Gregory Packard, an American Impressionist:

Original Landscape Paintings

Original Still Life Paintings

Original Floral Paintings

Original Figurative Paintings

Original Oil Paintings

Plein Air Paintings

Alla Prima Paintings

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Waning Light, 16x18 inch oil © Gregory Packard, Available at Coleman Fine Art, Charleston, SC

Snows

When the snow first falls it's a good sign. It's a good sign because the year's challenges are covered and the new world seems to promise rest and growth. Like angels cycling down from heaven the large flakes sway and catch and lift slightly in the cold air, and then gracefully fall to the ground where one by one they build a presence. Measured in winters our lives progress; our children begin to stand tall and before we know it along side the adults. It happens fast. The magic of their youth gradually and too often unbeknownst to our everyday eyes dissipates. We are sometimes aware enough to realize it but mostly we recognize it in the year's photographs, pictures that say, "Wow, they were so little. What was I thinking trying to get them to understand this or that at such a young age." Every day I realize that there are so many things I have no business teaching my children. In many ways, with their innocent and fresh sight they see so much more clearly than I do. They have a natural intelligence that is nearly impossible for an adult to have. True, it may not be the type that keeps them out of harm's way but it is the type that sees life anew, not unlike a fresh blanket of snow.

Gregory Packard, January 6, 2010