Threshold of Returning Light

Original Paintings · Dr. Clinton Crawford · Guyana / United States

Art
Crawford

A painter’s record of the threshold between waking and dream.

The painting practice of Dr. Clinton Crawford — magical realism in acrylic and oil on canvas. Sky and water are interchangeable, land belongs to imagined geographies, and the viewer is invited to step through.

Generally I let my canvas and initial brush strokes guide my composition. The images evince from the uncensored interplay with my dream consciousness state and my lived experiences.
— Dr. Clinton Crawford

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Magical
Realism

A juxtaposition of what we commonly call the real world alongside the world of an otherworldly consciousness. Sky and water are no longer separate entities — they become fluid and interchangeable.

Symbolic logic is at the base of every creation. Life begins with an egg — it reoccurs throughout. Without water, there is no life.

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Three Series, One Practice

Portals · Symbolic Logic · Land of Waters

Across thirty-one current works, the studio moves between literal thresholds, recurring symbols, and the early landscapes of the artist’s Atlantic-coast childhood.

31
Paintings
3
Series
Originals
Born in Guyana, South America·MFA · UC Santa Barbara·Professor Emeritus·Specialist in Classical African Civilizations·Travels to the Nile Valley·Self-Taught from Age 7·Works in Magical Realism·Born in Guyana, South America·MFA · UC Santa Barbara·Professor Emeritus·Specialist in Classical African Civilizations·Travels to the Nile Valley·Self-Taught from Age 7·Works in Magical Realism·

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