LARRY W. GREEN

Artist Biography and Artist Statement

I do not do paintings from nostalgia even though there is an element in my work. I am an artist who is fascinated by how they are all the same however different every one of the images I paint is. A series of paintings that grew from casual drawings and taken from thousand photographs taken from through out the urban jungle, taken from an artist note book written in the mind. I have removed nearly all the narrative color in my images and created a silhouette of monochromatic palette of light and form and of structure that defines us and our history. So these are my paintings that are not specific narratives, they are also about iconic objects of the past and recent or present history. They include people places and things a part of nature that is slipping away and becoming obsolete and extinct. Things that are discarded as deformed and not part of what normal is define to be.

Larry W. Green graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a BFA in 1975.  He has had numerous shows throughout Chicago. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana and graduated from Indiana State University Laboratory School.  Larry moved to Chicago in 1971. 

“From landscapes to the human figure, I find beauty in people, places and things that others would find inappropriate; to not reject what others find different. This is what I try to achieve. Sometimes what makes us feel uncomfortable defines who we are. To find who we are we sometimes must explore our dark side. Look deep inside and accept at times what others might reject”. Larry is an award winning artist and his book titled ‘Water Tanks of Chicago” is a huge success about the vanishing urban structural legacy that dots our urban skyline.

Larry W. Green

P.O.BOX 06015

CHICAGO ILLINOIS

60606

773 425 8674

Studio: 3311 W. Carroll Chicago, Ill. 60624