To the left you see John Greer's "last" painting from 1986. It is called
"Hole in the Desert"
and measures 48" x 60".
After being involved in printmaking and painting for many years, John was in fact part of the nationally traveling show by the National Gallery in 1967, "Young BC Painters" , curated by Michael Morris, John abandoned painting and delved into the conceptual world of an object maker.
In 2024, now in his new studio in Pietrasanta, Italy, yes, here in the world of stone and bronze foundries, John picked up the paint brush again...
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