#lifeonthestreets

The download will be available soon, but in the meantime, a small preview of what you can expect is ready for you.

Starfish… I watched a documentary on the tiny creatures that live in the Great Barrier Reef and it got me thinking about reefs as cities so I want to bring ocean life to my urbansurrealism the challenge is that everything is eating something smaller #urbansurrealism #starfish #belair #oilpainting #lifeonthestreets #lowbrowpopsurrealists #pdxartist #portlandartist #gregoryhergert (at Southeast Portland, Portland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnpeP-OP_Yo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

medium format Kodak Portra 160 processed with weakening chemicals • #120film #filmgrain #mediumformat #streetphotography #mediumformatfilm #streetlife #lifeonthestreets #film #filmisnotdead #filmphotography #filmphoto #filmcamera #abandonedplaces #photography #filmstagraeme #portra #nightphotography #mediumformatcamera #analog #analogphotography #istillshootfilm #heyfsc #abandonedplaces #abandoned #filmshooterscollective #filmgrain #shootfilm #mediumformatphotograph https://www.instagram.com/p/CILaGGFlWgM/?igshid=1v0xg1cw0t3kl

Single Mom… was painted last year for my one person show Our Jungle based on the cautionary folk tale Little Red Riding Hood recorded by Brothers Grimm which for me was a response to the growing danger of Portland’s streets #urbansurrealism #lifeonthestreets #grimm #oilpainting #littleredridinghood #lowbrowpopsurrealists #pdxartist #portlandartist #gregoryhergert (at Brassworks Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb0acM7v9Xe/?utm_medium=tumblr

A couple years ago Glenn Barr @glbarr and I had a two person show together called Flesh and Concrete curated by @undergroundrobin and it was a real honor for me to show alongside Glenn who I’ve admired for many years. #urbansurrealism #lifeonthestreets #glennbarr #lowbrowpopsurrealists #fleshandconcrete #lowbrowart #pdxartist #portlandartist #gregoryhergert (at Brassworks Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb6QbGvp63d/?utm_medium=tumblr

Work the Cars…in 2018 I saw a young guy with a hug gas can and equally large sign by the roadside and at that period my niece was in a rebellious stage and claimed she could survive on her own by ‘working the cars’ so today as I was driving a guy was standing in the intersection with a sign which read ‘do to the rise in gas prices anything would help’ so I give him a few dollars and was reminded of this painting #urbansurrealism #lifeonthestreets #lowbrowpopsurrealists #pdxartist #portlandartist #gregoryhergert (at Southeast Portland, Portland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcGamjVvIq7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The Ant and The Grasshopper...this is my third painting for the fantastic group show Urban Aesop opening May 7th at Brassworks Gallery curated by @undergroundrobin with a tremendous group of artists @brassworksgallery @hifructosemag @juxtapozmag #urbansurrealism #aesopfables #hifructosemagazine #juxtapozmag #ants #grasshoppers #lifeonthestreets #urbanaesop #brassworksgallery #lowbrowpopsurrealists #pdxartist #portlandartist #gregoryhergert (at BrassWorks Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/COeKgjSHOsN/?igshid=q15um40m7zpb

420...normally I avoid the soup kitchen area because despair is concentrated but there I was walking by a bunch of guys smoking weed when suddenly a rail thin homeless hooker is trying to get my attention and now all the guys are looking at me but she could barely walk in such high heels but I felt really bad for her as I moved on #urbansurrealism #lifeonthestreets #drawing #prismacolorpencils #420 #pdxartist #lowbrowpopsurrealists #portlandartist #gregoryhergert (at Southeast Portland, Portland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CN6SpQAHEZP/?igshid=1bxrqfgiw4phl