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
Selected Paintings
Featured Works
Threshold of Returning Light
Acrylic on Canvas · 2023
30 × 40 in (76 × 102 cm)
Price upon request
The Visitor at Daybreak
Acrylic on Canvas · 2023
24 × 30 in (61 × 76 cm)
Price upon request
Nile Reverie
Acrylic on Canvas · 2023
36 × 48 in (91 × 122 cm)
Price upon request
Equatorial Memory
Acrylic on Canvas · 2024
30 × 36 in (76 × 91 cm)
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Where Sky Becomes Water
Acrylic on Canvas · 2024
36 × 36 in (91 × 91 cm)
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Portal of the Crossing
Acrylic on Canvas · 2024
40 × 48 in (102 × 122 cm)
Price upon request
Inheritance of Sun
Acrylic on Canvas · 2024
36 × 36 in (91 × 91 cm)
Price upon request
Speaking with the Ancestors
Acrylic on Canvas · 2024
36 × 48 in (91 × 122 cm)
Price upon request
The Work
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.
Read the Artist Statement →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.
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Each painting is offered at price upon request. Tell the studio which work has caught your eye — pricing, framing, shipping and commissions are all handled directly with Dr. Crawford’s studio.