Derek McCrea Artist Biography:

Innsbruck, Austria
Media: Pen and ink and watercolor wash on paper.
H. 11" by W. 14"
Copyright © Derek McCrea 2003

Derek McCrea first started painting with oils in the summer of 1984. From 1985 to 1986 he painted under the instruction of Jimmy Peterson, a well-known artist from Georgia. In 1986 he placed first in the Georgia Arts Exhibition.

McCrea joined the United States Army in 1987 and continued self-study and painting on landscape subjects in France, Holland, Germany, Italy and Hungary. Working in the plein air style, he fell in love with the effects and quick drying time of watercolors.

Today, Derek's works can be found in over 75 locations worldwide, including galleries in North Carolina, Georgia, Spain, France and Austria, frame and arts-and-crafts shops in the Southeastern U.S., and in numerous online galleries. He is presently participating in several art competitions in North Carolina, Georgia, and on the web. He won the Artist of the Week in August, 2002 at Art Gallery Online while competing against 11 other artists.

McCrea has completed 10 commissions in the past year, including several very large seascape oil paintings, golf paintings, floral paintings and Crepe Myrtles. His art was recently featured on the cover and inside The Eclipse, a quarterly publication in which poets write about the artwork of the selected artist.

Derek's works can be found in Fayetteville, NC in PJ's Fine Art Gallery and the Graphic Design Firm, and were most recently placed in B'zzzzz Expressions in Douglas, Georgia and in The Market Square Gallery in Varnville, SC. His works also were recently featured in Life is Art magazine (August/September). It can be found in both Books-A-Million and Barnes and Noble bookstores.

Contact Derek McCrea:

Web:  www.derekmccrea.50megs.com

E-mail:  dereklovessheila@yahoo.com