Sobran Galleries: Biography

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Gregory Sobran is quickly becoming one of the most popular watercolor painters in the United States. He has lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan for most of his life, and spends much of his time on the road painting buildings and landscapes across the country. After studying fine arts at Eastern Michigan University, he worked as a freelance commercial artist before striking off to paint full time in 1988.

His favorite painters include Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, John Singer Sargent and the Canadian Group of Seven.

Greg believes strongly in the traditional technique of working quickly on location to achieve a spontaneous, fresh style that never becomes too labored or overly fussy. His work is represented in galleries across the country as well as in many prestigious collections.

Greg paints only on location in the tradition of the French Impressionists. He has no desire to paint from photographs preferring to see the subject "En Plein Air" as the French say, "Outdoors in natural light". "I think it's apparent when work is done on location", Greg says "And I hope that it is obvious in my work in terms of the quality of light, and feeling of specific time of day and weather conditions."

He likes to describe his work as having the energy and excitement of abstract expressionism without the abandonment of traditional elements of painting such as subject matter and 3 dimensional form.

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