Grego Anderson

His artwork has been exhibited in galleries from Boston, Massachusetts to San Diego, California, and is featured in the Mojohand online gallery.{{Cite web|url=https://mojohand.com/|title=Mojohand.com - Blues T-Shirts, Concert Posters and Blues artwork since 2001|website=Mojohand.com|accessdate=10 November 2020}} His work is best described as "rustic;" he paints only portraits of blues musicians on wooden planks. His work appears as the cover art for blues musician Selwyn Birchwood's 2017 album, Pick Your Poison.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Selwyn-Birchwood-Pick-Your-Poison/release/10311402|title=Selwyn Birchwood - Pick Your Poison|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=10 November 2020}}

Anderson was recognized by the United States Congress in 2003 as one of two official visual artists for the Year of the Blues.{{Cite web|url=http://www.yearoftheblues.org/features.asp?id={F0D4E05A-06A8-45CC-B570-D2F9216C9CBB}&type=GallerySub|title=Year of the Blues|website=Yearoftheblues.org|accessdate=10 November 2020}}

Anderson appears in the Lightnin' Hopkins' documentary film, Where Lightnin' Strikes—the Lightnin' Hopkins story,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wherelightninstrikes.com/|title=Where Lightnin' Strikes|website=Wherelightninstrikes.com|accessdate=10 November 2020}} and on the Veria television program, The Art of Living.

Anderson is also a blues musician, playing lap steel guitar with The Freight Train Troubadours and Los Pistoles in Austin Texas, and as a sideman throughout the Americas.

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