New York -- 11 September 2012

Greg Furie, who was first discovered by Christophe Van De Weghe, has created a highly unusual oil Symbol Painting.

"I thought that Greg was finished with the painting when I had seen it yesterday afternoon, but while I was in his living room, he decided to add these interesting symbols on top of the already finished oil painting. I asked him why he added the symbols and he replied that the painting just wasn't complete without the symbols," says Jack Poll, Furie's new art dealer.

The Symbols have a primitive look to them, and Furie says he didn't copy them from any source.

"I painted the Symbols because the painting looked incomplete to me," says Furie. "I just let my mind guide the paint brush where ever it wanted to go. I took a risk, and I think the risk paid off."