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Biography of Derek McCrea Derek McCrea is a US Army Infantry Combat Soldier with two tours in
Iraq with the 3rd Infantry Division, and this is his stress relief.
He has always loved to paint; it allows him
to express emotions on
paper and relax. Derek paints in a whimsical impressionistic style in
plein air settings.
He was born in Albany, Georgia on February 19,
1969. He presently resides with his wife, Sheila, of 20 years and his
two sons. He first started painting with oils in the summer of 1984.
From 1985 to 1986 he painted under the instruction
of Jimmy
Peterson, a well known artist from Georgia. In 1986 he won 1st place
in the Georgia Arts Exhibition.
Derek joined the United States Army
in 1987 and continued self study and painting on landscape subjects
in France,
Holland, Germany, Italy and Hungary, painting in the plein
air style. He has completed over 20 commissions in the past
year. His
works were most recently placed in the Shoppes on Madison in historic
Douglas GA, and at Artsy's on
the River Street in historic Savannah
Georgia. Derek has donated several artworks to non-profit and
charitable
organizations in the past: February 2007 to Christian
Mission Hospital for HIV children run by Joyce Meyer Ministries
in
India, silent auction for a baby with PWS syndrome October 25, 2008,
and the Annual Benefit on OCT 17, 2008
with Rescue Ink out of NYC. Visit Dereks' website: http://www.derekmccrea.50megs.com Visit Dereks' blog:
http://watercolorpaintingart.blogspot.com/
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