Greg Singley is a man whose soul is on fire with color - not just with a single color, but an explosion of them. And he is not timid about sharing his ardor with anyone. Greg Singly's paintings celebrate the resplendence of every hue in the rainbow. He describes himself as an impressionist, but from a distance his painting appear to be unequivocally realistic. It is when the viewer comes closer that he begins to understand the connection between the work he approaches and the works on display at the Jeu de Paume on the Place de la Concorde in Paris. One day as Greg Singley was outdoors finishing a painting, a hummingbird landed momentarily on his arm, quite likely in total bewilderment - the blossoms it had spied far away with such hope proved not to be flowers at all. In 1950, Greg Singley was born in Alabama. He studied business in college; later he continued his education by attending the Ringling School of Art in Florida, graduating with a degree in Design and Illustration. He began his career as a designer in the area, then decided to move to Arizona to work in illustration and fine art. Among the publications that utilized his talent was Arizona Trend Magazine, The New York Times Weekly News and Arts Journal, and the Phoenix Gazette. As a painter, Greg Singley enjoys using different methods to create an image. For example, he uses his fingers to spread the paint in order to produce a certain kind of spontaneity in his paintings. He then later employs a brush to create the detail found in his work. Greg Singley finds inspiration from the Impressionistic era; he names Monet, Pissarro, and Van Gough as the influence for his contemporary Impressionistic style, and he greatly reveres the American turn-of-the-century artist Maynard Dixon as well. Says Mr. Singley: "At its heart Impressionism is a spirit. To best express this spirit, the work should be extremely abstract. The magic of an impressionistic painting is the viewer?s recognition of the greater image. By using the most fleeting bits of color and shape, I can demonstrate how each form is made from so many others." Greg Singley paints from the heart, with passion, and he chooses his colors instinctively, utterly without calculation. He will at times use a palette knife and even his fingers so he can apply the paint to the picture more directly, more intuitively, but he always uses a brush for the highlights and shadow strokes and other fine details. These methods have enabled him to imbue his paintings with a uniquely rich and vivid magnificence. Greg Singley exhibits with the John Douglas Cline Gallery of Phoenix, the Ratzcliff Williams Gallery of Sedona, and the Micheal Collier Gallery of Scottsdale. Outside Arizona he exhibits with the Chemers Newport Beach, California; Miranda Galleries of Laguna Beach, California; Marylin Wilson Gallery of Birmingham, Alabama; Windsors of Dania, Florida; and J Richards Gallery of Englewood, New Jersey.