Gregory Frank Harris (b.1953)

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Gregory Frank HarrisGoing Home From the Fields	Gregory Frank HarrisSummer Roses	Gregory Frank HarrisWild Poppies
Gregory Frank HarrisThe Road Home	Gregory Frank HarrisThe Eventide of Spring Comes Gently	Gregory Frank HarrisAlong the Peaceful River
Gregory Frank HarrisA Peaceful Time	Gregory Frank HarrisDaydreams	Gregory Frank HarrisEarly Spring, Old Brittany Farm
Gregory Frank HarrisOn the Eve of Sundown	Gregory Frank HarrisSpring in the Valley	Gregory Frank HarrisStill Life with Cantaloupe & Peaches
Gregory Frank HarrisLilacs and French Confit Jar	Gregory Frank HarrisGladiolas and Copper	Gregory Frank HarrisStill Life with Lilacs and Azaleas
Gregory Frank HarrisClearing Skies	Gregory Frank HarrisA Bountiful Harvest	Gregory Frank HarrisWhen Dawn Breaks
Gregory Frank HarrisFlora	Gregory Frank HarrisPeaceful Hours	Gregory Frank HarrisTender Fields
Gregory Frank HarrisSunflowers	Gregory Frank HarrisThe Herdsman	Gregory Frank HarrisEvening Light and April Moon
Gregory Frank HarrisSunlight & Shadows	Gregory Frank HarrisThe Village Pond	Gregory Frank HarrisThe Chinese Jar
Gregory Frank HarrisAutumn Along the River	Gregory Frank HarrisFirst Days of Spring	Gregory Frank HarrisSunbreak
Gregory Frank HarrisWildflowers on the River's Edge	Gregory Frank HarrisA Moments Reverie	Gregory Frank HarrisA Quiet Pastime
Gregory Frank HarrisTime Moves Slowly	Gregory Frank HarrisA Still Morning	Gregory Frank HarrisPeaceful Morning
Gregory Frank HarrisWarm Days of Summer	Gregory Frank HarrisNow, Only Memories	Gregory Frank HarrisOctober Skies
Gregory Frank HarrisYoung Shepherd	Gregory Frank HarrisSpring Blossoms	Gregory Frank HarrisA Golden Harvest
Gregory Frank HarrisThe Golden Years	Gregory Frank HarrisWildflowers by the Pasture	Gregory Frank HarrisWhen the Storm Clears
Gregory Frank HarrisApril Skies & Sunlit Hills	Gregory Frank HarrisAlong the Peaceful River	Gregory Frank HarrisThe Poppy Field
Gregory Frank HarrisA Riverside Cottage	Gregory Frank HarrisMay Blossoms	Gregory Frank HarrisDaydreams and White Roses
Gregory Frank HarrisA Cottage Garden	Gregory Frank HarrisJune Roses	Gregory Frank HarrisGarden of Roses
Gregory Frank HarrisMorning Bouquet	Gregory Frank HarrisJune Rhododendrons	Gregory Frank HarrisAndalusian Farmhouse
Gregory Frank HarrisIn the Light of Summer	Gregory Frank HarrisHillside Poppies	Gregory Frank HarrisOld Newlyn Cottage
Gregory Frank HarrisAmong the Roses	Gregory Frank HarrisDistant Light on the Pasture	Gregory Frank HarrisInto the Evening Light
Gregory Frank HarrisFrom the Garden	Gregory Frank HarrisApril Wildflowers	Gregory Frank HarrisLate Afternoon Tea
Gregory Frank HarrisGarden Pathway	Gregory Frank HarrisCoastal Morning	Gregory Frank HarrisClearing Skies (The Parisian Laundress)
Gregory Frank HarrisDaydreams (Laundress in the Tuileries, Paris)	Gregory Frank HarrisA la Fontaine	Gregory Frank HarrisSunny Day at the Beach
Gregory Frank HarrisOn the Pacific Shore	Gregory Frank HarrisEvening by the Shore	Gregory Frank HarrisThe Haymakers
Gregory Frank HarrisEarly Fall	Gregory Frank HarrisSpringtime in the Fields

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Gregory Frank Harris
(born 1953)

An Overview

Gregory Frank Harris (Greg Harris) was born in southern California in 1953. His mother was a painter and his father a miner. He also has a twin brother, an entomologist and drummer. He began drawing and sculpting in clay by the age of five. At eight years old he began to sing and play the piano by ear. Throughout junior high and high school he had art and music classes, later studying ceramics and raku firing.

In 1972, he attended Long Beach University studying art and theater. He also, at this time, began watercolor painting and song writing. From 1973 to 1986, he played in bands at local nightclubs, then later professional ‘gigs’ in hotels on the west coast. In 1977 while on the road in Spokane, Washington, inspired by a book on French impressionism, he began to paint in acrylic and oils, copying and studying the impressionists and old masters.

In 1980, through a twist a fate, three of his old master copies ended up in the movie “Annie”. From 1982 to 1996, a personal agent sold his original impressionist oils, pastels, and watercolors to galleries across the US. During those years he was exhibiting at juried shows and winning awards, all the while plein air painting in the Laguna and Irvine Canyons. In the fall of 1985, he studied at the Art Student’s League in New York; and in 1987, he put together a large band performing his original music at the Roxey Theater in L.A.

From 1991 to 1996 he and his wife, now divorced, lived in Duxbury, Massachusetts. While in Duxbury he performed in community theater plays and musical productions. In 1996, after doing a workshop at the Fechin Institute, New Mexico, he decided to move to Santa Fe. He lived there for five years and continued his studies of contemporary realism and plein-air painting.

In November 2000 he moved to Lyme, CT to further paint from life. He also became a part-time teacher and elected member of the Lyme Art Association as well as a private instructor. Currently he is a member of the Putney painters group in Vermont with Richard Schmid.