This Member's Showcase features Artists in Canada's Active Membership who are dedicated to producing new artwork and crafts. Find Canadian art from paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolour, as well as mixed media, photography, drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, wood working and jewelry. Pay no commissions. All transactions are with the artist unless represented by Artists in Canada. Prices are the same as dealing with the artist.
Intense and dramatic, Gary Crawford's works draw the viewer in. Layer upon layer of brilliantly contrasting colours are laid down, or thrust upon the viewer. These layers energize the work with a certain deliberate tension. And then there is the light - part of the final layering process that lifts the spirit and draws the eye to explore the depths of the work - time and time again.
Intense and dramatic, Gary Crawford's works draw the viewer in. Layer upon layer of brilliantly contrasting colours are laid down, or thrust upon the viewer. These layers energize the work with a certain deliberate tension. And then there is the light - part of the final layering process that lifts the spirit and draws the eye to explore the depths of the work - time and time again.
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Porsche #9: I was developing a new portrait simply called Cap-girl, when an art patron, who had previously purchased a couple of my stone sculptures, visited my studio. A long time Porsche owner and racing fan, he said he would like to buy it, and asked if I would put the name Porsche on the cap along with his lucky number; # 9. So, in an instant, baseball-cap-girl, became Porsche #9 ―a private commission.
The work epitomizes my sculpting style—bold flowing lines that reveal a strong yet serene presence. The figure's hair and jacket are caressed to the side as she lifts her face into a summer breeze. Breeze is a two part bronze sculpture on a black granite base. This piece is at edition #3 in a series of eight. The bronze is cast at Inverness, Quebec.