Last summer, while hiking in Rocky mountain National Park I found a card laying on the trail. It was a Safeway Club Card. It's one of those anonymous, "if you fill out this card and give us all your very valuable personal information and you can save fifty-five cents on that can of tuna (limit two per customer)" club card. I picked up, thinking it might be useful in the future. As a matter of coincidence, the apartment in which I currently reside is less that three blocks from, you guessed it, a Safeway.

I have been painting the town red (with savings!) using this card for the last six months, thinking myself lucky that Safeway, Inc. hasn't had the opportunity to sell my phone number enabling me to receive eight "we were just in your neighborhood installing FREE satellite dishes..." calls instead of the usual four. Not until today, however, did I notice that every time I use the card to buy my soy milk, deodorant and club soda, the name of it's owner appears on the receipt! It seems, in the eyes of the employees of the Hawthorne Safeway, my name is Mr. Greg Carter.

Greg Carter. It's a strong name. It's subdued, but oozes self-confidence.

After much thought, I have decided that Greg Carter shall be my alter-ego.

Greg Carter is in peak physical condition, the all-American, strong-jawed and soft-eyed. He's got a boyish smile, but he sees the world as a man wise beyond his years. Greg was a great hockey player in high school, and had a shot at the NHL, but decided to use his talents to help others achieve their dreams. He studied the sport with all the great masters in Russia, Czechoslovokia and The Netherlands and came home to Concord, MA to start The Greg Carter European Hockey School and developed The Carter Method.

When the hustle, bustle world of professional sports becomes too stressful, Greg is known to retire to his chalet in the south of France and achieve a level of catharsis though the canvas. Painting, to Greg, is the ultimate expression of emotion. He often quotes Pablo Picasso in saying, "Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.". His influences include the landscapes of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and the still-lifes of Berthe Morisot. Greg's work is currently hung in galleries around Europe and the U.S. and is highly sought after by discriminating collectors.

Greg Carter is a Renaissance Man, but also a man of great modesty.