ARTIST'S STATEMENT:
"As an artist, I find myself grounded in reality: the particular, the focused, the well observed or specifically imagined. My images are derived from aspects of my life including the irritating and heart rending beauty of a Mockingbird's song at midnight, the heady delight of watching Purple Martins spin in the sky, the quiet mystery of the countryside at night and the daily distractions of home and garden. I strive to contain enough of the particular elements of my experience to make each image unique, but to also hold a hint of the universal."

BIO:
Artist Margie Crisp was born in New Orleans, Louisiana but got to Texas as soon as she could. She lives in Elgin, a small town east of Austin with her husband (painter and printmaker William B. Montgomery) and a motley crew of pets. When she is not working in her studio (or taking care of animals); she can be found printing at Slugfest Printmaking Workshop in Austin. A nationally exhibited artist, her work can be found in private and public collections including The Austin Museum of Art, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas; The Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas, Phoenix Arts Commission Print Collection, Phoenix, Arizona; Instituto des Artes Plasticos, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico; and the Art in Public Places Print Collection, Austin, Texas.

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