We had the good fortune of connecting with Greg Gutierrez and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Greg, what is the most important factor behind your success?
I’m the hardest working artist I know. The caveat is I enjoy it. I go 7 days a week. I’m always creating even at family functions. I’m as social as a rock but I can sit quietly and create for days on end.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I paint every day. A painting of mine is only finished when it is sold. I could work on the same 50 paintings for the rest of my life and never finish.

It’s only finished when it’s sold.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Being a writer and artist is brutal. You have to grow thick skin. People will crush your heart if you listen. Andy Warhol said fuck what anybody says keep working. That’s me.

Website: www.greggutierrez.com

Other: I stopped doing social media. I couldn’t get used to strangers coming up and saying hello. I’m a cave man.

Image Credits
Photos Greg Gutierrez

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