JOSEPH GRIECO After The Fog Pastel Landscape, inscription to bottom left reads JP Grieco, subject shows a hazy yellow sky reflected on river running between two grassy banks with distant scattered houses, window measures approx 16 1/4 inches L x 22 1/4 inches w, frame measures approx 26 inches L x 31 3/4 inches w, wood frame, surface wear to frame, professionally framed, not examined out of frame. To me a successful painting is one that the viewer responds to in their own personal way and experiences with their own personal connection. My goal as an artist is to translate what I have seen and have experienced in a sensitive and evocative way, in order to allow for a stimulating and intangible interpretation. The information per se, for me, at this time, has become secondary! I always hope to transcend the visible and allow for a spiritual or perhaps, elusive element, to be present in hope of elevating the work to a higher plateau. This involves a balancing of the natural shapes