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Greg Decker Art

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Greg Decker has been a professional oil painter for 35 years. Currently living just outside of Nashville Tennessee, his early influences were European and African. He was raised in Congo (Belgian Congo/Africa) and that still shows through in his work. Decker holds two MFA degrees from Cranbrook Academy of Art (MI) and the New York Academy of Art (NYC). He studied with Leland Bell, Fairfield Porter, John Moore, Vincent Desiderio and Martha Erlebacher and was recommended by Jack Levine and George Tooker to spend two seasons painting at The MacDowell Colony (NH). He spent 12 years in Philadelphia, then 12 years in New York City, where he taught at both MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a Visual Teaching Artist through Lincoln Center Institute. Decker at home lectured in museums and galleries and during this time spent valuable time in Europe (UK, France, Italy) painting and studying major collections. One series of 20 drawings was completed in two weeks in a hotel room in Rome and spent much time painting in Brittany. Currently, he is planning to be in France, teaching in Valmondois (outside of Paris) with Amelie de Gaulle's "France With Friends" cultural immersion adventure. Teaching his series of workshops in painting, Decker moved to Nashville (TN) and Asheville (NC) for a total of eight years, during which time he began sculpting (figure/clay), produced etchings and woodcuts. He immersed himself in literature and poetry and this continues to deeply influence my work. After five years in New Mexico, where he produced his frieze paintings, he returned to Nashville to stay, choosing a studio outside of town, where the landscape is a constant source of inspiration. He continues to paint prolifically, read profusely, write sporadically and enjoy music continually: mostly choral, solo piano, hard soul, early psychedelia, obscure and inimitable garage music.

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Artist: Greg Decker
Striding Fox
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
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2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Leaping Fox
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
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2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Blue Tree
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
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2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

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Oil, Panel

Magic Carpet (Moon)
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category

2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

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Metal

Moon
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category

2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Lone Finch
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
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2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Rider by the Sea
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category

2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Magic Carpet (Moon)
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category

2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

Materials

Metal

Conductor
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
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2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

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Metal

Red Bird
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category

2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Guitarist
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category

2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

Materials

Panel, Oil

Circus Rider
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
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2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

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Oil, Panel

Horse in Spring, Sunset
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category

2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

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Metal

Goldfish
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category

2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

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Metal

Fox II
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category

2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

Materials

Metal

Clouds and Early Moon
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminium comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomise...
Category

2010s Conceptual Greg Decker Art

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Metal

The Farm
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminium comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomise...
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2010s Conceptual Greg Decker Art

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Metal

The Fox and the Grapes
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomizes the passion that comes from a deep love of art, poetry, and music. His paintings show how art is both the consolation for, and the voice of, a lifetime's experience.” —Julyan Davis
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2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

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Metal

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Magic Carpet
Magic Carpet
H 32 in W 48 in D 2.75 in
Three Cranes
By Greg Decker
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Three Cranes
Three Cranes
H 32 in W 48 in D 2.75 in
The Tortoise and the Hare
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomizes the passion that comes from a deep love of art, poetry, and music. His paintings show how art is both the consolation for, and the voice of, a lifetime's experience.” —Julyan Davis
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2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

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Metal

The Tortoise and the Hare
H 36 in W 48 in D 2.5 in
The Red Fox
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fox with an attitude, Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomizes the passion that comes from a deep love of art, poetry, and music. His paintings show how art is both the consolation for, and the voice of, a lifetime's experience.” —Julyan Davis
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2010s Contemporary Greg Decker Art

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Metal

The Red Fox
H 36 in W 48 in D 2.75 in
Irises: Abstract Still Life Painting of Purple Flowers on Dark Yellow Background
By Greg Decker
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