BIOGRAPHY
Terry Crane
b. 1961 Cedar Falls, Iowa
Background
I am an artist living in the Colorado Front Range. After a long career in print and digital design, I am transitioning into the fine art world where I belong. I have had some success with sales and shows in the realm of representational figurative work (stuff that looks like stuff) but more often than not, I find myself drawn to Catholic imagery which is also representative of a spiritual journey of sorts, parts of which will be made manifest in these words, here and there. I have a wife of thirty-six years and three grown children.
A Statement on my work
My work seeks to uncover the meaning in that space between past experiences and our reflections on them. Though the passage of time has created an impenetrable barrier to our past. I believe there is a state between them, one of regret, understanding and gratitude. It is in that place where the sense of loss is transformed into an understanding – and the realization of this loss is the price of our growth.
Recently
I teach life drawing in Loveland , Colorado. The focus of this class is on the historical significance of the figure. Students learn the envelope and block in method in order to accurately represent a believable, dynamic human. This is comparative measuring as opposed to sight-size. Graduate: Governors State University – Fine Art Painting I have an academic focus in art history, particularly Chinese Art History and the Tang Dynasty specifically.
- Associate member Oil Painters of America.
- OPA National Show – St Augustine, Florida
- OPA Salon Show – Traverse City, Michigan
- OPA Western Regional Show – Boulder, Colorado
- 106th Allied Artists of America Exhibition, Salmagundi Art Club of New York
- OPA 29th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils – Fredericksburg, Texas
- National Art Exhibition – Punta Gorda, Florida
- Sacred Art Exhibition 2022 – Catholic Art Institute – Chicago, Illinois
A special note: I was once told that a man cannot pursue a family and a career in the fine arts simultaneously. Whether that was told to me because of some observance of my personality or it is often a truism in art, I don’t know. I resisted this for a long time, but it turns out for me, it was true. You were right all along Joyce.
…but there may still be time.