Terry Crump – Artist Portfolio Magazine – Anniversary Art Exhibition

Artist Portfolio Magazine 5 Year Anniversary Art Exhibition – Open Call for Art

Terry Crump – Houston, TX

Artist Statement
I paint in acrylics on canvas. My work is looser than ever and more direct and spontaneous. I draw with paint pushing my canvases to the edge of pure abstraction without giving up a sense of subject. Objects in my paintings may foster a narrative, one that is not predetermined. I start with one or two subject ideas then add material to the benefit of the overall painting. I combine subject matter, and design elements that both conflict and mingle creating a new visual energy, an experience that is unique and (I hope) tantalizing. My goal is to entice the viewer to take a second look, to find something interesting and unexpected, maybe a shred of meaning.

Biography
Terry Crump is an artist working in Houston Texas. He received a BFA degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Born and raised in Endicott, New York, he moved with his wife and two daughters to Texas n 1979. He worked as a Graphic Designer and Supervisor in a corporate environment until 1999, when his focus changed to mural painting. He presently concentrates on fine art painting in acrylics on canvas.
His painting objective is to create unique landscape environments that reflect the complexities of contemporary life by utilizing dissonant subject mater against abstracted design elements.