Greg Dechow

RCAD Alumni // Fine Arts

Artist Statement: Much of my work is based in my travels and photography. I have been to South Africa many times, and the photos I’ve taken there have been the catalyst for an entire body of work. Going to South Africa has given me an incredible sense of perspective and appreciation of my own life. I have the utmost respect for South African people. With each painting I hope to impart some sense of the kind of impression they and the African landscape have on me.

Born in Roanoke, Virginia, I moved to Sarasota with my family at the age of 12. Though I had always been artistically inclined, I did not fully dive into the visual arts until I was 16. I enrolled at Ringling when I was 18. It was there I learned to paint; until that point I had done almost all of my work digitally. Since then painting has been my primary interest and I hope to establish a career in the Fine Arts.