Featuring: William Crump

William Crump is a NYC-based artist whose latest series of works on paper were inspired by an odd sign for a Christian ministry that he saw on a street corner while on a visit to Seoul, Korea.

These powerfully delicate drawings leads the viewer across the chasm that falls between reality and fantasy, crossed only by imagination and sentimental longing. Another parallel that Crump explores is the relationship between the solitary nature of the artist’s studio practice and the lonely frontiersman moving through the unknown.

Lonesome Ghosts, his recent solo exhibition @ LittleBird Gallery was reviewed in the LA Times and he is currently showing in Manifest Destination, a two-person show with Andrew Prayzner @ Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Philadelphia…on view until July 31.

From the Beginning, 2009
colored pencil and graphite on paper, 16" x 20"

Mountain Man Dreams Of His Bounty,
While The Sweet Bird Of Redemption Sings In His Ear, 2009
graphite on paper, 20" x 16"

Mountain of Westward Expansion, 2007
gouache and graphite on paper, 16" x 20"

Dream of the Mountain Man's Wife, 2009
colored pencil and graphite on paper, 40.5" x 20"

Dream of the Mountain Man's Wife (detail), left panel

The Mapmaker, 2008
gouache, ink and graphite on paper, 20" x 16"

Lonesome Ghost, 2008
watercolor and graphite on paper, 16" x 20"