“Triple Dipped Purple Wizards”
"Triple Dipped Purple Wizards"
by Gregory J. Rose
2025, Mixed Media On Panel, 36“x48”
A large-scale abstract composition built from saturated fields of black, blue, and purple, layered with directional marks, fractured grids, and charged linear pathways. Exhibited in the Dauntless Indignant Geography Solo Exhibition at NE SCULPTURE | Gallery Factory. Unframed. Certificate of Authenticity included.
Collector Snapshot
Triple Dipped Purple Wizards functions as a visual koan rooted in memory, motion, and ignition. Inspired by the question, “Does your mind quiet as loud as a hummingbird’s flight or as soft as a thunderstorm?”, the work operates as an initiation point within the Dauntless Indignant Geography Series. It marks the moment where movement, sound, and psychic velocity converge into a mapped terrain of liberation.
As the largest work in the series, this piece expands Gregory’s language of internal geography into a fully immersive field. The painting draws from lived experience, street memory, and the embodied intelligence of motion, translating them into a dense abstract map where energy is reclaimed through speed, risk, and release. For collectors, Triple Dipped Purple Wizards stands as a defining, exhibited work that anchors the DIG series both conceptually and physically.
Artwork &
Acquisition Details
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High Growth
This work demonstrates strong growth indicators through its exhibition provenance, its alignment with a pivotal moment in Gregory’s development, and its position within a cohesive series with limited availability and increasing collector interest.
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One of One Original
This is the only version of this artwork. No editions exist. The artist will contact the collector directly to coordinate delivery or domestic insured shipping.
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Retail Price: $8,000
Unframed
Framing recommendations available upon request. Local installation support offered.
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Available Until Sold
Standard acquisition timeline applies. Gregory will reach out within three to five business days to coordinate insured domestic shipping or local delivery.
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Signature Masterwork Tier
The strength of the series’ exhibition visibility, paired with the depth of structural language present in this work, positions it as a defining example of Gregory’s mature mixed media practice.
Artwork Details
Inspired by the Koan:
“Does your mind quiet as loud as a hummingbird’s flight or as soft as a thunderstorm”?
Poem written by the artist:
Black, blue and purple was his skin. Skin tape could be the name of his punk band. With the voice and sound of the Stooges. He has begun to articulate a visual map of the “streets”.
That place where the air would bend and rip—in the wind as we sat on the porch of that white house, on the edge of Wilson and Easton, Pennsylvania.
We were outside on the porch, because the eyes on the faces among plastered the living room walls documenting the history of twin cheerleaders.
As Fantasia played on the VCR and the brooms left the TV and steamboat Willy—in color—began to circle the room and the eyes continued to twirl.
Off the faces and out of the picture frames while—
The heat from the cigarette filled living room made for a new age introduction to HR Puffin and Stuff.
So, he found himself in the backyard, sun beating on his neck as he watched the visual trails left by the line of ants crossing in front of his face—
Which he had lying on the cold sidewalk. After some time, he needed to move,
and he needed to peep out the neighborhood.
As mentioned, the air was splitting as the cars passed each other in opposing lanes of traffic. The traffic in his mind needed new stimulus to make it to the precipice of true freedom in his mind. Allowing the forces of the universe to merge with his out-of-control imagination focused on mental liberation. His hesitation was warranted as he left the backyard gate, and the at the next home on the block with a blue siding matching the blue gate. The neighbor cut off a chicken’s head and he kept on slipping and sliding.
Partners in crime—we all skipped school to climb the heights of hood escape that day.
They all thought he was lost around the block, but he just needed an escape from the frozen mentality. See his mind already left his hometown of Easton
and was making music with Sun-Ra in space.
Triple Dipped Purple Wizards was the match that lit the inferno. He has scorched streets and sidewalks with front and backside power slides since before he was 9.
Grinding curbs and testing his mind. Fighting skinheads and preppies losing their mind because the sweet black kid could ride. And he rode off into the cold embrace of the world.
Searching for the city
Full Description
Triple Dipped Purple Wizards presents a dense, atmospheric field of layered pigment and signal-like marks dominated by deep blacks, electric blues, and saturated purples. Directional lines and fractured grid structures move across the surface with urgency, suggesting velocity, impact, and rerouted paths. The surface reveals accumulated revisions, with translucent layers exposing earlier gestures beneath, reinforcing the sense of lived motion rather than fixed destination.
The composition reads as a scorched map of movement through streets, sidewalks, and internal thresholds. Energy compresses and releases across the panel, mirroring the rhythm of skating, escape, and mental flight. Scale amplifies the experience, allowing the viewer to enter the terrain rather than observe it from a distance. The work holds tension between control and abandon, mapping freedom as something earned through friction and risk.
Authentication
Certificate of Authenticity included
Digital documentation provided
Hidden signature within the composition
Artist signature on the back
Provenance
Dauntless Indignant Geography Solo Exhibition
This artwork was featured in Gregory’s 2025 solo exhibition at NE SCULPTURE | Gallery Factory. The exhibition explored internal geographies and the reconstruction of personal terrain through mixed media abstraction. After the show concluded, the artwork returned to the artist’s studio collection and has remained in his care.
Shipping & Insurance Info
Nationwide United States shipping
Fully insured packing and transport
Local delivery available
Local installation offered
Gregory will coordinate all logistics within three to five business days
Market Relevance
Gregory’s market continues to strengthen across exhibitions, public placements, and institutional acquisition. Mid-to-large scale mixed media works (24”–36”) have achieved documented sales between $1,400 and $3,500 in recent years, including acquisition by both private collectors and institutional buyers.
Comparable works within this size category moved from $1,400 (2024) to $3,500 (2024 peak sale), reflecting sustained demand for structured, high-impact compositions within this scale. “Triple Dipped Purple Wizards” is positioned within this established and recently validated market range.
Comparable Sales
“Red Balloon” — 24x24 inches, Mixed Media on Panel
Sold for $1,400 in 2024
“Jeckyll and Hyde” — 36x48 inches, Mixed Media on Panel
Sold for $3,500 in 2024
“The Bird” — 36x48 inches, Mixed Media on Panel
Sold for $3,500 in 2024
Artist Market Position
Gregory is an established regional artist with national reach, with works held in private, public, and academic collections. His continued exhibition activity, expanding catalog, and growing licensing partnerships reinforce collector confidence. Exhibited works such as Triple Dipped Purple Wizards represent the most current evolution of his practice and hold strong relevance for long-term collectors of contemporary abstraction.
Price Growth of Mixed Media Works
“Triple Dipped Purple Wizards operates as the ignition point of the Dauntless Indignant Geography Series.
Rooted in speed, sound, and survival, the work transforms memory into motion and motion into map. Through layered saturation, fractured structure, and charged pathways, the painting asks where power is located before and after the fire, and what remains once movement becomes freedom rather than escape.”
— Curatorial Commentary
Terms of Sale
Secure payment options
This artwork is sold through a secure Flodesk checkout, which allows buyers to pay via credit card or digital payment methods. All transactions are encrypted and processed securely. Invoice options are available upon request.
Returns
All sales are final. No returns or exchanges are accepted for original artwork. This policy ensures proper stewardship and authenticity for collectors.
Ownership transfer / documentation
Upon purchase, the collector receives:
• A Certificate of Authenticity
• A digital ownership document via email
• A signed confirmation of sale
• Shipping or installation coordination within 3–5 business days
Copyright & Usage Rights
Purchase of this artwork transfers ownership of the physical object only. All copyrights and reproduction rights remain the sole property of the artist, Gregory J. Rose.
The collector may not reproduce, distribute, license, modify, or commercially exploit the artwork in any form without prior written permission from the artist. This includes, but is not limited to, prints, digital reproductions, merchandise, NFTs, or commercial media usage.
The artist retains the right to reproduce the artwork for portfolio use, exhibitions, publications, marketing, and archival documentation.
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