Greetings spiritual viewers and welcome to Enlightening Entertainment. Today we will be meeting with fine artist Mr. Gregory Gioiosa, a distinguished painter with a unique vision of resonating with the nontangible spiritual realm.

Mr. Gregory Gioiosa is from California, USA. He holds a Master’s degree of Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine. Mr. Gioiosa’s works has been continuously showcased in galleries throughout the United States and are in permanent collection in several art museums as well as individual collections throughout the world. He is the recipient of numerous awards, and was one of 44 artists selected for inclusion in “New American Paintings,” a publication dedicated to fascinating emerging artists. His works invite viewers connect with the universe and with themselves.

Well, I think I can go back to when I was young. I always knew that art was something that I was going to pursue in, in my adulthood. I was very drawn to the materials when I was young. I was always active in any type of art that was taking place in the school.

When it really started to take off and really start to manifest itself was when I was in graduate school. My last year in graduate school, I had a professor that he really motivated me and he gave me the confidence to express myself on a large scale, which for me, that was very influential at the time, because as far as my spirit, it was always built up inside me. It was just a matter of now bringing it out.

Like many with a spiritual calling, Mr. Gioiosa had a vision at a specific time in his life that essentially would change, or perhaps further, his perception of reality.

It started in 1991 when my wife and I moved to Los Angeles. We had a loft and at the upper part of the loft, we had a bank of windows that were open access and our bed was on the same level. One evening, I was awoken from a sleep state and I would look out into the windows and I was seeing this imagery that I couldn't explain. Very abstract, in the window.

I didn't take it seriously at the time. But that kept on reoccurring and reoccurring. So I talked to my wife about it; she said, “Well maybe you should start journaling it, start drawing it out, and write about what you're seeing.” So that started the whole process for me and I started doing that, explaining what I experienced, and it seemed to take on a life of its own.

Very interesting. Now the visuals that you started drawing out, do those graphic elements appear in some of your artwork?

Oh yes, most definitely they do.

Were they symbols? What do they represent to you?

Well, through the experiences, part of the things that were rather apparent was that I was looking into something that was not of this realm. And that what I was looking into was this incredible harmony that takes place. That was something that I've never experienced in my life. The way in which the objects that I was seeing moved, it was lyrical. It was lyrical.

I think my work, I hope it is able to open up the pathways and avenues for people to experience their inner soul. It’s that inherent radiance that we all have within us, and for whatever reasons that that may be closed off at the time, I’m hoping that the work and the imagery that I use opens that up for an individual, and they’re able to connect with that. Have a self-realization of self, and then, how that self relates to the world around them, and how that self relates to the nontangible world, which I feel my work represents.

The non-tangible universe is that it’s not specific. It’s purely about love. It’s purely about joy and goodness and being able to have harmony.

Gregory’s creative artwork aspires to transport viewers to this other realm where beauty and harmony meet.

It operates in a physical consciousness, and it also operates in the nonphysical, the nonlinear. A space where time, in my own perception, does not exist. Everything flows in harmony and beauty. Beauty beyond belief. The more people that have an understanding of themselves, or essentially kind of a glimpse of their transcendence, then the ability to look at the world in a whole different perspective transpires.

And that’s the people around you. How you treat people. How you treat animals. How you treat nature. All those things are important. Balance is important in the world and I’ve always had balance in my work. Harmony has been the utmost importance in what I do.

Mr. Gioiosa kindly introduces us to some of the paintings at his studio.

Title is “Universal Equation.” It’s mixed media on canvas, mixed media being acrylics, oils and wax, and then acrylics.

My work is very much about certain objects that exist in physical world, two of those being the circle and the ellipse. This piece is basically about the circle and how that circle transcends reality. How it is present in the physical world but it also is present in the nontangible world. These are all perceptions, my own perceptions that I have, so I create a work around those to create infinite space, to create dimension and time. It also is about the idea that we really don’t know exactly what it may exist outside of physicality.

But through the perception that I have, I’ve been creating works that have this ability to transcend physicality and speak directly right to the heart. And I hope that by creating the work that I do that it gives a viewer an opportunity to connect directly right to the soul. And that soul is able to open up and they’ll be able to find meaning, meaning in a lot of different ways. Meaning in possibilities that what exists outside of this world is far different than the physical world around us.

The nontangible world is, there’s a certain rhythm to it. It’s not a square, and what I mean by a square is that in a physical world we square things by using instruments to create space and shape in order to build forms within the physical world. That’s how we construct our world. Outside of the physical world, these shapes and images are very random, ordered but random.

Even the most basic shape can have so much power. Let’s take the circle for, for example. I mean it’s an inter-dimensional shape that has the ability to exist in both causal states of existence. And once that shape is used in a random way, it has the ability to create space and time and energy.

I was just talking with one of the viewers that came in. And he was so impressed by just the use of a simple image, how that image used in a repetitive way can create such energy and how it can draw you in, and how it becomes familiar. He said, “You know, there’s something very familiar about that image. And there’s something is very familiar when it’s used in a random way like that. How I’m drawn to it! I’m drawn to it.”

So, again, it’s kind of opening him up and speaking directly, directly to the heart, directly to the soul, for that, whoever the individual is, to draw from that perception and to really look past what the work is. So essentially, the work speaks past itself. It says something more than what it is.

What is the title of the piece that we’re looking at?

“Infinite Wisdom.” (“Infinite Wisdom.”) Yes. And what’s interesting about this piece, the story behind it is that, I work in the entertainment industry. And these panels are found objects. These were laying on the floor in the scenic department and they had been burned into, certain areas. And I was able to see something that was magnificent in those pieces. So immediately I said, “You know, I had to have those pieces. I want to create something from that.”

So we’ve got, we’ve got found object panels (found object panels) and then that’s the background, and then you have now inscribed…

Inscribed circles that overlap each other, so now we’re creating depth and space. It’s a work at that you have to get back, you have to view from a distance because then you can see the power of that work. So it really says something about, about the universe and how powerful it is, and how that shape really is a shape that has the ability to transform, and that’s what so interesting about it. I wanted to create something that was monochromatic but still would have the same power. I was trying to create something that was monochromatic, had a vibration about it, that still would resonate with the viewer.

Recently, Mr. Gioiosa attended “The Love of Centuries” book premiere concert celebrating the newest poetry collection of Supreme Master Ching Hai. Mr. Gioiosa shared his thoughts after having the opportunity to speak with guest of honor Supreme Master Ching Hai via videoconference, and also seeing an exhibition of her Heaven-inspired artworks.

I was very, very taken back by how beautiful her [Supreme Master Ching Hai’s] work is. She’s actually designed not only small lanterns and things of that nature but dresses and things of that nature. I feel that art comes from spirituality. It’s being open enough to let in the world and let in all the different facets of the world. And then you create something from that in order for people to be able to have a realization of something in their life. I enjoy the idea that someone that has that much talent that comes through spirituality, that she’s able to share that with people.

We thank Mr. Gregory Gioiosa, for sharing your spirituality and special art, bringing us to realms beyond. May your creations continue to remind us of the beauty and harmony of our universe, as they speak to our own Divine universe within.

Beauty-loving viewers, thank you for joining us on today’s Enlightening Entertainment. Please stay tuned to Supreme Master Television for Words of Wisdom, after Noteworthy News. May your life be blessed with joyful and splendid discoveries.

For more information about Greg Gioiosa, please visit: www.Gioiosa.com