Gary Simpson, born 1947, is a lifelong resident of Laguna Beach, California. He received his Arts degree from California State University at Long Beach in 1971. He immediately began his art career in 1972 exhibiting at the Sawdust Art Festival in Laguna. He has participated in the Festival of Arts juried exhibition since 1999.

Simpson has worked with cement as a medium of artistic expression since 1986. Years of dedicated effort in developing unique cement mixtures have culminated in his lively, colorful abstract frescoes. These large-scale works are complex explorations of color, texture, and shape that emerge from his on-going experiment with material and technique.

About his work, Simpson says "I take my medium and my inspiration from the Earth. Cement has been used for centuries as a building material, but in using it as an artistic medium, I free it from its functionality in a work of art. In the same way that cement is an extract of the Earth, I view my abstract art as expressions of my relation to the Earth."

Simpson's work as an abstract impressionist are found in private collections and can be seen in several galleries.

Click here to see samples of Gary's Fresco Panels, on display at various Western Galleries.

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