Interview with Artist Jay Greig Classical painting, graphite art, illustration, urban art ... The work of Jay Greig moves between different fields, but always showing a great mastery of the technique and a very careful aesthetic. Passionate about his work, this Carson City-based graphite pencil artist loves the beauty of life, animals and scenery. We chatted with him to tell us a little more about his past projects and those he is preparing for 2021. Q: At what point did illustration and pencil art begin to interest you? Jay Greig - We could say that illustration has interested me for as long as I can remember. I have always seen myself with a pencil in hand, drawing my own stories that I invented or adapting existing ones in my way of imagining them. From a very young age, I was fascinated by the illustrations that accompanied the texts of my books. I have a very clear image with some of them (which I still have), analyzing them and thinking that at some point I would work "on that".