Abstract Seascapes
Original Abstract Painting– Saronikos Sea 27″x 39″x1.1/4″
Where color
meets courage
Abstract Waterfront
Original Abstract Painting – – Marathon Runners
19.5″x27.5″x0.1
Parallels Series
Abstract Seascape Painting – Red Pebbles
24″x30″x1.5′
The Life + Art of
Gregory Christeas
Hi! I'm Gregory
A Lifetime of Emotion, Poured Into Every Canvas
Art is more than an expression—it’s a translation of emotion, memory, and soul. Every brushstroke I make is rooted in the rhythms of my life: the sea I grew up beside, the battles I fought for freedom, and the silent truths that words can’t express. I invite you to explore not just my art, but the feeling behind it.
Gregory Christeas
The Early Years & Rise to Heroism
Born to Create. Called to Resist.
Gregory Christeas was born in Athens, Greece in 1944 and began painting under his mother’s guidance at the age of five. But his life would become anything but conventional. As a young artist in Paris, he encountered Pablo Picasso—who famously said of his work, “Strong, very strong.” Those words became fuel for a deeper calling.
When a military dictatorship gripped Greece in 1967, Christeas returned not to paint, but to fight. He joined the resistance, risking everything for the promise of freedom. After democracy was restored, so too was his brush—now charged with even greater purpose.
Never forget the true meaning of freedom
Over the next six decades, Christeas’ work evolved across themes both personal and political. He captured trauma in the Up the Moon series, the energy of city life in NYC Waterfront Reflections, and created optical poetry in The Glow Series—paintings that shift color with daylight and reveal hidden details under blacklight.
Amongst countless accolades, awards, and prestigious recognition, the canvas keep christeas humble.
“Strong, very strong work.”
Pablo Picasso
Famous Artist“Christeas' brushstrokes become whispers of wisdom, his colors fragments of dreams.”
Ann Williams
ArtMuseThe pinnacle of his career is The Parallels Series—20 years in the making, inspired by the rhythm of waves and created with wide spatulas that allow only color, not tools, to touch the canvas. Each work becomes a chapter in a visual language shaped by movement, memory, and soul.
Christeas’ paintings now live in the permanent collections of three museums in Greece and countless private collections worldwide.
The Artist Today
A Life in Color, A Legacy in Motion
Beyond the Brush
Inventor. Designer. Dreamer.
Gregory’s creative mind extended far beyond the studio. In the 1970s, he designed a two-seater convertible that won first prize at the International Custom Car Show in NYC—twice. In the ’80s, his custom IROC-Z appeared in the hit show Simon & Simon and went on to become a Hot Wheels collectible.
Yet through all these ventures, it is on canvas where his true legacy thrives—where courage, artistry, and emotion collide in color.
