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Doing a demonstration of En Plein-air Painting , and Getting ready to start another painting at a paint-out.

ARTIST BIO

Drawing since the age of two, art has always been a part of Brad Greek’s life. Primarily self educated through experimenting with many medium, material, and subject matters, and a natural talent. Brad studied art and architectural drafting at school in his home state of Ohio. A tour of duty in the Military brought him south, and rural life in Georgia and the Florida Panhandle has influenced much of his work. Exploring many mediums over the years, Greek has exhibited particular painting skill in oils and acrylics, and expertise at exacting detail work in many scratchboard drawings of aviation and wildlife subjects. Rural scenes, tropical vistas and dramatic coastlines, along with imaginative fantasy subjects comprise most of Greek’s portfolio. Recently joining a Plein-Air Group in Florida, Brad has found great inspiration in capturing local landmarks, land and sea scapes, as well as the beauty of the local area.
An award-winning artist, Brad has created numerous commissions, and has participated in many juried and invitational exhibits including the Beaux Art Exhibition, Northwest Florida Fine Arts Exhibition, and the Arts and Design Society Juried Art shows and member only exhibitions. Brad has also created an annual art awareness event in his local area. Brad has entered into the art market with Signed and numbered, Limited Edition Giclee Prints, which are available on most of his work. His work my be viewed in many locations around the Panhandle of Florida. As well as on his online website at: http://www.artbybradgreek.com , with links to many other online galleries where his work may be viewed.
Brad currently resides in Florida with his wife and four children.



ARTIST STATEMENT

“I enjoy painting from a vision I get while studying the work in progress, creating as it appears to me on canvas. I am inclined to paint with a detailed style of realism, but will venture into more of a symbolic, surrealistic style as well. And the future may hold many other styles.”
“Most artists are known for one certain style or subject matter. I understand the logic behind this common practice in the art world. But I feel that this stereotyping of an artist’s creativity limits their potential abilities. I have found it impossible to stay with one style or medium, due to the inspirations to create what drives me. I will do series of like pieces for a show or gallery presentation on occasion. But the search to create something different has taken me across the spectrum of styles, medium and subject matters. Bringing a variety of work to the table, in my opinion, opens up more appeal to the variety of collectors in the world. Keeping the minds wondering on what I will create next.”

Juried Art shows and Exhibits


2008- Sawyer Art's Artists
HarborWalk Village
(Destin, Florida) Sept 1- every Saturday

2008- Inspired By Matisse
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Florida) Aug 29- Sept. 13
Honorable Mention award

2008- Seize The Day III
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Florida) July 1-31
Image selected for the 2009 calender

2008- Summerfest on Destin Harbor
HarborWalk Village
(Destin, Florida) June 1- Aug. 17 (12 Sundays)

2008- Farmers Market on the Harbor
Destin Harbor
(Destin, Florida) May 3,10,17,24

2008- Fun Fest/Demonstration
Navarre Beach
(Navarre, Florida) May 18

2008- ArtsQuest
Culture Arts Association
(Sandestin, Florida) May 10-11

2008- ArtsQuest/Champaign Shopping Tour
Culture Arts Association
(South Walton, Florida) May 8

2008- E- As in Eames
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Florida) May 1-31

2008- 1st City Show
Quayside Art Gallery
(Pensacola, Florida) May 1-31

2008- Solo Show
DoveTails Art & Frame Gallery
(Navarre, Florida) April 1-30

2008- On The Edge
NW FL Ballet Studio
(Ft. Walton Beach, Florida) March 14-16

2008- 3-D Show
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft. Walton Beach, Florida) March 28 - April 19
2nd place award

2008- Heart Matters
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft. Walton Beach, Florida) Feb. 1-16

2008- 49th Beaux Arts
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft. Walton Beach, Florida) Jan. 22-27

2008- Play That Funky Music
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft. Walton Beach, Florida) Jan. 2-21

2007- Featured Artist
Geronimo's outpost
(Pensacola Beach, Florida) Nov. 18

2007- 11th Via Colori (Italian Street Art Festival)
Seaside Elementary School Charity Event
(Seaside, Florida) Nov. 10-11

2007- 24th Florida Fair Fine Arts Show
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft. Walton Bch, Florida) Nov. 2-10

2007- Plein Air Show
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft. Walton Bch, Florida) Oct. 26 - Nov.10

2007- Gotta Have Art
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft. Walton Bch, Florida) Oct. 18-21

2007- 2nd Festival of the Arts
(GNBAA) Greater Navaree Beach Arts Association
(Navarre, Florida) Oct 12-14

2007- Gallery Night
DoveTails Art & Frame
(Navarre, Florida) Oct 1 - 31

2007- Featured Artist/ Grand Opening
Geronimo's outpost
(Pensacola Beach, Florida) Sept 30

2007- Baytowne Art Expo
The Village at Baytowne Wharf
(Sandestin, Florida) Aug 31 - Sept1-2

2007- Seize the Day/Calander Show
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft. Walton Bch, Florida) Aug 6-18

2007- Rock, Paper, Scissor
Artel Gallery
(Pensacola, Florida) Aug 14 - Sept 14

2007- On the Edge
NW FL. Ballet
(Ft. Walton Bch, Florida) June 25 - July 6

2007- Inspired By Frida
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft. Walton Bch, Florida) July 1 - 21

2007- Art Walk
Mack Bayou Road
(Sandestin, Florida) July 7

2007- Fun Fest
Navarre City Council
(Navarre, Florida) June 30- July 1

2007- Solo Show
DoveTails Art & Frame
(Navarre, Florida) June 1-30

2007- Closing Exhibition
Barbella's Gallery
(Pensacola, Florida) April 15 - May 25

2007- Art in the Village
Arriaga's Originals
(Village of South Walton, Florida) May 26

2007- 4th Outside Art Fair (featured artist)
(ACNWFL) Arts Council of Northwest Florida
(Pensacola, Florida) May 19 -20

2007- ArtsQuest
The Village at Baytowne Wharf
(Sandestin, Florida) May 11 -13

2007- Champaign Shopping Tour
Arriaga's Originals
(Village of South Walton, Florida) May 10

2007- Art festival
Gallery 331
(Defuniak Springs, Florida) April 28

2007- Grand Opening
Arriaga's Originals
(Village of South Walton, Florida) April 21

2007- Spring Fever
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society Gallery
(Ft. Walton BCH., Florida) April 12 - 28

2007- Jazz Fest
Seville Square Park
(Pensacola, Florida) March 31 - April 1

2007- Art In The Park
Cerulean Park
(Watercolor, Florida) March 24

2007- Solo Show
Barbella's Gallery
(Pensacola, Florida) March 2 - April 30

2007- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Artel Gallery
(Pensacola, Florida) Feb. 20 - March 30

2007- Art Night/ Meet the Artist
(GNBAA) Greater Navarre Beach Arts Association
(Navarre, Florida) Jan 26-27

2007- Grand Opening
Gallery 331
(Defuniak Springs, Florida) Jan 24

2007- Exhibition
Barbella's Gallery
(Pensacola, Florida) Jan. 19 - Feb. 27

2007- Colors of the Deep South
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft Walton Beach, Florida) Feb. 1-17

2007- 48th annual Beaux Arts Exhibition Juried Show
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft Walton Beach, Florida) Feb 2-4

2007- Color Effects
(ADSO) Arts & Design Society
(Ft. Walton Beach, Fl.) Jan 5-27

2006- Bonifay Exhibition
Bonifay Guild for the ARTS,
(Bonifay, Fl.) Nov. 20th - Dec. 8th

2006- Rocky Bayou Country Club Exhibition
Rocky Bayou Country Club
(Niceville, Fl.) Nov. 11th - 18th

2006- 3rd annual Beaches to Woodland Tour Art Night
Cocodries Restaurant
(Navarre Beach, Fl.) Oct. 20th

2006- Barbella's Gallery Show (Pensacola, Florida)
Oct. 15 - Nov. 30, 2006

2006- " Workshop Show" ADSO Members Show (Ft Walton Beach, Florida)
Sept. 27 - Oct. 22, 2006

2006- Barbella's Gallery Show (Pensacola, Florida)
Sept. 15 - Oct 15th, 2006

2006- " Seize The Day" ADSO Members Calendar Show (Ft Walton Beach, Florida)
Aug. 8 - 28, 2006

2006- Barbella's Gallery Show (Pensacola, Florida)
Aug. 1 - Sept. 15, 2006

2006- "Pensacola Museum of Art Members' Juried Exhibition" (Pensacola, Florida)
July 21 - Aug. 26, 2006

2006- Barbella's Gallery Show (Pensacola, Florida)
June 15 - July 30, 2006

2006- "Bagdad Village Arts Stroll" (Bagdad, Florida)
June 10, 2006

2006- "En Plein Air" Emerald Coast Plein Air Painter Show (Ft Walton Beach, Florida)
May 24 - June 18, 2006

2006- 14th SE Regional Juried Fine Arts Exhibition
McIlroy Gallery, OWC, Niceville, Florida
May 15 - June 9, 2006

2006- "Impressions of the Storm" ADSO Show (Ft Walton Beach, Florida)
May 8-21, 2006

2006- Barbella's Gallery Show (Pensacola, Florida)
May 1 - June 15, 2006

2006- 18th Annual ArtsQuest Fine Arts Festival (Sandestin, Florida)
May 13-14, 2006

2006- Champagne Shopping Tour /Arriaga Original Gallery (Blue Mountain Beach, Florida)
May 11, 2006

2006- "Having No Destination" Artel Gallery (Pensacola, Florida)
March 28- April 28, 2006

2006- Barbella's Gallery Show (Pensacola, Florida)
March 15- April 30, 2006

2006- "ADSO"s Art at the Mall" ADSO Members Show (Mary Esther, Florida)
Santa Rosa Mall/ March 4 & 5, 2006

2006- "Nature's Glory" ADSO Members Show (Ft Walton Beach, Florida)
February 26- March 19, 2006

2006- 47th annual Beaux Arts Exhibition (Ft Walton Beach, Florida) Juried Show
February 3,4,& 5, 2006

2006- "Fantasy in Abstract" 5th Art Challenge ADSO (Ft. Walton Beach, Fl.) Juried show
Jan. 6-29, 2006 Reception Jan. 6th, 5-7 pm.


2005- Artist of the Emerald Coast Magazine
October Issue
(Panhandle of Florida)

2005- Park Place Plaza Open House
Featured Artist at Creative Awards
(Mary Esther, Fl.) Nov. 20th

2005- ADSO Solo Fine Arts Exhibition
Okaloosa County Tax Office
(Ft. Walton Bch., Fl.) Nov. 10th - several months

2005- Rocky Bayou Country Club Exhibition
Rocky Bayou Country Club
(Niceville, Fl.) Nov. 11th

2005- 2nd annual Beaches to Woodland Tour Art Night
Cocodries Restaurant
(Navarre Beach, Fl.) Oct. 22nd

2005- 23rd N. W. Florida Fine Arts Exhibition
Okaloosa County Fairgrounds
(Ft. Walton Bch., Fl.) Oct. 21st - Oct. 29th

2005- International Plein-Air Paintout
(Ruskin Place, Seaside, Fl.) Sept. 9th & 10th

2005- LOCAL FLAVOR
Arts & Design Society Gallery
(Ft. Walton Bch., Fl.) July 19th- July 31st

2005- 12th Annual Cornell Museum 2005 All Florida Art Exhibition
The Cornell Museum in Old School Square
(Delray Beach, Fl.) June 9th - August 27th

2005- THE VARIETY SHOW
Arts & Design Society Gallery
(Ft. Walton Bch., Fl.) June 8th- June 26th
Reception- June 10th 5-7pm

2005- OKALOOSA ARTS ALLIANCE OPEN HOUSE ART SHOW
NORTHWEST FLORIDA BALLET STUDIO
(Ft Walton Beach, Fl.) May 21 & 22

2005- 13th Annual Southeast Regional Juried Fine Arts Exhibition
Okaloosa-Walton Community College's The Art Center Galleries
(Niceville, Fl.) May 15- June 9

2005- Arts & Design Society "Out to Lunch" Members Show
(Ft. Walton Beach, Fl.) April 27- May 15

2005- The Arts Council of Northwest Florida "Outside Art Fair"
(Pensacola, Fl.) April 16 & 17

2005- Imago Gallery "Garden of Good and Evil" Juried Show (Pensacola, Florida)
March 18 - May 13, 2005 Awarded Honorable Mention Ribbon

2005- Northwest Florida Ballet Art Show (Ft Walton Beach, Florida)
March 18,19 & 20

2005- Arts and Design Society's Members only Show "Figuratively Speaking"(Ft Walton Beach, Florida)
February 23 - March 13

2005- 46th annual Beaux Arts Exhibition (Ft Walton Beach, Florida) Juried Show
February 4,5,& 6, 2005

2005- Imago Gallery "Boxed IN" Juried Show (Pensacola, Florida)
January 21 - March 11, 2005
Awarded Honorable Mention Ribbon

2005- Arts and Design Society's Art Challenge "Temptations" Juried Art show
January 7-23, 2005

2004- Imago Gallery "Le Moulin Erotique d'Art" Juried Show (Pensacola, Florida)

2004- "Life's a Beach" Magazine Cover Contest (Ft Walton Beach, Florida)

2004- Imago Gallery "Artist Remember September 11th" Juried Show (Pensacola, Florida)

2004- Arts and Design Society, Okaloosa Art Alliance and The Pastel Society Exhibition N.W. Florida Ballet Studio (Ft Walton Beach, Florida)


2004- International Art Competition "Image #130"

2004- Arts and Design Society's Members only Show (Ft Walton Beach, Florida)

2004- Arts and Design Society's Art Challenge "Back to the Future" Juried Art show

2004- Emerald Coast Art Search (organized this annual event)

2004- N.W. Florida Ballet “The Studio Series” Art Exhibit (Ft. Walton Bch.)

2004- 45th annual Beaux Arts Exhibition (Ft Walton Beach, Florida) Juried Show

2004- Arts and Design Society's "Wild Things" members only show (Ft. Walton Beach, FL.)

2004- N. W. Florida Ballet Center ADSO members show (Ft. Walton Bch., Fl.)

2003- 22nd N. W. Florida Fine Arts Exhibition (Ft. Walton Beach, FL.)

2003- 4th Photography Digital Arts Exhibition (Ft. Walton Beach, FL.)

2003- Arts and Design Society's "self portrait" members only show

2003- Arts and Design Society's "who's comming to dinner" Juried Art show

2003- 44th annual Beaux Arts Exhibition (Ft Walton Beach,Florida)

2002- 21st N.W.Florida Fine Arts Exhibition (Ft. Walton Beach, FL.) 3rd Place Award

2002- 43rd annual Beaux Arts Exibition (Ft Walton Beach,Florida)

1994- Billy Bowlegs Festival(Ft Walton Beach,Florida)

1992- 36th Art and Handicraft Festival(Calhoun,Ga) Best in show Award,2nd place in Art Category


Donations

2007- Donated two paintings, the "Frost Bites" & "Seaside Post Office" to the Via Colori Italian Street Painting Festival, Seaside, Fl. For a fundraiser for the schools.

2006- Donated two paintings, the "Tropics" & "Sunrise Surprise" to the Arts Council of Northwest Florida's Inaguaral Beaux Arts Ball 2006

2005- Donated the Giclee Print of "Life's Journey" Number 2/75 to Creative Awards for the Park Place Plaza Open House Giveaway.

2005- Bob Hope Memorial Charity Golf Classic

2004- Painted a 16"x16" ceramic Tile for Florosa Elementary School, Mary Esther, Fl.
For being voted as an A+ school. The Tile is at the Capitol Building in Tallahassee, Fl.
Placed with other Tiles to create a Yellow Brick Road Display.

2004- Limited Edition/signed and numbered Giclee Print (1/1) "Paradise Retreat" Unique size
(N.W. FL. Ballet's "Celebrity Ball" Fundraiser)

2004- Woodburning "Eagles" (The Shelter House Fundraiser)

2003- Acrylic Painting "Abandon" (Arts and Design Society's Fundraiser)

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