Rebecca Crowell

Rough Land

Crowell's abstract paintings are in the challenging media of oil paint and cold wax. "Techniques I originated in my practice 20 years ago are now widely recognized and taught. My pro...

Crowell's abstract paintings are in the challenging media of oil paint and cold wax. "Techniques I originated in my practice 20 years ago are now widely recognized and taught. My pro...

Crowell's abstract paintings are in the challenging media of oil paint and cold wax. "Techniques I originated in my practice 20 years ago are now widely recognized and taught. My pro...

Crowell's abstract paintings are in the challenging media of oil paint and cold wax. "Techniques I originated in my practice 20 years ago are now widely recognized and taught. My pro...

Crowell's abstract paintings are in the challenging media of oil paint and cold wax. "Techniques I originated in my practice 20 years ago are now widely recognized and taught. My pro...

Crowell's abstract paintings are in the challenging media of oil paint and cold wax. "Techniques I originated in my practice 20 years ago are now widely recognized and taught. My pro...

Amy Meyer studied art at University of Central Missouri, Indiana State University, and Columbia College, where she completed her degree in painting and drawi...

Amy Meyer studied art at University of Central Missouri, Indiana State University, and Columbia College, where she completed her degree in painting and drawi...

Artist Statement My paintings emerge from the emotion I feel in the moment my brush touches a blank surface. I am a very physical and spontaneous painter. Moving back and forth with...

Series: Beehives Beeswax and fabric over beehive and honeycomb panels Size: 36” x 26” x 1.5” This Painting will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.

Artist's Statement: "Around 30 years ago, not long after I had started painting seriously, I was at a one-man exhibition of the great Brice Marden at the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art when I visited the annex to get a cocktail. There was one other guy at the small bar table in an otherwise empty room, waiting for his coffee to be handed to him. He turned and dumped half of it down my front. I immediately recognized him as none other than Brice Marden. He apologized profusely, but I stopped him and said: 'No problem: how often is it that Brice Marden dumps coffee on your pants? They're worth more now.' We both had a good laugh. At any rate - I was certainly channeling his early work when I began work on this series. They are made with oil and beeswax on wood panels. While they look Minimalist at first glance, there are subtle shifts in color and texture that distinguish them from hard-edged abstraction. For me, it has always been about the surface, and the materials. Wax has a character unlike anything else. I use wax both hot (encaustic) and in a cold mixture with turpentine, blended with oil. The complementary underpainting, setting the stage for the wax and oil later...

(r)evolution 31 (Abstract painting) Pigmented Beeswax, Oil & Collage on Panel. Unframed. This painting is part of a series titled (r)evolution which started in 2014. This process...