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Derick Crenshaw was drawing as soon as he was old enough to hold a pencil. Classmates and teachers always considered him “the artist” as he was growing up. Educated in Advertising Design, Derick was soon doing illustrations for advertising where he earned the title of Master Pictorial Artist. His illustration career and success spans more than twenty years, earning numerous regional and national awards, including “Best in Show” in regional Addy Award Competition and “Gold” in the national Addy Awards. After completing a number of commissioned portraits and paintings, Derick left the world of illustration to paint his magic for the world.

Derick was showing his art publicly as early as the fifth grade. At the age of 17, he was invited to show at he prestigious Piedmont Arts Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. At 19, Derick was featured in a one-man exhibit at the University of Georgia in Athens. Derick worked as a Scenic Artist for DEG Film Studios and was a member of the Cape Fear Filmmakers Accord. He has shown successfully in juried shows in the southeast. His hangs in many private and corporate collections.

Derick is originally from Atlanta, Georgia, having moved to Wilmington, NC in 1984, and considers the coast his home.

Derick has the drive and talent to be one of the most important artists of our era. Derick now paints a variety of subjects, but favors human form and figure in a natural setting—what he refers to as “peopled landscapes.” He considers his style of painting to be “contemporary realism.” Derick has a way of catching a moment in the loves of his subjects, revealing the character of people as they go about their daily lives.

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