Abstract Impressions 1995-1996  

Gregg Simpson began this suite of acrylic paintings and pastels during the summer of 1995 in the south of France and completed it in 1996 in his North Vancouver studio. The pastels were done while travelling in the various regions of France including Provence, where the special light of the south feeds the eye. 

The canvases, mainly done following this trip,, reflect the influence of that sunlight, and also the legacy of the many great artists who painted there. An echo of the Provencal fields and hills bathed in summer sunlight, the abstract impressions in Simpson's pastels and acrylics derive from a direct experience of working in a place seemingly made for painters, one in which colour and light create the landscape. 

These works were exhibitd at Simon Fraser University in 1996 in an exhibition entitled Apres Miro.