Blackstock's Collections: The Drawings of an Artistic Savant
(These) freehand drawings offer a unique look inside the mind of  an autistic man making sense of life through art. --Art World News, Feb. 2007...a nifty little paperback filled with exquisite black and white drawings that make up visual lists... The lists, ranging from different types of knots, buoys, oriental temples, noisemakers, hoes, crows, balls, Irish joys and many more, are comprised of incredibly detailed drawings, complete with captions and notes. This book is a treat. --Art MoCoArranged in neat horizontal rows... these catalogs of the physical  world provide a glimpse into the idiosyncratic mind of the 60-year-old  savant. --MetropolisBeyond being impressed by the thoroughness and precision of  Blackstock's drawings, we recognize something of ourselves in them,  something that needs to see things put in order, by someone, if not by us. --San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 19, 2006Blackstock's collected drawings are a splendidly original and  captivating taxonomy... Not least, they fuel an artist's pride that is  life-affirming. --Folk Art, Winter 2007Blackstock's graphic lists are strange, lovely, sometimes  humorous, always specific. . . . Whatever his driving force, his clear  voice manifests itself through these visual collections. --The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 2006Meticulously rendered, each animal or object's variation within  the genus contributes to a visual rhythm that echoes Whitman's lists as  well as Mondrian's geometric repetitions. --Bookforum, November 2006Since retiring from pot washing, he's able to devote more time to  his new calling.  The art world should rejoice. --ReadyMade, September 2006The subjects are rendered in a lucid black-and-white cartoon  style, and the hand lettering invariably exudes a sense of glee.  It's  clear that the artist is entranced. . . --cmyk, Dec. 2006There is a refinement and sense of order in Gregory's drawings  that is comforting, and allows us to pause for a moment to perhaps reflect  of the expansive beauty of the things which surround our daily lives. --Elemental Magazine, September 2006"Gregory Blackstock washed pots for a living for twenty five years, played the accordion to supplement his income and hand drew hundreds of extraordinary visual lists, from hatchets to emergency trucks to wasps to Great Italian roosters. Blackstock is an artistic (and autistic) savant and his quirky and endearing drawings are a must see for anyone interested in visual communication."  --Design ObserverLovingly drawn, obsessively chronicled, Blackstock's mind is at once disciplined and untethered... stunningly refreshing. -- frieze, April 2011