Greg Decker has been a professional oil painter for over thirty-five years. He was raised in Congo (Belgian Congo/Africa) and that still shows through in his work. His other early influences were European. He spent twelve years in Philadelphia, then twelve years in New York City, where He taught at both MoMA and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a Visual Teaching Artist through Lincoln Center Institute. During this time he spent valuable time in Europe (UK, France, Italy) painting, and studying major collections, the results of which inform his paintings. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomizes the passion that comes from a deep love of art, poetry, and music. His paintings show how art is both the consolation for, and the voice of, a lifetime's experience.” —Julyan Davis