Julio Crews

Cuban-American artist Julio Crews creates lyrical paintings that transcend the outer world to rediscover the inner journey that all of us share. Inspired by the passion of Cuban life as expressed in its music, art, and people, Crews’ paintings are replete with dramatic colors and dynamic lines, reverberating with a joy and spontaneity that are as compelling as they are beautiful. His chromatic transitions are governed by a demanding sense of order, while compositions remain edgy, as they merge abstract forms with remnants of figuration. Above all, Crews looks inward for inspiration in his art. As he elaborates: “It is essential mystery I search for, and intimations of a deeper reality permeate my art, always in pursuit of that paradise feared lost yet ever present within our deepest self.” Crews’ art invites the viewer to gaze inward and ultimately provides a vision of transcendence and moment of rest for the weary of our world.

Julio Crews currently lives and works in Houston, Texas.