#lifeonthestreet

[great-photography-attributed]

Out Through The In Door by Rick Del Carmen

From Panorama City in Van Nuys, California.

Source: flickr.com

[joao-angerino]

[gregoryhergert]

Mi Casa…I made this painting for my 2017 show Street Stories and this guy set up his street house around the corner from my studio and he was a hipster and I remember thinking it was just an alternative lifestyle but as each year has gone by a desperation has increased and I’ve come to the conclusion that a year on the street ages a person five years fighting weather drugs fellow homeless and the sheer despair of lost purpose #urbansurrealism #painting #lifeonthestreet #lowbrowpopsurrealists #pdxartist #portlandartist #gregoryhergert (at Southeast Portland, Portland) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd6OyOqJEvG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gregoryhergert]

Urban Myth…this painting from 2019 is in my studio because someone is interested in buying it so I’ve been thinking about it so on my walk today I went down the narrow corridor that inspired the painting because there’s a rat hole that looks like thousands of rats stream out of at night but now multiple homeless tents are squeezed in the narrow passageway and I was reluctant to walk through but I did and it was intense I can only image after dark #urbansurrealism #lifeonthestreet #cityrats #lowbrowpopsurrealists #pdxartist #portlandartist #gregoryhergert (at Southeast Portland, Portland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgdJpGupwFM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gregoryhergert]

Two Cats…I finished this painting yesterday for a show called The Fringe which is about that mysterious area where nature and urban rub against each other so I had six days to make the painting and each day something art business interfered with my progress and it dawned on me that it was similar to the conflict I was depicting #urbansurrealism #catinthehat #felix #lifeonthestreet #lowbrowpopsurrealists #popsurrealism #pdxartist #portlandartist #gregoryhergert (at Southeast Portland, Portland) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgzcd4LLQr9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gregoryhergert]

Blue Tarp City…I made this painting in 2015 the year I moved to Portland and started working in my new studio in the industrial section and saw up close how people were living under blue tarps and was intimidated by the people and I saw a young woman walk through the camp without fear which impressed me so I made this painting which I consider to be my first urbansurrealist work #urbansurrealism #lifeonthestreet #bluetarpcity #lowbrowpopsurrealists #pdxartist #portlandartist #gregoryhergert (at Southeast Portland, Portland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfFJsX8vu2f/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gregoryhergert]

The Gorillaz Art Book…most of the work I did for The Gorillaz Art Book featured Noodle the band’s guitarist who arrived in a shipping crate at the age of 10 as a child prodigy so since the book celebrates the 20th anniversary of the band’s founding I made her 30 years old so in this painting she’s joined by fellow band mates 2D and Russel. @hewll @gorillaz #urbansurrealism #gorillaz #painting #lifeonthestreet #lowbrowpopsurrealists #jamiehewlett #pdxartist #portlandartist #noodle #gregoryhergert (at Southeast Portland, Portland) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf_-_Por4o9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gregoryhergert]

When I arrived at my studio a studio mate had her car windows smashed and later when I took a walk there was a small child in pajamas wandering in the street while his mother was nodded off sitting next to a pole while a creepy guy was watching and further up the street was an angry guy with a club when I returned to my studio I began these drawings when screeching occurred outside and I watch someone do burnouts in the intersection so all that feed my imagination for these drawings #urbansurrealism #drawing #lifeonthestreet #lowbrowpopsurrealists #pdxartist #portlandartist #gregoryhergert (at Southeast Portland, Portland) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfc7A09LKIm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=