Lilies, 2009
Watercolor with India ink
9 × 12 in. (23 × 30 cm)

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9 Our Home, 2011
Watercolor
9 × 12 in. (23 × 31 cm)

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10 Hound 2, 2008
Watercolor with India ink
9 × 6 in. (23 × 15 cm)

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11 Church of the Immaculate, 2005
Watercolor with ink
7 × 9½ in. (18 × 24 cm)