Jo Fleming Contemporary Art

“Creekside Variations”

Carey Crane

EXHIBITION: August 1–31
Reception & Artist Talk: Saturday August 8 | 5–7.30pm (talk at 6pm)

August 2026

Throughout August we are delighted to present Creekside Variations, an exhibition of recent abstract paintings by local artist Carey Crane.

Crane’s intuitive approach to painting is rooted in play, movement, and a willingness to respond to whatever emerges on the canvas. Working outdoors, he uses free-flowing brushstrokes and painted lines to suggest energy, change, and the shifting rhythms of the natural world. His work brings together memories, feelings, and seemingly unrelated visual experiences in a process that is often dreamlike and instinctive.

Raised on Pinellas Point in St. Petersburg, Florida, Crane spent many hours in his father’s art studio, an early influence that continues to shape his approach today. He studied under professor and performative painter Hiram Williams and earned his BFA from the University of Florida in 1982.

After working as a museum exhibit fabricator and later as a curator, Crane returned with renewed energy to his own painting practice in 2010 while working with artists at the Museum of Art and the Unsettled Gallery in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Today, Crane lives and works in Shady Side, Maryland.