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Gregory Thielker was born in New Jersey in 1979 and he currently lives and works in Watertown, Massachusetts. He studied art history and studio art at Williams College before training in painting at Washington University in St. Louis. Moving to Boston was an important but familiar change that allowed him to refocus his interests on views the urban landscape...

This is a new series small figures I began recently with the theme mummies. I’ve always been fascinated with mummies – they are like time capsules ancient cultures and the lives individual people. They are like books waiting for an audience. From an artistic standpoint they are a great vehicle for playing with unusual expressive possibilities and narratively, for weaving a spell time, mystery and secrets...

Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s. Specifically, steampunk involves an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century and often Victorian era Britain—that incorporates prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy...