Ren Crawford Abstract Artist the artist signature is "ren"

REN CRAWFORD, CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT PAINTING 
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   Ren has been a resident of the Shenandoah Valley for many years... She has been a professional artist for  about  fifty years.
Her first exhibits and sales were in  Hawaii  c. 1960 and in  Anaheim , Ca.
 
 Through out her career she  has traveled widely and has exhibited her work in many countries selling into collections in Australia, Great Britian, Japan and Mexico and the US. 
Rachel ren Crawford is listed in AMERICAN ARTISTS DIRECTORY 2006,and in ART NEWS QUARTERLY ARTIST GALLERY DIRECTORY
Currently showing at her own studio gallery, and THE LITTLE GALLERY  Moneta, Va. she also has some work  at RIDGEWAY STUDIO in Sante Fe,NM. . 

In the 70s, Ren was an art teacher in North Carolina Public schools  selected by the Cultural Arts program title Ill
to begin a pilot program for the schools on the coast of North Carolina.  She was at the same time president of the   Eastern  North Carolina Chapter of National Pen Women's organization promoting both writing and visual art for women.  St. John's Gallery in Wilmngton, NC began her professional art career
After this she traveled to Japan where she studied and was also exhibited..  

She taught painting  in Lexington Va at the ROCKBRIDGE FINE ARTS WORKSHOP   on the campus of W&L during the late 70s
In 1980s she became director and owner of the Danner House Art Gallery in Middletown Va.
sponsoring 23 Valley artists
In the late 199Os she was sponsored and shown by galleries in Sante Fe, N.M ( Fine Art, and Ridgeway Contemporary Art) 2002,  Her paintings were included  in a group show GalleriaGora, Montreal Canada..
In 2000 she opened her own studio gallery in Strasburg, Va.  where she works and displays  her paintings, collages and work in progress...
 the gallery accepts visitors by appointment and is aglow with colorful large abstract paintings.
welcome.
 A resume is available via mail if requested.
Some information on the google search engine..
For more information contact the artist.



 
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tatement and a collection of canvas work.