A&D Alumnus, David Gregory Exhibition Opening
October 2, 2025
David Gregory: 50-year Retrospective
October 2 – October 30, 2025
Illini Union Art Gallery, 1401 W Green St., Champaign
Reception Thursday Oct 2 from 4:30-6:00
This exhibition features forty-four paintings and etchings spanning the length of David’s career from his time as an art student at the University of Illinois to his most recent works. David has created over four thousand oil and watercolor paintings, most of which hang in private and public collections throughout the USA and abroad. He has been juried into numerous national and international exhibitions.
Those who knew former U of I Art Department professor, Billy Morrow Jackson (1926-2006), will recognize the influence of the artist David considers to be his mentor and the teacher who led him on the path to being a successful artist. It was Jackson’s exhibition of landscapes in the Illini Union Art Gallery that inspired David’s decision to transfer from Architecture and pursue fine art as a career.
David has found inspiration in the rural landscapes of his native Illinois and cityscapes from San Francisco to Venice, Italy. A world traveler, he has painted in England, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, California, Colorado, Wisconsin, and Hawaii. He has lived in California and Hawaii but now resides in Peoria, Illinois, with his wife Renée.
"Night Class" created in the Art and Design building in a Studio Painting class with Professor Billy Morrow Jackson. Size 30" x 40". Dated 1976