George Gensic's artistic path has led him from Indiana metalmaster and artisan sculptor to North Carolina portraiture and fine art painting.  Always an artist, George Gensic pursued art as an avocation while he owned and operated a  specialty fabrication shop in Indiana for nearly thirty years.  He attended isolated classes, workshops, and seminars but is largely self-taught.

Gensic, as an artisan, produced metal works that ranged from sculptures weighing several tons to whimsical mobile-like “air riders” that fill architectural spaces with color and motion.  Gensic also produced art furniture, wall hangings and specialty equipment for artists.  Some of these works are owned by Glenbrook Square, Fort Wayne, IN; The Honeywell Center in Wabash, IN; Huntington College, Huntington, IN; The U.S. Army Military Academy, West Point, NY;  plus numerous churches, corporate offices and private collections.

Gensic recently moved his studio from his beautiful 125 acre nature preserve in Indiana to picturesque North Carolina.  His love of nature is reflected in his landscape and wildlife work.  Gensic’s most recent works are more likely to reflect the vistas of the Carolinas, including seascapes. He enjoys hopping on his motorcycle equipped with a box easel to head out for a “plein aire ride”.  He loves the challenge of working outside, in the moment.

Gensic works on several projects simultaneously, usually in more than one style. To better husband his creativity energy he balances his slow, deliberate work, like portraiture, with lighter more painterly projects and high-energy palette knife work. Of  ‘artistic voice’ Gensic remarks, “even when an artistic voice is trained to sing out a portrait it may still sometimes need to scream a thick impasto…or maybe sometimes just chit-chat a friendly little still life.”

An award winning artist, Gensic's works have been shown in Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area galleries and in numerous local, regional and national competitive exhibits.

George Gensic lives in Durham, NC.  He has been blessed with 5 daughters, 1 son, 5 grandchildren, and a few international strays along the way.   He currently shares life and studio space with his wife, Trisha, and the last of his daughters, Katrina and Najia.