Gregory Michael "Grinch" Gislason

1963 - 2022

Gregory Michael Gislason "Grinch" May 21, 1963 - Jan 13, 2022 Prince George has lost one of its great and much-loved Artists. Gregory Michael Gislason, known by many as 'Grinch' our local, accomplished Airbrush Artist, passed away on 13 January 2022 at the age of 58. Greg was most well-known for winning the contest to paint the 2015 Canada Winter Games mural, displayed on the YXS Airport outside wall of the Arrivals area. He worked with a team of other artists and benefactors who together with Grinch put together a true masterpiece displaying Northern BC and welcoming the athletes and supporters of the Winter Games as they arrived in early 2015. Greg has painted well over 100 other projects in Prince George, Terrace, Clinton, Vancouver, and many other locations in BC and abroad. His mural artwork covers many public buildings as well as fences and personal homes. In his commissioned art included many portraits of loved ones and other requests that can be found on theater walls, in restaurants, record stores, on motorcycles, cars, helmets, concert t-shirts, jean jackets, leather jackets, designer chairs, train cars, chimneys, garden walls and of course every wall of every place he lived in as an adult. He was also a talented industrial and commercial painter who really understood the characteristics of paint as an entity unto itself. Although Grinch had the 'typical' artist lifestyle of flamboyance and chaos, he was generous, always willing to help a friend or a stranger in need. He had a deep knowledge of a wide variety of music, always the life of the party and was much loved by anyone who got to know him. Greg is predeceased by his parents, Judy Matilda and Pen Gislason. He leaves behind his only daughter, Ashley Marie Brooks. He is also survived by his two younger brothers, Shawn and Scott Matilda, uncles Terry Herrington (Sharon) and Marty Nelson (Vicci), cousins, and so many good friends from the Vancouver area where he grew up. There will be a Celebration of Life for Greg / Grinch on 18 June 2022 at 3500 Pozer Rd. from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Please come and share your experiences, stories, pictures of the artwork he did for you and any motorcycles, vehicles, helmets, or other items that he painted for you. His daughter, Ashley is travelling up to PG to attend and would be honored to share these memories with you.