Artist: Annette Crosby

Title: Square Squared

Medium: mixed media on paper

Size: approx. 15 x 22 inches

Artist Bio: Annette Crosby earned a BFA in art education from Valdosta State University. She then completed her MEd in Elementary Education culminating in her employment as an art educator at Valdosta Middle School in 1977. Once she began painting as an extension of her photography, painting became her passion.

The widespread acceptance of her art includes recognition with numerous awards in juried competitions in local, state and national shows, as well as being published in The Palette Magazine. She exhibits and markets her work with five fellow artists at a private gallery, Artists on Ashley in downtown Valdosta, Georgia. Recent show venues include the Albany Museum of Art in Albany, GA; the Firehouse Arts Center in Bainbridge, GA; Glynn Art Association in Saint Simons Island, GA; Turner Center for the Arts in Valdosta, GA and Goodyear Cottage in Jekyll Island, GA. Her artistic focus is painting landscapes and non-objective painting using a variety of color, shape, form, line and textures.

Artist Statement: Annette Crosby's work creates visual interest by using texture and subtle variations in shape and color. She uses gestural lines in her work to create active, energetic designs and organic shapes. Designs and colors lead to new and unexplored options in her paintings which are layered, and then the surface is manipulated by intuitive explorations of painting and drawing.