A breif bio of

Adrian Gregory Green aka Solís

Born in rural California in 1925, I spent much of my early youth in the high mountains of the Sierra Nevadas. This has been a continuing experience all of my life. My summers are spent in a camp nestled amongst the high granite peaks.

My higher education consisted of a major in art at the University of California at Berkeley where I earned my B.A. While there I was a student of Henry Schaefer-Simmern, who was a pioneer in art education. I took post graduate work at his Institute of Art Education where I participated in his method of unfolding inherent image making capacities in children and ordinary laymen or non-artists. I assisted Schaefer-Simmern in some of his classes and monitored all of his classes.

In 1948 I visited Mexico. I returned there in 1949 for several months studying at the Art Institute at San Miguel de Allende. Pre-Columbian art had a profound effect upon me. I went to Mexico as an aspiring painter and left there as a fledgling sculptor. Since then I have continued working almost entirely in stone for over 50 years.

See my work at www.Earthom-Arts.org these works are my best biography.

In recent years I have continued my sculptural endeavors at my home and workshop close beside the Kaweah River in Three Rivers, California. My summer high mountain workshop is 25 miles away at an elevation of nearly 8000 feet.

I have done on-site commission work, here in the United States and also in Switzerland and in France. Privately collected works are in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Belgium, Switzerland, France and Sweden. A group of 12 granite pieces are in St. Bede, The Venerable Church in La Canada, California. These include 9 holy water fonts, the baptismal font, the main altar table and a side altar table. Several stone works are on the grounds of the Ann Ree Colton Foundation of Niscience in Glendale, California. My interest in creating sacred art is a constant, as will be seen on my website.

I am presently at work on the model for a bronze “Joseph and the Baby Jesus” to be placed in Joseph’s Garden at the ‘Ann Ree Colton’ Foundation.

My work in Merida, Mexico “2012 Spiritual Rising” has been a very significant experience for me. This one ton marble piece is now in Three Rivers, California awaiting its permanent placement.

A color drawing depicting a similar theme may be downloaded from my website.

Working on water feature in workshop in Three Rivers