Greg Mort is among the select group of artists that are commissioned by NASA to portray major mission events.

Mort's work is in many prestigious collections including the White House, the Smithsonian, the Corcoran Museum of Art, the Portland Museum of Art, the National Air and Space Museum and Kennedy Space Center.

Source: Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Inc., October 2003

Greg Mort, a self-taught artist, hikes the rugged coast of Maine and travels the rural trails of Maryland with his brushes, paints and canvases. Drawing and painting since childhood, Mort began a professional art career at an early age. His first museum show was when he was age eighteen. His mediums are watercolor, oil and pastel.

Mort's creative roots stem from his love of nature. Born near Syracuse, New York where he hiked and camped as a young person, he developed a life-long fascination with the outdoors, night sky and the study of astronomy. He was captivated and wanted to express the beauty of the natural world he so enjoyed. From the beginning he took his painting materials everywhere. Then as now, he continues to draw directly from life with no limits to his interests and subject matter.

Growing up during the height of the "Space Race" was to have a lasting effect on the young artist as well. His interests and talents eventually led him to be selected by NASA to join the group of American artists (including Norman Rockwell, Robert Rauchenburg, Andrew Wyeth) commissioned to portray their major mission events.

Recognized in this field as a serious amateur astronomer, Mort serves on the Boards of the McDonald and Lowell Observatories, and Carl Sagan included his works in his book "Pale Blue Dot" and as part of other Sagan Production projects.

Mort's passion for exploration and beauty has expanded with painting adventures throughout the United States and to the Tuscan hill top town of Montepulciano, Italy where he lived with his family for a year. He frequently travels for his art and has had exhibitions in Switzerland, Japan, Russia, and Canada and across America.

His artwork is in the collections of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the Corcoran Museum of Art, the Portland Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. He lives with his wife and two children in Ashton, Maryland and summers on the coast of Maine in the town of Port Clyde.