Biography
Greta Guzek embraces and captures the spirit of the West coast. Her intricate designs and vivid coulours have become a distintively joyful feature of her artwork, which has gained wide appeal throughout Canada.
Greta Guzek embraces and captures the spirit of the West coast. Her intricate designs and vivid coulours have become a distintively joyful feature of her artwork, which has gained wide appeal throughout Canada. After completing a fine Arts degree in South Africa, Greta moved to the Sunshine Coast of BC in 1980, where she now works out of her studio in Gibsons. Already an established feature in the galleries, her images have seen diverse applications: from book illustrations, posters and T-shirts, to designs promoting a variety of events and festivals. Greta feels creativity should be encourages at all ages, which is why children and adults alike attend her popular workshops. "Having lived on the west coast for twenty years, I feel an integration with its character and it has become a vehicle for my artistic expression." ``I believe that through the familiar sketches of life, I create a bond with viewers which allows me to converse with them on an aesthetic level. I paint in a way to express my involvement with the subject, i.e. I simplify it, distort the forms and perspectives, enhance the expressive value of colour and create a rhythm that animates the scene. In this way I hope to develop a visual language that conveys my sense of wonder and materializes the spirit of what I feel.``