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Gregory Burns, USA
Swimming/Paralympian
Shortly after Nixon’s first visit to China, Gregory Burns slipped into the fabric of Asia in 1984, concluding a cloistered existence painting the beauty of the California Dream. Setting sail for Taiwan he opted for total emersion while studying Chinese brush painting and calligraphy with local masters. With a smattering of Mandarin and paintbrushes he began a summer backpacking trip through China, Tibet, Nepal, India and Pakistan which stretched into a 16-month sojourn. While seeking out numerous sacred sites, his artwork began referencing the different religious and architectural imagery of the region. Swimming in the 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games and capturing five world records with six gold and silver medals nurtured his intimate understanding of blue and green. Completing his Master in Fine Art at the close of the millennium, he learned the value of yellow ochre and the vitality of red. Through traveling and casting a wide net, Gregory continues to pull in a diverse collection of colors and imagery with which he tries to synthesize and portray the power of the human spirit galvanized by adversity. As a result, he has been featured repeatedly in television and print media throughout China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Indonesia, Japan and the United States. Gregory has published two books and been artist in residence in Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, India, China, Tibet, The Maldives and Morocco. Galleries and museums in fourteen countries have exhibited his paintings.