With exhibitions of his work at both Chestertown’s Massoni Gallery and Easton’s Academy Art Museum taking place at the same time, the popularity and interest in the artist Greg Mort’s watercolors, oil, and pastel images have never been greater on the Eastern Shore nor in the world of contemporary art these days.
The self-taught artist and astronomer gained unique visibility for his work in the late 1970s after Joan Mondale, wife of Vice President Walter Mondale and a big champion of the visual arts in America, took special interest in Mort’s unique blending of science and nature with his art. That friendship with Mondale continued for several decades leading to a one-person exhibition in Tokyo, Japan while Mondale’s husband served as US ambassador in the 1990s.
In his interview with the Spy, Mort talks about his work at Massoni and the AAM, his use of science and the reoccurring theme of the earth’s fragile nature.
This video is approximately four minutes in length
Carla Massoni Gallery
“Body // Water” through March 22
Academy Art Museum
The Art of Greg Mort: Selections from the Hickman Bequest through April 12
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