Vernon Crumrine

My artwork, I believe, is just part of an endless learning process that moves me one more step toward successfully rendering my own unique and personal vision of the world.

I have been on this planet for quite awhile; some seventy-odd years, in fact. I was born and raised in the Dallas, Texas area and I live in Mesquite, Texas, a large suburb of the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metro-plex.

I hold two degrees from a New York University; one of them a Masters degree. I previously also completed graduate work in Ethics and Conflict Resolution at Southern Methodist University.

By profession, for over forty years I was at one time or another, an accountant, a CFO, and a financial analyst prior to my early retirement in 2009. Most of those years were spent in the petroleum and banking industries.

Some would likely call me a late bloomer because both of my degrees didn't come along until I was well into my forties and fifties. I have been interested in photography all my life, but I didn't really discover the art world and become an avid participant until about ten or twelve years ago.

That said, my interests are rather wide-ranging. I write and have published poetry, articles, essays and novels. I am an amateur radio operator, I pla...

New York Institute of Photography, New York, N.Y.

Graduate Certificate, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.

Master of Arts, University of the State of New York, Albany, N.Y.

Some of my original artwork, as well as prints is held by collectors in private collections throughout the world.

One of my abstract portraits was on exhibit in Zurich, Switzerland at the Artbox Gallery in an October, 2019 event.

Additionally, my photographic work is on permanent display in a number of hospitals in the U.S. and locations around the world through The Foundation for Photo/Art organization based in Florence, Italy.