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My name is Chris Crewe, I have learned to use a sledgehammer to make Art.

I use cans of latex house paint and fine grade acrylics to make large paintings in both an abstract and a pop-art style. I believe that the sledgehammer is a magnificent paintbrush, it is delicate and clumsy; difficult to use but can deliver the most fascinating brush stroke. It is the complete opposite of the horsetail brush in Chinese brush painting. I throw around paint in different ways, smearing it on the head of the hammer, dropping a glob onto the canvas first, sometimes I fill a small vessel with paint and slam down on that.

My paintings attract people who are looking for authenticity. Each one is a miniature explosion that was captured using a polymer to record. It is fascinating to look closely and see that an arm of paint has spiraled around in the air 8-9 times twisting two colors together before it landed back on the canvas, I like to see how the paint jumps from the center exp...

The Sledgehammer Clown Series - Chris Crewe Clowns represented in visual culture throughout history are the focus of this series. I comb through google images to find historical representations of these characters, what I find range from carnival clowns as giant metal signs (sometimes with bullet holes), to rescued paint by number “crying clowns” from the 1950s found on eBay. As a child I remember finding my mother's collection of sad clown paintings stored in a chest in our basement, the clown represented as a man in contemplation, often shown reading a newspaper or holding a Pansy in tattered clothes, I remember loving their atmosphere and comic tragedy. The imagery is updated by using the thick black line of a graffiti...

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