Rebecca Crowell
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Rebecca Crowell is an American abstract artist known for the rich, complex surfaces she creates with oil paint and cold wax medium. Her work is included in hundreds of art collections–private, public, and corporate, and she exhibits regularly in fine art galleries across the country.
Crowell travels extensively for workshop teaching and artist residencies, both in the US and internationally. These experiences have significant impact on her work. The coastal areas of County Mayo, Ireland have been a particularly important location for her; she returns annually to Ballinglen Arts Foundation to teach and paint. Crowell lives and works in the dramatic, rugged landscape of northern New Mexico, another strong influence on her work.
She is widely recognized for her development of original techniques using cold wax medium, detailed in the comprehensive book, Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts & Conversations. The book, which she wrote with artist and colleague Jerry McLaughlin (Squeegee Press, 2017) has become a vital resource for artists worldwide. She also shares her knowledge and experience of over thirty years as a professional artist via her podcast, blog, and Cold Wax Academy, the instructional platform she co-founded in 2020 with Jerry McLaughlin.
Crowell travels extensively for workshop teaching and artist residencies, both in the US and internationally. These experiences have significant impact on her work. The coastal areas of County Mayo, Ireland have been a particularly important location for her; she returns annually to Ballinglen Arts Foundation to teach and paint. Crowell lives and works in the dramatic, rugged landscape of northern New Mexico, another strong influence on her work.
She is widely recognized for her development of original techniques using cold wax medium, detailed in the comprehensive book, Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts & Conversations. The book, which she wrote with artist and colleague Jerry McLaughlin (Squeegee Press, 2017) has become a vital resource for artists worldwide. She also shares her knowledge and experience of over thirty years as a professional artist via her podcast, blog, and Cold Wax Academy, the instructional platform she co-founded in 2020 with Jerry McLaughlin.
Finding the Way
(48 x 36 inches, oil/cold wax and collage on panel)
(48 x 36 inches, oil/cold wax and collage on panel)
Forgotten Words
(50x40 inches, oil/cold wax and collage on panel )
(50x40 inches, oil/cold wax and collage on panel )
Inner Ground
(48x36 inches, oil/cold wax and collage on panel)
(48x36 inches, oil/cold wax and collage on panel)
Red Willow
(48 x 36 inches, oil/cold wax on panel)
(48 x 36 inches, oil/cold wax on panel)
Release
(48 x 36 inches, oil/cold wax on panel)
(48 x 36 inches, oil/cold wax on panel)
Span #1
(12 x 36 inches, oil/cold wax on panel)
(12 x 36 inches, oil/cold wax on panel)
Span #2
(212 x 36 inches, oil/cold wax on panel)
(212 x 36 inches, oil/cold wax on panel)
Tapestry
(48 x 36 inches, oil/cold wax on panel)
(48 x 36 inches, oil/cold wax on panel)
Longing: Small Work from Ireland
During my annual residency in May, 2023 at The Ballinglen Arts Foundation in County Mayo, Ireland, life took an unexpected turn. I was ill the entire month--a week of Covid followed by subsequent fatigue. These small, spontaneous works on paper suited my available energy level and satisfied my need to keep working. They measure only four to five inches per side and are done with various water-based and drawing media, including, ink, gouache, acrylic, and charcoal powder.
In retrospect, I see a depth of emotion to these that I wasn’t fully conscious of at the time. They are infused with longing for what illness denied me during my residency—the long, solitary walks I always take in that beloved Irish landscape. These images come completely from memory and emotion, small love notes to a place that has come to mean so much to me. (Individual pieces are untitled and are not currently for sale.)
During my annual residency in May, 2023 at The Ballinglen Arts Foundation in County Mayo, Ireland, life took an unexpected turn. I was ill the entire month--a week of Covid followed by subsequent fatigue. These small, spontaneous works on paper suited my available energy level and satisfied my need to keep working. They measure only four to five inches per side and are done with various water-based and drawing media, including, ink, gouache, acrylic, and charcoal powder.
In retrospect, I see a depth of emotion to these that I wasn’t fully conscious of at the time. They are infused with longing for what illness denied me during my residency—the long, solitary walks I always take in that beloved Irish landscape. These images come completely from memory and emotion, small love notes to a place that has come to mean so much to me. (Individual pieces are untitled and are not currently for sale.)
Longing #1
mixed media on paper
mixed media on paper
Longing #2
mixed media on paper
mixed media on paper
Longing #3
mixed media on paper
mixed media on paper
Longing #4
mixed media on paper
mixed media on paper
Longing #5
mixed media on paper
mixed media on paper