Background
Gregg Renfrow was born in 1948 in San Francisco, California, United States.
Gregg Renfrow was born in 1948 in San Francisco, California, United States.
Gregg Renfrow received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from San Francisco Art Institute.
Gregg Renfrow conveys in his luminous, abstract compositions the ever-changing quality of the Californian light he has been minutely observing over the course of his 40-plus year career. Working in layers, he pours mixtures of polymer and pigment over rectangular or square sheets of cast acrylic, creating brushless paintings full of depth and subtle tonal gradations.
Renfrow has exhibited both nationally and internationally since the mid-1970s. He has had numerous gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the Nancy Toomey Fine Art and at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery.
He lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Renfrow has often stated that the subject of his painting is the actual viewer - that the engaged interaction of the audience is embodied in the painting process and the painting materials. This experience of pure seeing is the only claim on one’s time and one’s senses.
Quotations:
“The foundation of my painting practice is the daily exercise of drawing. The purpose of drawing is comprehension. In my case, it is the comprehension of the constant flux of the visible world around me as it is revealed by the light.”
“The point of everything is the search for and discovery of light. Everything else is just commentary.”