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Overcoming Obstacles: the artistic journey in the garden
In late spring, I emptied a bag of wildflower seeds into a mound of dirt I’d dug at the southeast corner of…
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the creative process behind ‘mcKinleyville’
Eastern Shore, Maryland McKinleyville is the first painting that I have completed since moving here there years ago. McKinleyville is the name…
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Two weeks in February
In November, I rented a small workspace in Baltimore. Though only about 125 sq. ft., I’ve already filled it with a table…
peter crow makes large, abstract paintings of bright colors, swirling movement, and descending forms that traverse the surface playing with depth and shallow space, texture and smoothness, ambiguity and representation.
Classically trained, Crow carries on a conversation with contemporary art and artists that spans the past, the recent past, and the now.
Drawing is an important medium for Crow, and he draws inspiration from artists for whom drawing was a central and all important means of expression. Crow has never lost his love of paper and collage, works in this media compise an important part of his output. So this website contains paintings, drawings, and works on paper, in addition to a blog with reflections on anything and everything having to do with art. Crow grew up in Detroit, attended the University of Michigan, and has an MFA from Indiana University. He has lived in Seattle, New York City, and recently moved to the eastern shore of Maryland.
From The Blog
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the art of revision: lessons from abstract painting
When I was in my mid to late 20s, I was a graduate student in the art department at Indiana University. There…
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