Gregory Sumida, Original Oil Painting Pickup Crossing Gregory Sumida California Artist Americana, 1976

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Gregory Sumida (American, b.1948) 'Pick-Up Crossing' Oil paint on masonite board. Hand signed lower right 1976 Depicting a rural landscape … Read more Gregory Sumida (American, b.1948) 'Pick-Up Crossing' Oil paint on masonite board. Hand signed lower right 1976 Depicting a rural landscape and buildings, in a linen-lined pickled wood frame having a brass label naming artist and bears a paper label verso with the title. Provenance: Miner's Gallery Americana, Carmel, California Dimensions: Height: 11 inches, Width: 14 inches. Frame Size: 19 inches by 22 inches Gregory Sumida (Born 1948) Born and raised in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles to Japanese parents, George and Alice Sumida, Gregory Sumida is a painter of "Old World dedication". He grinds his own paints, stretches the canvases and makes the frames. His primary subjects are Plains Indians in landscape, such as Crows and Shoshones, and his primary media are gouache, charcoal, watercolor, tempera, and oils. His styles vary from impressionism to realism to western to Japanese influence, and he is dedicated to continually changing and growing. Gregory has been painting the American Indian and North American wildlife for many years and has enjoyed a successful career. Sumida is a self taught artist. His life altering inspiration came from a visit to the Los Angeles Art Museum and a conversation about Andrew Wyeth with actor Charlton Heston. Sumida expressed great admiration for Wyeth, and Heston suggested he write to him. Amazed at getting a response, Sumida not only received a cordial note but a critique of a painting he had sent. Wyeth also advised him: "Don't take lessons." He is also a photographer, writer, musician and philosopher.Gregory Sumida is a painter of "Old World dedication". He was included in the show No Other Land: A Century of American Landscapes Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, California along with Andrew Wyeth, Andy Warhol, Ansel Adams, Dan Namingha, Georgia O'Keeffe, Joseph Kleitsch, N.C. Wyeth, Paul Wonner, Theophilus Brown, Wayne Thiebaud, William Eggleston and Winslow Homer. See less