Greg Navratil

About Greg Navratil

My interest in art began early. At age seven I had a drawing of a dog, “with eyes as big as sewer lids”, published in the Denver Post. That same year I won my first award - a pack of Juicy Fruit gum - for a clay sculpture of a cowboy sitting on a fence and twirling his lasso overhead in a school composition. At age eleven, I drew the monthly comic strip for the school paper. This interest continued throughout my school years. After serving in the U.S. Army, I studied sculpture and painting at Metropolitan State College in Denver, receiving a B.F.A. degree. In 2003, I purchased a historical schoolhouse near Seaside, Oregon. After renovation, it makes a wonderful studio/home with its high ceilings and abundant square footage. It will be my studio of the Northwest. With its nearly three acres of woods and gardens, it will be also become my Giverny. Living in a schoolhouse has not made me any smarter, but I find that the humidity in Oregon makes working in acrylic much more forgiving than the dry climate of Colorado. Artist Greg Navratil is known for creating acrylic paintings that concentrate on the abstract and chaotic qualities of nature. Greg\'s abstract landscape paintings, if you will, have been described as a balance between the painting traditions of abstraction and realism. Carrie Turner, editor of Fine Art Views.\"Greg Navratil\'s paintings remind me of long-standing debates over abstraction and realism. Greg\'s paintings remind us that abstraction is NOT removed from nature.\" Sherwin added,\"Abstraction is just as \'real\' as a painting focused on strict academic realism. In fact, one could argue that abstract painting, in general, is \'rooted\' in nature itself. it shares the same chaotic force - it shares the essence of \'controlled chaos\'. shaped by specific factors.\" Brian Sherwin, art critic. more at or

Experience

1. Artist

   Lawrence Gallery

   Aug 2021 — Present · Lake Oswego, OR, US

Education

• Metropolitan State College of Denver

  Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)

  1969 — 1973

Skills

• Modern Art
• Acrylic
• Contemporary Art
• Abstraction
• Visual Arts
• Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Gardening, Carpentry, Restoration, Wondering,
• Fine Art
• Mixed Media
• Watercolor
• Figurative Art
• Studio Art
• Collage
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Abstract Paintings
• Art
• Drawing
• Public Art