Greg Crumbly
Gregory Louis Crumbly is an American portrait artist.
Early life
Gregory Crumbly was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania. When he was 12 years old, Greg Crumbly fell off his bike and impaled his right hand on a shattered bottle. He severed a tendon and was in a cast for one year. His doctor told him his hand would curl into a claw if he didn't write or draw to regain movement. He hated to write, so the first day he started drawing, he was running around the house doing family portraits.[1][2] He attended the Governor's School of the Arts at Bucknell University after graduating number one in a high school class of 4,500.
After graduating from Bucknell in 1980, with a degree in Psychology and Art History, he joined the United States Army and received ranger training. He retired from the United States Army Rangers in 1988, after his helicopter was shot down.[3] He then joined the Pittsburgh Police Department and served as a forensic detective until 1997; drawings were hung in police stations throughout the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, helping to identify and capture criminals. In 1994, he was shot in the leg while tussling with a suspect, and the injury resulted in eight operations on his right leg, which today functions without a kneecap. The shooting also kept Crumbly, 45, from getting out in the field. In 1999, a case brought him to Tampa, Florida, where he decided to stay and retire.
After retiring, he continued painting and has become a world-known artist and one of the most sought-after artists of the Fine Art and Portrait Art world. With the skill to be a professional athlete, the courage to be a military man and the drive to be a policeman, he has created paintings[4] that have been exhibited nationally and internationally.[2] In 2017, he published a book under the title "Black Heroes Through History" illustrating his best collections.
Artist life
His artwork is being held by the Pentagon Hall of Heroes, the Saint Petersburg Museum of History[5][6][7] and leaders[who?] around the world. Crumbly has exhibited his work nationally and internationally and has been commissioned by some of the world's top music and sport figures, several dignitaries[who?] from the United States, Spain, China, Mexico, Scotland, England, Kenya[8] and Italy. Crumbly has also been commissioned by the National Rifle Association to paint Freedom Stand Tall and Legends of the Gun. He also painted for Roush Racing the portrait of Matt Kenseth. The Basketball Hall of Fame also commissioned Crumbly to paint Meadowlark Lemon. He has also painted several celebrities and his art has been signed by them.
Crumbly has donated many of his pieces to veteran families[9], institutions[10] and recently he donated one of his portraits to the Pentagon which is exhibited in the Hall of Heroes.
His book Black Heroes Throughout History was accepted into the Hillsborough County School System. Works from the book are on display at the Saint Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts,[11] and the Pentagon Hall of Heroes.
References
- ↑ Recchia, Lorraine (November 2012). My Wingmen: Close Encounters with Archangel Michael and Archangel Raphael. Balboa Press. ISBN 9781452559810. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kamau, Fatha John Patrick (2013-01-23). The Bright Dark Nights of the Soul. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781479743223. Search this book on
- ↑ Kamau, Fatha John Patrick (2013-01-23). The Bright Dark Nights of the Soul. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781479743223. Search this book on
- ↑ Grant, Daniel (2010-09-21). Selling Art Without Galleries: Toward Making a Living from Your Art. Allworth Press. ISBN 9781581158236. Search this book on
- ↑ "St. Pete's Tuskegee Airman honored with portrait". The Tampa Tribune. 2015-08-19. Archived from the original on 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ↑ "Centennial celebration". 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ "An American hero honored". theweeklychallenger.com. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ Kamau, fatha John Patrick (2014-10-29). The Bright Nights and Drumbeats from Mama Africa: The Bright Nights in the World of the Mentally and Physically Handicapped. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781499070460. Search this book on
- ↑ O'DONNELL, CHRISTOPHER. "A veteran paints portraits to give to survivors of troops killed in Iraq". Sarasota Herald. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ↑ "Casino Night with Veterans Art Center Tampa Bay". St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce | Saint Petersburg, FL. Archived from the original on 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ↑ http://mfastpete.org/art/exhibitions/on-view/
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