Greg Custer Art

Greg Custer has lived in Colorado for the past 45 years with his roots stemming from the high plains of northwestern Kansas. Greg says, “the Colorado lifestyle has been a great fit” for both his art and his active lifestyle. In addition to being a professional oil painter, Greg is an art teacher at a local charter school. One can articulate that his life’s journey is an all-encompassing experience within the arts.

Greg holds one trait to the utmost value; passion. He has lived his life to the motto; “Nothing great ever happens casually.” The seed for his many impressionistic landscape paintings is inspired by setting foot on one of the assorted trail-heads, home to the diverse terrain that our country’s southwest region has to offer.

Greg’s color palette is composed of classical European pigments that were assembled and developed under the study of the late Skip Harwick, his college instructor. He makes use of a contrast between his contemporary approach to impressionistic landscapes and the traditional approach to color with the conventional application of glazes. This combination of techniques has created Greg’s painting style that produces strong, rich portrayals of western landscapes.

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Teacher Bio:

Greg Custer added teaching school to his art repertoire in 2002. As an art educator, Greg has mentored a large number of award winning students that have received accolades at the regional, state, and national levels. His students have been equipped with the artistic tools to gain acceptance into a variety of art schools and universities of choice. As an art educator, Greg has found his way of “paying it forward” to the next generation of artists.

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