Micah Crandall-Bear Limited Edition Prints Now Available

We have just released a new line of Micah Crandall-Bear limited edition prints on canvas! Check out the pieces below and visit our print website to read more: www.efgeditions.com/filter/micah-crandall-bear

Above The Rain  |  48 X 40  |  24 X 20

Red Alexander  |  48 X 40  |  24 X 20

Shoreline  |  30 X 66  |  15 X 33

Wetland  |  36 X 30  |  18 X 15

Micah Crandall-Bear: "New Horizons" Selected As A Second Saturday Pick In The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento abstract artist Micah Crandall-Bear's current one-man show at EFG was selected as one of Victoria Dalkey's Second Saturday Picks for July 2013. The selection was featured in the July 12th issue of the Ticket Section in The Sacramento Bee.

The image featured is "Red Alexander II" pictured below:

Micah Crandall-Bear: "New Horizons," a one-man show

Micah Crandall-Bear's upcoming one-person show was featured in the July 2013 issue of American Art Collector magazine. Read the editorial below: 

Sedge  -  acrylic and modified oil on canvas  -  12 X 30

Micah Crandall-Bear’s upcoming solo exhibition at Elliott Fouts Gallery in Sacramento, California, features new abstract landscapes that are reminiscent of his native California lands. Having devoted more than a year to working on paintings for the exhibit, Crandall-Bear says, “I’ve never spent this much time preparing for a show and it really shows. I couldn’t be happier.”

In this, the first solo exhibit Crandall-Bear will have at the gallery, the artist continues a series he calls Develop. The term has several meanings but, in general, it touches upon “the retro, vintage Polaroid,” a theme that runs throughout the paintings and works feature a border similar to the iconic one found on a Polaroid.

Aside from the photography reference, Develop means the development of Crandall-

Bear’s painting process and, as he explains, “the development in abstract landscapes that find a connection to the development of natural beauty and the balance of organic elements.” He adds, “Not necessarily the developments of anything man-made. These are kind of meant to be abstract landscapes that inspire deeper breaths, a greater connection to a sense of peace. My hope is to transfer that sense of natural beauty with a composed balance of elements.”

Stylistically, collectors and patrons who know the artist’s work will notice more of a pop feel. “I am going a lot brighter with the colors and tones in the skies,” says Crandall- Bear, who has been using deep reds and some oranges in the latest pieces. “Some of the older ones are distressed and kind of saturated in the tones, a little more earthy and underdeveloped, if you will, while these ones have a little bit more of a pop to them.”

Paintings such as Sfumato and Ultra are two that are on the opposite ends of the spectrum of works that will be in the show. According to the artist, Sfumato has a bit of an Old Masters feeling landscape, while the sky is contemporary; and Ultra has a vibrant pink and could be thought of as a landscape or a color-field with the horizontal bands of color. “I am a huge fan of Rothko; I use a lot of color-field techniques in my work,” elaborates the artist. “The actual bands of color as opposed to the color-field give it a modern feel.”

The show will hang July 6 to August 1 and will feature approximately 20 paintings.

New Horizons

July 6 - August 1, 2013

Elliott Fouts Gallery

1831 P Street

Sacramento, CA 95811

New Work By Micah Crandall-Bear

EFG artist Micah Crandall-Bear just brought us five brand new pieces. Micah's style continues to develop and so too does his current "Polaroid" series, which is typified by an abstract focal point set off by a bold, white border. These abstractions have taken on a representational quality, as landscape elements have found their way into his colorful, linear compositions. Check out the new work below:

 Ashen  |  acrylic and modified oil on canvas  |  20" X 17"

Cloudbreak  |  acrylic and modified oil on canvas  |  24" X 36"

 "Reservoir"  |  acrylic and modified oil on canvas  |  16" X 16"

 

"Setting"  |  acrylic and modified oil on canvas  |  16" X 16"

"Carmel Valley"  |  acrylic and modified oil on canvas  |  30" X 26"