Rebecca Crowell
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 private, public, and corporate collections. She is widely recognized for her development of original techniques using cold wax medium, detailed in the award-winning book she co-authored, Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts & Conversations (Squeegee Press, 2017).
“The abstract, visual vocabulary of my work is based on observations and experiences in the wild, rugged landscapes of northern New Mexico where I live, and from time spent in other remote places in the world. Abstracting from landscape has taught me what I want my paintings to be—strong yet nuanced, bold yet intricate, and possessing a quiet, contained energy.” ~Rebecca Crowell
Song for the Canyon
Bosque
The Light Beneath
Mesa #1
Grounded in Light
Liminal Space #1
Inner Ground
Red Willow
The Deep
Drifting
Ancient Spaces
Flow #1
The Subtle Season
Span #4
Span #2
Earth Strata
Map for Wandering
Crossing Paths
Red Rock
In the Quiet
Onward
1985 MFA in Painting, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
SOLO and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 Translations, Painting and Poetry, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA; two-person show
2019 Journeys, Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta GA; two-person show
Settings, solo exhibit, Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 Rebecca Crowell and Christian Burchard, Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride, CO
Rebecca Crowell, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA
2017 Still/Moving, solo exhibit, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, Ireland;
2016 Interplay, Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA; two-person show
2014 Spaces Within, Solo exhibit, Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2013 Beneath the Surface, solo exhibit, Pratt Museum, Homer, AK
2012 Vestiges, 2-person show, Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2011 Rebecca Crowell, solo exhibit Darnell Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
RECENT INVITATIONAL GROUP SHOWS:
2021 Vessel Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride, CO
Wax Applications, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION and ACTIVITIES
2009-2021 workshop instructor; nationally and internationally: co-founder of Cold Wax Academy
2013-2022 Artist residencies, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co Mayo, Ireland
2018 Artist residency, Flores Del Camino, Castrillo de los Polvazares, León, Spain
2015 Artist residency, Ricklungarden, Saxnas, Sweden
2014 Red Bog selected by John Seed, Huffington Post, as one of Ten Memorable Paintings of 2014
2012 Artist residency, Cill Rialaig Project, County Kerry, Ireland
2011 Artist residency, Tyrone Guthrie Center, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland
2008 Artist residency, Centre d’Art I Natura, Farrera, Catalonia, Spain
2001 Artist residency, Centre D’Art I Natura, Catalonia, Spain
PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTIONS, and PRESS
2018-2021 co-producer and host, The Messy Studio Podcast, with Ross Ticknor
2019 co-producer, Cold Wax Medium: Video Workshop,(Squeegee Press) with Jerry McLaughlin
2018 Woven Tale Press; A Different Kind of Wax Art, Richard Malinsky
2017 co-author, Cold Wax Medium; Techniques, Concepts, and Conversations, (Squeegee Press) with Jerry McLaughlin
2016 Outside/Inside, Artists on Art Magazine, issue #18
