contact the artist | Cromer Studios A native of Spartanburg, S.C., Cromer attended Art Schools in Nashville, Pittsburgh and New York. He holds an Honors degree from the Art Center School in Los Angeles. He has traveled extensively as a professional artist, painting and exhibiting internationally and lived in Europe for many years. Cromer returned to South Carolina in 1993, making his home in Spartanburg and Beaufort, where he is active as an exhibiting artist. He lectures and teaches at the Art School of the Spartanburg County Museum of Art and holds regional workshops. He is a "Member with Excellence" in the South Carolina Watercolor Society and served as Exhibition Chairman for the year 2000. Cromer's work is represented internationally in many private and public collections. Selected Exhibitions: Group Shows: California Watercolor Society, Los Angeles and San Francisco. "Zen in Western Art", Kyoto and Tokyo John Whibley Gallery, London Singer & Friedlander/ Sunday Times Annual, London Anna Mei Chadwick Gallery, London Sixth Annual Contemporary Art EXPO, Tokyo S.C. Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition Gainesville College Annual Competition Gallery 522 (Watercolor Invitational) South Carolina State Fair Piedmont Interstate Fair Georgia Watercolor Society Coca Cola Art by the River Greenville Art in The Park Anderson County Annual Exhibition Union County Annual Exhibition Spartanburg County Museum of Art's Burwell Annual Historical Competition The Artists' Guild of Spartanburg Solo Shows: Allied Galleries, New York Easthampton Gallery, New York Washington Square Annual, New York Upper Grosvenor Gallery, London John Whibley Gallery, London Anna Mei Chadwick Gallery, London The Gallery, Spartanburg, S.C. (Retrospective) The Quinlan Art Center, Gainesville, Ga. (Retrospective and Artist in Residence) The Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, N.C. Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C. -Retrospective Professional Awards/ Juried Exhibitions: New York Art Directors Club Gold Medal American Institute of Graphic Arts New York Type Directors Club Designers and Art Directors Association, London California Watercolor Society Anderson County Annual Exhibition (4th prize) Spartanburg Museum of Art Historical Competition (1st purchase prize, two years) Coca Cola Art by The River (2nd place) Spartanburg Museum of Art Annual Sidewalk Show (1st prize) South Carolina State Fair (cash prize) Piedmont Interstate Fair (cash prize) Beaufort Art Association Annual (Award of Excellence, cash prize) Piccolo Spoleto (2000) South Carolina Watercolor Society (Traveling Show, cash prize) contact the artist | Cromer Studios						Private Collections in: United Kingdom U.S.A. Japan Spain Greece Switzerland South Africa Australia Canada Sweden Current Memberships: Artists' Guild of Spartanburg South Carolina Watercolor Society (Member with Excellence) National Watercolor Society Southern Watercolor Society Upstate Visual Arts Georgia Watercolor Society Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg (board member) Beaufort Art Association Artist's Statement: "I have been painting for over 50 years, always experimenting with new ideas as my experience and maturity have developed. "Although I have worked with most media, I always return to a water medium (transparent watercolor, gouache and egg tempera) for its absolute purity of light and color 'key', as well as the ability to realize a design or pictorial idea quickly and spontaneously. "My current work has been described as, "...fresh, cleanly executed and brilliant in color." The sum total of my work covers various styles and "isms", including expressionism, lyrical realism, the California school, hard-edge pop, etc. "There is, however, a common denominator, a basic thread, running through my work: that is an emotional, often passionate involvement with the subject matter, plus the enduring fact that all my work has its origins or conclusions in landscape and my personal experience with natural wonders."