Eva Crawford
I am from Charlotte, NC and earned my BFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in painting and printmaking as a Morehead-Cain Scholar. My husband of 35 years and I are parents to five really fun and creative young adults. I have worked as a furniture designer, freelance artist and Director of Visual Arts at Charlotte Christian School. Each of these opportunities has enriched my professional career. My current painting studio and display space is at C3Lab in Southend Charlotte, NC.
My volunteer activities with adults with disabilities and at risk children have nourished my desire to give visual voice to the unseen using portraiture that highlights personalities through realism and expressionism.
All styles of art media inspire me, with my strengths being drawing, painting and collage. Practicing what I preached to my high school students, all of my art comes from within springing forth with a purposeful voice. Color and texture infuse all my subject matter with light that dances across the surface of my works, whether they are faces, skies or chairs.
In the creating & marketing of my art, it is my desire that God be glorified & honored. - Colossians 3:17
Highlights:
"Hydrangea Spark" appearing in the Plaza Midwood Signal Cabinet Wrap project.
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Book cover illustration
Featured below is my winning piece for ArtPopStreetGallery.com
"Eye on the Sparrow" came into being as we experienced difficulty with one of our children. When confronting the unknown of each day, I can choose to lose myself in worry or I can choose to rest in knowing that I can't control everything, but trust the One who does. The application and results of the unpredictable running paint is like opening a present on Christmas day. Blending that thrill with my love for realism, as seen in the sparrow, is the focus of my current series.
"Eye on the Sparrow" came into being as we experienced difficulty with one of our children. When confronting the unknown of each day, I can choose to lose myself in worry or I can choose to rest in knowing that I can't control everything, but trust the One who does. The application and results of the unpredictable running paint is like opening a present on Christmas day. Blending that thrill with my love for realism, as seen in the sparrow, is the focus of my current series.
Prints available at www.evacrawford.redbubble.com
My paintings on the cover and throughout the Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region 40th Anniversary Special Edition publication.
