Gregory warmack biography

          Mr.!

          Mr. Imagination

          American artist (1948–2012)

          Gregory Warmack, better known as Mr.

          He grew up in one of Chicago's poorest areas and, as a teenager, spent his time painting rocks, whittling tree bark, and crafting jewelry from discarded objects.

        1. Gregory Warmack, better known as Mr. Imagination, was an American outsider artist.
        2. Mr.
        3. Gregory Warmack, better known as Mr. Imagination (March 30, – May 30, ), was an American outsider artist.
        4. Born in Chicago, in , he was one of nine children raised by a single mother in several of that city's poorest neighbourhoods, and he grew up surrounded by.

          5. Imagination (March 30, 1948 – May 30, 2012), was an American outsider artist. He worked in a variety of forms and his work often made use of sandstone and bottlecaps and other repurposed materials.

          Biography

          The third child in a family of nine, Warmack grew up in the Chicago area and had no formal training as an artist, though he began making art objects in his childhood.[1] In the 1970s he made and sold art at street fairs.[2] While in Chicago in 1978, he was shot in the stomach during a mugging and lapsed into a coma.[3][4] During his hospitalization, he had a spiritual vision which he described as "very peaceful, almost as if I was traveling through history and looking at ancient civilizations."[3] The incident spurred Warmack to renew his focus on art and broaden his scope, and shortly after he began using the name Mr.

          Imagination.