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Crystal Hartman

I’m not sure what I fell in love with first, the colors, the pigments, the tools we use to put them on, what we put them on... I am a printmaker without a press; so, I consider my mediums and the ideas paired with them. For me, painting is about presence. Physically it can be anything we want; psychologically, I do it for the feeling of emptiness. In that space, there is growth. This is what I paint.

The Chiropractor

The Chiropractor

9/29/10

Collaborating with Jonah Skurky-Thomas

Labels: Collaboration, Crystal Hartman, Jinah China, painting

5/25/10

Working on Slides by Daylight

Labels: contemporary art, Crystal Hartman, Durango Colorado, painting

Nectar of the Gods

Chalk, charcoal and watercolor, 22.5" x 30"

Nectar of the Gods -2010

Labels: contemporary art, Crystal Hartman, drawing, Durango Art, Durango Colorado, National Watercolor Society, painting

4/19/10

A thought...

French kiss me over the phone.

Labels: Crystal Hartman, poetry

4/1/10

New Jewelry Available Online...

Carving and creating jewelry in the days... check out the Sterling Silver Page for more!

Black Onyx Nouveau
http://www.durangosilver.com/asccustompages/products.asp?fav=0&fpage=4&categoryID=22&productID=1488&cartID=670777206

Labels: contemporary Jewelry, Crystal Hartman, Durango Silver Company, Jewelry

3/1/10

Oh this Voice!

http://www.ted.com/talks/publisher_felix_dennis_odes_to_vice_and_consequences.html

Labels: Art, link, literature, poetry, publisher, Ted.com

2/18/10

A sketch of air...

Labels: drawing, marker, pen and ink, sketchbooks

1/2/10

New Year and Haiku...

"Those who say don't know."

He said, she said, we all know...

"Those who know don't say."

-C. Hartman

Labels: conceptual, Crystal Hartman, fine art, haiku, poetry

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Detail of Temptation and Desire...

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Batik on Handmade Paper

Blog Archive

▼ 2010 (8)
- ▼ September (1)
  - Collaborating with Jonah Skurky-Thomas
- ► May (2)
  - Working on Slides by Daylight
  - Nectar of the Gods
- ► April (2)
  - A thought...
  - New Jewelry Available Online...
- ► March (1)
  - Oh this Voice!
- ► February (1)
  - A sketch of air...
- ► January (1)
  - New Year and Haiku...

► 2009 (11)
- ► November (7)
- ► October (4)

About Me

Crystal Hartman: Durango, Colorado, United States; When I close my eyes I see colors and shapes... legs spiraling, birds on lines and explosions of color that splash from here while something stabs there. Art tears me open and cages me at once. My parents are artists, jewelers who carved a niche in Durango in the seventies. Growing up, I watched them create at all hours of the day and had their blessings on the projects I picked up. In Middle School I drew the human body -cells, organs, facial expression- to find coordination. In High School, I learned to cede control to the medium. At University, I fell in love with process, textures and repetition. My degree in printmaking afforded me a taste of patience and tradition. Adventure and love led me to travel. Family brought me home. I appreciate movement and simplicity... And, paper. Please visit CrystalHartman.com

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Artwork and Projects Available Online

Durango Open Studios
Crystal Hartman - Art and Words
Durango Silver Company