Charles Gregory Woods is an artist that works
in many media, and quite prolifically. He has had many one and two artist shows. His work usually brings about a strong response
of one sort or another from viewers. His work has been strongly and positively commented on by many noted artists
and professors. He is in the 'expressionistic' tradition generally, but experiments wildly. A book is being
written on his work by a Texas Professor of art.
He is also an award-winning architect and apprenticed for over ten years with Dennis Blair, an
noted direct student of Frank Lloyd Wright. He has written six published works on architecture. His work has been shown
in over fifty major magazines and newspapers.
He holds degrees in both philosophy and religion, and is a published philosopher. He is currently -and for
too long! - writing his Doctoral dissertation on the philosopher Spinoza.
He loves reading classical literature and listening to classical music and playing chess- but 'Louie
Louie' is still his favorite song! Smile.
"Opus" his South Street Gallery show is his five year retrospective show. Although he produced some
fine art before that, he has worked on his fine art almost 'every' day for the last five years.
Note from CGW
I would like
to sincerely 'thank' both Bob and Jim for this opportunity, to share my work with my
local friends, and the other great local artists in this beautiful gallery.
"Like lava forcing itself to the surface, forging a new mountain
on flat terrain, a neoteric art of the mind has created a volcano on the predictable horizon of fine art. The fauves were
the "beasts" of the day, Dekooning the mad-man, and now Woods emerges as the next mirror to the dark, the powerful,
and the raw center in all of us that is in need of a new channel of expression.
A self-trained master of
fine art, Woods' assured command of not only the pencil and brush, but the computer, brings unexpected expression to life.
His prolific genius, with over 250,000 works in 5 years, is a perfect confluence of fine art and technology. I'm going
to offer a new term for this unspoiled art, heir to Impressionism and German Expressionism - Emotionism."
Randy Padorr-Black, Critic, Associate Professor of Art
