The Artful YoU Color Mastery Program is now open for enrollment, but only for a few days. Learn how to paint more skillfully and authentically by mastering the use of color so that you can discover your unique artistic self, love your creative life and paint like no one else. But we are not stopping there! This course is jam packed with valuable content that will help transform your … [Read more...]
Free Online Art Workshops
Open the door to your creative life! Free Online Art Workshops Sept. 20-23, 2021 1 p.m. Pacific Time each day Learn how to get past the inhibitions and fear of starting; learn what materials are needed, but also what isn't needed; learn to control, mix, and blend paint; learn how to create form and space. Learn how to paint your story. CLICK HERE to register. … [Read more...]
Free Art Guide
Join my Blue-collar Artists community and receive a free copy of "Common Mistakes Made by New Artists." Simply fill out the below form, click submit, and then you will receive an email asking you to confirm your subscription. Once you confirm, you'll receive the free art guide. First Name Email* Submit This is a community for artists to learn and grow in a supportive, … [Read more...]
Art & Wine Cruise
Enjoy art and wine on a seven-day cruise September 21 -28, 2018! This cruise is offered by Riverside Art Museum in collaboration with Gregory Adamson, Coyote Oaks Vineyards, Royal Caribbean Cruises and Connection to Cruise. This extraordinary opportunity will create memorable experiences of painting and learning about/ tasting wine all while visiting and exploring wonderful places such as … [Read more...]
Performance Art at Events: Unconventional Compositions
Rejuvenate Magazine - March 4, 2015: Up-tempo isn’t a descriptor that gets tossed around often in the art world, but that’s the only way to describe the pace of Adamson’s performances. If the multiple paintbrush method, jerky motions, flowing hair, lively music and splattering paint aren’t enough to hold your attention, the guessing game will. Adamson often paints with the canvas upside down, so … [Read more...]
Gregory Adamson: Philanthropy Through Performance Art
AskMissA.com - October 30, 2014: Gregory Adamson’s performance art is performance and art; attendees observe Adamson create a 6’X6’ painting during a 10-13 minute performance. Then, after the applause dies down, there is a live auction where one lucky attendee will take home the just-created piece. Best of all, all of the money raised goes to the charity hosting the event. For this life-long … [Read more...]
Said at TEDxRiverside: Highlights from event
Press Enterprise - October 16, 2014: Gregory Adamson Role: Inland performance artist who creates paintings in front of audiences. Topic: “Facing the Music” Vibe: Looking like a ’60s hippie, Adamson is in touch with a very high-energy inner child. He made the connection, he said, when he realized that success in the corporate world brought him wealth, but left him deeply unsatisfied. … [Read more...]
‘IDEAS WORTH SPREADING’: TEDxRiverside speakers united by ideas
Press Enterprise - October 16, 2014: TEDx Riverside brought together 20 speakers for an eight-hour marathon of inspiration on Thursday at the Fox Performing Arts Center. The event was pulled together by local civic leaders, businessmen and educators. It was licensed by TED, a 30-year-old nonprofit with a mission of “ideas worth spreading.” It holds conferences throughout the world to encourage … [Read more...]
Meet Gregory Adamson, Art in a Flash
california meetings + events - Fall 2014: Gregory Adamson has developed an exceptional set of skills. For the past eight years, the Upland resident and former banker has been a performance painter at events, using brushes and his fingers to create artworks in a flash. The unusual vocation allows Adamson to combine his passion for art and his love for music, as he speedily paints portraits of … [Read more...]
Turning Art On Its Head
Riverside Magazine - October / November 2014: His art is explosive. The paintings expand across large canvases in the space of minutes, and people are willing to pay thousands of dollars to own one. Meet Gregory Adamson, a performance artist who helps charities raise much-needed funds by allowing them to auction his paintings following live performances. Oh, and the portraits he does are … [Read more...]
Visual Interpretations of Sound
C Suite Quarterly - Fall 2014: Southern California native Gregory Adamson has gained notoriety from coast to coast for his performance painting. It's not just seeing his work, but watching him create it that captivates. Every painting is a performance. Whether using bare hands or brushes, each movement is driven by the live music being performed. A hit at charity events, he has helped raise … [Read more...]
Breakfast with the Beatles
Breakfast with the Beatles - September 21, 2014: Gregory Adamson performed live on Breakfast with the Beatles, America's longest-running Beatles-based radio show hosted by Chris Carter. The crowd was enthusiastic and wowed by the painting of Paul McCartney and John Lennon that Greg painted to music in 12 minutes. … [Read more...]
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