Amy Crehore's oil paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums on both coasts
and commissioned by America's top publishers. Her newest series paintings, "Little Pierrot",
"Monkey Love", "Blues Gal" and "Lolita" series, have gained her an international following.
Crehore's mysterious, pop surreal narratives are playful and poetic, revealing a preference
for vintage musical instruments and a knowledge of art history.
Magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly, Business Week, ESPN Magazine, Esquire, Forbes,
GQ, The Los Angeles Times, MS., The New York Times, Outside, Playboy, Redbook,
Rolling Stone, and Texas Monthly have featured her work since 1991. Crehore's image of
Jewel and Alanis Morissette is included in the anthology book "ROLLING STONE:The Illustrated
Portraits" (Chronicle Books). The original painting is part of the Jann Wenner collection in NYC.
In the spring of 2005, TEN of Crehore's "Little Pierrot" series paintings were selected by the
"American Illustration" jury. In the fall of that year, three of Crehore's "Monkey Love" series
paintings were featured in an art show called "The BLAB! Show" at Track 16 Gallery (Santa
Monica, CA).
In 2006, Crehore exhibited eight paintings (including her new "Blues Gals" series)
in the second "Blab!Show" (Santa Monica, CA). The show sold out and "The Banana Eater"
painting was finally published by Fantagraphics in "Blab! 17". Crehore took part in six more
shows that year at Applegate Gallery (Santa Monica, CA), Roq La Rue Gallery (Seattle, WA)
and M Modern Gallery (Palm Springs, CA).
In 2007, she participated in Mark Murphy's "GREEN Show" at Robert Berman Gallery (Santa
Monica, CA), the "KNOW Exhibition" at Art Basel Miami (Miami, FLA), "Literartistry" &
"Charity by Numbers" at Corey Helford Gallery (Culver City, CA), and the "Venus" Show at
Roq La Rue Gallery (Seattle, WA).
In Jan. 2008, Crehore's "Feed the Bear Blues" painting was part of the "Deep Pop" Show
at Iona College (New Rochelle, NY). She looks forward to showing six paintings at Ad Hoc
Art Gallery (NYC) July/Aug, 2008, followed by a full solo show at Thinkspace in Los Angeles, CA
in Feb. 2009.
Past showings include: DNFA Gallery (Pasadena, CA), Outside-In Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), Mia
Gallery (Seattle, WA), Marsh Gallery (Richmond, VA), Phillips Mill (New Hope, PA), Anderson
Gallery (Richmond, VA), Gallery K (Washington, D.C.), 2nd Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA),
The Museum of American Illustration (New York City, NY), The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
the Portland Art Museum (Oregon) and many more ...full resume available upon request.
Amy Crehore grew up in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and received a B.F.A. from Virginia
Commonwealth University. She now lives on the west coast in Eugene, Oregon.
Read more about Crehore's life, art, inspirations & music on on her blog, Little Hokum Rag:
Read interviews with Amy Crehore here: ArtNYC , Celebrity At Work , Monovita
Email: amy@amycrehore.com to join her mailing list or for information about her original art.
Phone: 541-683-6278 
"Backstage", from the Little Pierrot Series by Amy Crehore