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Gregg Emery A Meditative Approach to Painting Amidst the Chaos of the Pandemic
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BY N A M E H E R E P ORT RAI TS BY U DO S P RE I TZ E NBARTH
or artist Gregg Emery, art is his love language, and he is spreading his message all over town, from public art projects to creative collaborations and has even broached the new world of NFTs and beyond. Growing up in a small town on the US-Canadian border, a short drive from Montreal, Emery got his initial inspiration from a nearby Mohawk reservation and by learning to quickly sketch hockey players. In fact, Gregg says that he was drawing and painting even before he could write. “I just started making pictures and never stopped. I was always sketching people and things and would often even give drawings to the minister at the end of church services. I still feel like the North Country gives me the ground and foundation for everything.”
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