‘Master of Light’ Prints for Sale

Artist George Anthony Morton, whose work was first shown in Sag Harbor at the Grenning Gallery in February 2017, shared his path in the HBO documentary film “Master of Light” directed by Rosa Ruth Boesten and now streaming on HBO Max. The documentary is a portrait of his journey attending one of the world’s finest art schools — The Florence Academy of Art — shortly after serving 11 years in federal prison.

Morton is currently funding and building out Atelier South in Atlanta, where he will facilitate teaching classical techniques to underserved communities and support his current work of teaching inside prisons. He is creating an inspirational and educational workshop video modeled on the workshops offered in his teaching studio, which will make his programming more accessible to students inside prisons and around the country.

Gallery owner Laura Grenning has been quietly supporting Morton since first hearing his story during his second year of art school, through direct tuition payments, showing and promoting his story and his work. His drawing “Mars” was originally sold by the Grenning Gallery in 2017, and was subsequently curated into a 2020-2021 exhibition at MoMA PS1 titled “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration” and published into a book of the same name.

In recognition of George Anthony Morton’s inspired journey and in honor of the holiday season, Grenning Gallery is donating 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of prints of Morton’s award-winning 2016 charcoal drawing “Mars” on fine art archival paper to his Atlanta-based classical art initiative. There are 24 prints still available for $350 each plus shipping of this signed and numbered limited edition of 50. To purchase a print of “Mars” visit grenninggallery.com, or donate a minimum of $400 directly to Atelier South through the Represent Justice website at repjustice.org/mars. For more information, call Megan Toy or Laura Grenning at the Grenning Gallery at 631-725-8469.