Charcoal drawing of Rodin's "The Thinker" with head as a block of stone.

Abstract painting depicting a circular structure with concentric steps and a central column or altar, in muted earth tones.

Figures and Follies

This group of paintings references art historical figuration, archetypal forms, and classical systems of proportion.

Abstract painting of two muscular figures kneeling beneath a low table, with a backdrop of curved steps and muted colors.

Abstract painting with a spiral design at the center, resembling the golden ratio, set against a brown background. Below the spiral, a landscape with a winding river and a small boat is depicted.

“Greg Charlton places motifs derived from the classical past in present contexts in order to question their meanings, but he really does not question the meaning of painting itself. His work is postmodern mainly because it underscores the limits of modernist utopianism, and because it consciously revives an earlier allegorical style.”

Susan Gibson Garvey – excerpt from the Naturalia & Artificialia essay for the Theatrum Mundi exhibition catalogue, published, 1997

Sundial, Gun Emplacement, NF. 2005, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 81 x 239 cm

Atlas Figure, Musee des beaux arts, Quebec, 2005, Ink, charcoal and pastel on paper, 70 x 25 cm

Sundial, Cape Spear, NF. 2005, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 142 cm

Entre Nous, 2000, acrylic, charcoal and pastel on hardboard_wood, 305 x 488 x 61 cm

Entre Nous, Atlas Figure (detail)

Entre Nous, Golden Mean, Lanscape (detail)

Entre Nous, Caryatid Figure(detail)

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