Forgiveness by Joseph Albanese Realization did not set me free. I did not let go, I could not move on. Indifference didn’t allow me to sail the calm seas of harmony’s motif. It only intensified the recoil. It returns to sender daily in those quiet corners of myself, sneaking in through […]
This week, we asked Crum about her beautiful and creative art process. Breaking from the norm, Crum uses watercolors on hand-made printmaking paper to achieve amazing imagery. We were wondering how the process had gone for Phase I of “The Dream Sequence Series,” and this is what she had to say: I created this piece in […]
For nearly forty years, the builder-grade split-levels had squatted side by side in a cul-de-sac south of Atlanta. Only skeletal remains of shrubs dotted the perimeter of the house on the right. Extravagant rosebushes adorned the house on the left, where Joan knelt with pruning shears, her cutting making a reassuring sssst-sssst sound as she […]
Artist Statement by J.E. Crum J.E. Crum is an artist who creates vivid self-portraits inspired by mythologies. Working intuitively, Crum creates narratives related to thoughts about fate, destiny and dreams. Insight about the processes & technique of my work I consider myself a fantasy artist or, as I like to refer to it, ‘fantastical’. My […]