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Sumner Crenshaw
The Wind, Oil Painting

2020

About the Item

Artist Comments
Recently, Sumner has been exploring the use of text in her paintings, adding poetry to accompany the message of the artwork. "This piece is about the loss we feel when thinking of times we can never return to - fond memories of people, places and spaces in time that life has pushed us away from," she says. In this painting, Sumner included the following original poem: The wind wafts away my memories As it waltzes through my hair Oh how I wish I could tell it "By my ears, just leave them there" "I may be a crumbling colossus" I say "Ozymandias beyond disrepair But my memories are not your dust to breeze away So by my ears, to whistle to my soul once more By my ears, please just leave them there"


About the Artist
Sumner Crenshaw infuses her work with movement, lines and varying degrees of color. She currently lives in Maryland and finds inspiration in the work of Salvador Dali. Her goal is to keep exploring the minimalist, narrative surrealism she's been moving toward.


Words that describe this painting: expressionism, surrealism, dark art, poetry, figurative, nudes, loss, memories, expressionism, nudes, non-representational, oil painting, pink, yellow


The Wind
Sumner Crenshaw
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2020
38 in. h x 30 in. w x 1.5 in. d
3 lbs. 0 oz.


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  • Creation Year:
    2020
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 38 in (96.52 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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  • Condition:
    The Wind. Sumner Crenshaw. Oil painting on stretched canvas. Finished black edges. Ready to hang. One-of-a-kind. Signed on back.
  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 676771stDibs: LU92216132712
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