Tree | Greg Latch | Original Mixed Media Art

Original mixed media on board by Greg Latch · Painter and mixed media artist · Available at Marcolina’s Fine Arts Gallery, Tampa, Florida · Ships worldwide

A single tree takes over the whole width of this long, low painting. The canopy is made of hundreds of quick slashing strokes in green, teal, and olive, with flecks of orange, red, and blue thrown through them, and it sweeps across the top of the board like it is being pushed by a strong wind. The trunk is thick and split into heavy brown slabs, with broad planks of root and branch fanning out at its base. Behind it a thin band of orange and blue marks the horizon under a pale, pinkish sky scribbled with red.

Under the tree the ground does something unexpected. Instead of grass there is a field of thin vertical drips and posts in green, blue, yellow, and pink, standing in rows like a fence, a crowd, or a vineyard. The paint runs down the surface in places, so the whole lower half looks like it is still wet and still moving.

It would be easy to call this a landscape, but the tree is not sitting still. It feels more like a portrait of a tree in the middle of a storm or a very good day, depending on how you read the colors. The surface is thick and layered, with scraped, dripped, and drawn paint, and the board makes it feel solid. Greg signed it in the lower right.

Collector’s Note

At 48 by 24 inches, Tree has a wide, horizontal shape that is hard to find in original art and easy to place. It suits the space over a sofa, a bed, a console, or a long hallway, where a taller piece would not fit. The green and the warm flecks go well with wood, plants, and white walls, and the thick surface looks different as the light moves, so a virtual viewing or a visit in person shows more than a photograph.

Acquisition

Available through Marcolina’s Fine Arts Gallery with worldwide shipping, full insurance, and professional art packaging. Payment plans available. Private viewings by appointment in Tampa, Florida. Virtual viewings available for collectors anywhere in the world. Payment plans are arranged directly with Marcolina, and every inquiry is answered personally within 24 hours. Each original comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Contact us to inquire. New to collecting? Read our collector guide →

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About the Artist

Greg Latch was born in Mississippi and studied acting and fine art at the University of Mississippi. He later worked as a portrait artist in Jackson Square in New Orleans, and in Tampa he spent years as a nurse in the city’s jails and a psychiatric hospital. He did not come to painting through galleries or art school. He came to it by watching people, and it shows.

For thirteen years he painted at Artist Unlimited alongside artists with master’s degrees from around the world, learned from master painter Ray Paul, and taught drawing with live models. He builds his surfaces with oils, markers, and a range of knives, layering until the canvas turns almost sculptural, and he works from spontaneous drawings and mismatched imagery.

His work sits between portraiture and abstraction, and he says himself that it is not really about the image. He was featured in the Persona exhibition at Marcolina’s Fine Arts Gallery alongside Blake Emory, Guillo Pérez 3, and Mark Rendini. He lives and works in Tampa, Florida.

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