Ethereal portraits examining self-perception, anxiety,
confidence and inspiration. Sumner Crenshaw creates about work inspiring becoming
your best self. We love how she incorporates negative space and figure ground
relationships into her work.
Sumner Crewnshaw is an American surrealist and figurative
painter. She fuels her narratives with line and movement; taking inspiration
from Salvator Dali to Shel Silverstein.
She received her bachelor of fine arts in 2006 and her
masters of fine arts in 2009; working professionally as an artist since 2005.
Her work has shown across the US and is in national and international collections.
She has been represented by Ugallery and ZaPow Gallery in North Carolina. She
currently lived and works in Frederick, MD.
She explains her work further:
Every episode of anxiety can become a character, a story I
can portray in paint. A creature with multiple dueling limbs represents the
hydra in my own head. A confident figure strutting across the canvas in the girl
I hope to be one day. A dash of red, a curving line, a rushing brushstroke: all
are visual metaphors that help me to find a voice that is stronger than the
monster that has muzzled me for so long. Anxiety gives rise to inspiration and
empowerment. This tension has been one of the guiding forces in my creative endeavors,
and it has given me a valuable way to connect with viewers. We all can relate
to the struggle to understand ourselves, and transform ourselves, there is a
monster, and a hero, in each of us
Sumner can be found online at www.sumnercrenshaw.com and on
Instagram @sumnercrenshaw_art
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