Rain Crow

Rain Crow was born October 31, 1959 of Cherokee-Scottish decent.

Growing up in Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina she spent many years learning traditional ways of both Cherokee and her Scottish Grandmothers ancient ways. Developing her own path was important to her and she was encouraged to do so by all who cared for her.

She has been an artist since early childhood. She took art classes in Elementary, Middle and High School and went on to study art in a small College in Alabama in the late 1970’s. She studied under private teachers in Georgia in the 1980’s. Married for 14 years she concentrated on her oil paintings and her home life. Divorced in 1997 she moved back to Cherokee North Carolina where her life took an entirely different path.

On October 27, 1997 she started to work in the tribal casino where she lived in Cherokee NC. Her time there was a deeply involved lesson of self love, unconditional love for others and compassion for all humanity. This is where she began to develop the style she now calls “abstract spiritualism”. As she grew into her own depths of Spirit so did her works. It became her way of expressing to the World just what life means to her. The colors flow from the brush as if being guided by another force, as if to say to everyone whose life the particular work might touch, “I belong to you for a reason. I was created just for you by this vessel”. Collectors who have purchased her paintings often say to her, “It was as if you knew I needed this painting”. Her work speaks to people with an inner voice. After moving several times since 2004, living in Arkansas and Tennessee she now resides in Alabama.

Inspiration:
My art is inspired by the elements of Mother Earth, the Universe and from my Grandmother’s who led me through gardens, taught me of spiritual love and speak to me still from the depths of my heart. From my Earthly parents who allowed me the freedom to be who I am and my heavenly parents who love me because I AM. My spirit guide who is forever whispering in my ear, and my guardian angels that protect, guide, and love me with every breath.

Rain Crow


Her work is currently exhibited in the Whitman Gallery and Studio in Childersburg Alabama and her online Gallery, Art by Rain Crow at artbyraincrow.com . Most recently she exhibited at the Mecca Festival presented by the Cultural Arts Center in Carrollton Ga.

She exhibited in JC Morgan Art Gallery in Oxford Alabama from June 2009 Through February 2010.

Her earlier works were shown across the South from North Carolina to Arkansas.

Artist Statement:
I mostly paint with acrylics but will use oils or other mediums to express my feelings on canvas. I like to think of my creations as channeling others feelings. I guess you could think of me as an empathic painter. I 'feel' what others need to express. It's deeply spiritual but also emotional. The use of bright bold colors doesn't always represent 'cheerful'. and the use of dark doesn't always represent dark feelings. A commissioned painting does not have the same effect. When someone else 'tells' me what they want it is no longer channeled from the Universe. When it comes to me through more than thought, it is from all humanity as ONE. Not separate or individual.

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