When Gregory Blackstock was born in Seattle,Washington in 1946, ‘autistic’ was not a term thatdoctors used. Yet it was clear from a very early agethat he processed the world around him differently andcommunication was challenging. After working withspecialists and even spending time in an institution,a diagnosis was finally developed: Autistic Savant.In time Gregory adapted to lead a relativelyindependent life, living on his own and working fordecades as a dishwasher in an athletic club. All thewhile he kept a delightful secret. From an early age,Gregory excelled at drawing. When he was 20 years old,the Seattle Times published a photo of him holding oneof his earliest drawings. While he received accolades forhis artistic attention to detail when the article ran inthe 1960s, the true breadth of Gregory’s talent wasn’tbrought to public light until 2003, when he showed artgallery owners, whom his cousin Dorothy had contacted,hundreds of drawings haphazardly stored in his closet.Through his drawings, Gregory obsessively cataloguesthe world around him. Dorothy is confident that thesingular vision embodied by his work should grace thewalls of galleries. Much to her delight, gallery ownersand art dealers have agreed. Advocating alongside hercousin, they have brought his art to a broad audienceeager to embrace Gregory’s genius.