Norwood Creech

NORWOOD CREECH

Represented by M. Ford Creech Fine Arts & Antiques, Memphis, Tennessee. M. Ford Creech is a scholarly dealer, specialising in 18thc British furniture, silver, glass and related goods, as well as early 20thc American Art. www.mfordcreech.com

CONTEXT

Emanating from the perspective of a Painter-Printmaker, skilled in Drawing (charcoal, pencil, graphite, pastel), Painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor & water-based media), Printmaking (relief/woodcut & linocut; intaglio/engraving; stone lithography; chine collé), Photography, and Collage.

Experienced with Curatorial Projects, Material Culture Research, Art/Object Handling, Condition Maintenance, Exhibition Installation, Narrative Interpretation, Engagement Assessment and Evaluation.

With a strong history as an Educator in the Arts, Designing, and Facilitating Art Activities, and Creative Programs for Non-Profit Institutions.

CURRENTLY 

Pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Arts in Public Health, University of Florida, Center for Arts in Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.

Recent graduate, M.A. Gallery & Museum Management, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, Colorado.

Research/marketing assistant, condition/maintenance care of 18thc British goods for M. Ford Creech Antiques & Fine Arts in  Memphis, Tennessee.

Working in the studio on a new series of works in print.

Curator/Steward of “Norwood Women”, an exhibition of portrait and landscape paintings conveying people and place of the American South, by three generations of women, descendants of the Norwood family of Perry, Houston County, Georgia, USA. 

Curator/Steward of "Evan Lindquist Engraves Engravers", an exhibition of 30 copperplate engravings of historically important engravers by Arkansas Artist Laureate, Evan Lindquist, Emeritus Professor of Art, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR. Gifted to Western Colorado University.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I am a third-generation Southern female artist, from a family of female professional painters, each well-schooled in the classical traditions of painting and drawing. My artwork applies a fresh contemporary spirit of energy to the historically traditional genres of landscapes and still lifes. 

My inspiration for expression comes from my ongoing relationship with the land, the landscape, material culture, sights, sounds and stories of the environment in which I live. 

My manner of expression, be it through paint/print/words/action, brush/line/color/narration, is motivated by the emotional attachment I feel with that which is directly in front of me.

SELECT COLLECTIONS 

Roberts Library of Arkansas History & Art, Central Arkansas Library System, Little Rock, AR

The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR

The Delta Cultural Center, Helena, AR

Joshua Tree Music Festival, Joshua Tree, CA

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Little Rock, AR

Archer Custom Builders, Memphis, TN