Charter Weeks: Although I have been a photographer for 50+ years, I have always continued to create visual ideas/images by hand, as it were. This submission is an example of some of the work I continue to do in my interest with the “traditional” arts.
Surrounded by New England's natural environs and adults ranging from engineering and music, to art and science, my childhood imagination flourished. I was drawn to anthropology in college and to jewelry making after school, seeking a livelihood that afforded creativity and financial stability. While operating, Designs by Magi, I developed my interest in natural healing and fine art painting. I studied with master painters: Adeline Goldmink Tronzo, Stan Moeller, and Dennis Perrin. After this period, I practiced Reiki Healing and devoted myself to painting and teaching. Today, my paintings are exhibited throughout New England and in private collections across the country and Europe.
Greg Clary is a retired college professor who was born and raised in Turkey Creek, West Virginia and now resides in the northwestern Pennsylvania Wilds. His photographs and poetry have appeared in many publications including The Sun Magazine, Looking at Appalachia, Rattle, The Watershed Journal, Pine Mt. Sand & Gravel, Rye Whiskey Review, Waccamaw Journal, Hole in the Head Review, and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.