User:Gregorysfineart

Gregorysfineart is the web site of Gregory Stephan Peters artist, writer, world traveler, creative thinker and problem solver.

Gregory Peters was born on June 21, 1950, in Washington, DC.to parents in the United States Foreign Service. He traveled extensively the better part of the first half of his life. Moving every 2-3 years, his father's interests took the family to the Middle East and the Far East. He has four brothers who are still living in the Pacific Northwest. Lacking any real home base, Gregory decided early on that the Pacific Northwest would be as good a base as any. As a young creative artist, the area served as a key inspiration for many of his earlier works of art.

He completed High School in 1968 in Everett, Washington. A disastrous college experience led him to return to Japan and complete courses with the University of Maryland. Gregory boarded a tramp steamer in Yokohama, Japan one year later, sailing back to the United States and a potential degree from schooling at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. Ultimately, drugs and inexperience took their toll and with the Vietnam War raging, dropped out of school to join the Navy rather than become drafted. It was not such a bad thing in retrospect.

He served just a short time in the Navy before exiting with an Honorable Discharge and VA benefits which he subsequently used to complete schooling in Graphic Design at the now defunct Burnley School of Professional Art in Seattle. Shortly after leaving the Navy, he relocated from San Diego to Los Angeles where he met his future wife, Joyce. She would later join Gregory in Seattle and their relationship blossomed into love and ultimately marriage several years later. Gregory not only supplied graphic services to many customers, but continued to expand upon his fine art development.

Economic woes plagued the Pacific Northwest and opportunity lay elsewhere it was decided. A disastrous Art Directorship in Sun Valley, Idaho led to the newly married couple flipping a coin and deciding to cast their fate to the Southern California area. Gregory continued with a successful career as an Art Director for a small design firm, then took a leap of faith and secured a job with the rapidly expanding aerospace company Northrop, who had just won the contract for the B-2 Stealth Bomber. It was a fateful decision and a good one as well. Gregory gave 28 years of his life to Northrop and retired from the company now known as Northrop Grumman.

In the process, he and Joyce had raised 3 daughters, and he completed not only an A/A in Marketing, but a Bachelor's Degree from Pepperdine University in Business Management. Retirement from Aerospace was the launching point for his continuing journey as a fine artist, and ultimately led to his full-time efforts to create an art business selling both original art and prints covering a wide variety of themes.

Closest to his love of nature are themes featuring Wine Country, and the American West. His most unusual artworks feature multi dimensional paintings created with natural materials that allow images to project from the canvas in interesting fashion. He has sold art across the country and in several foreign countries, participated in a number of shows and maintains the fine art web site,