Hugh graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in industrial design. He worked over forty years in the architectural field. Hugh's work in painting is based on his formal training as an architectural delineator, but he is always open to new avenues to accomplish a consistent end result.
Hugh has just received the "George Latta Memorial Award" from the 2008 Watercolor Missouri National show for his painting "Greenwood County Winter." In 2007, he was honored with a cash award from the Kansas Watercolor Society "Winter Invitational" for his painting "River Town." In 2006 and 2007, Hugh received the H K Holbein Award from the Missouri Watercolor Society Members' Invitational show.
In 2004, Hugh won an Award of Merit from the Estes Park Plein Air Painting the Parks competition. The Fine Art of Living Well Regional Show awarded Hugh the People's Choice Award and the Clifford Stone Award of Merit for his painting "Soft Autumn." In October, the 35th Annual Art Awards sponsored by the Arts Council (Wichita, Kansas), presented Hugh with their Excellence in the Arts "Individual Artist" Award for 2004. In September 2003, Hugh won the Grand Prize at Arts for the Parks Top 100, an International competition. In 2002, Hugh was the winner for Region III in the Arts for the Parks competition and the People's choice award for the same painting. He won Best of Show, "Art from the Heartland 2001," and Best of Show, "Kansas 7 State Watercolor Exhibition 2000."
He is the author of two books. Hugh Greer Missouri to New Mexico, published in 1997, is a sampling of Hugh's art with verse by Cathy Bolon Stephenson and Acrylic Landscape Painting Techniques, published in 2001 by North Light, is a "how to. . ." book.
Also available through Creative Catalyst Productions are three instruction DVD's: Acrylic Landscape Painting Tools & Techniques, Landscape Studies in Acrylic, and Create Mood and Atmosphere With Color & Value. For ordering information contact www.ccpvideos.com
