Elixir II - NIGREDO

Elixir II - NIGREDO Greg Salvatori  Acrylic and gold leaf on canvas 30 x 40 inches 2024 About Greg Salvatori: Greg Salvatori is a self-taught painter and photographer published in more than 30 countries. His visionary art is playful yet sophisticated, blending contemporary techniques and aesthetics with classical evocations. His photographs are filled with surreal fantasies and composed with the most precise eye. His paintings are joyful and deliberate, making full use of the vibrance of color and innovative media and tools like metallic paints and Augmented Reality. Keenly focused on his imagination and the richness of his experiences, Greg sees each image in his mind’s eye first. While the subject is often playful, the process is careful and meticulous, creating deliberate and impeccable artwork.  Drama, technique, color, subject, and light come together to create arresting, almost meditative images with nuanced meanings and questions that hide behind the attractive surface. Beauty and joy are the reason d’être for his work, revealing the excitement and the innate thankfulness so typical of those who have seen darkness and survived it.