Crystal Marshall
Crystal Marshall is a contemporary fine artist who paints figurative and narrative-based art. Her creative influences include Gustav Klimt, Jenny Saville, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud to name but a few.
Originally from Kingston, Jamaica and currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia, Crystal’s paintings pay homage to her life’s experiences rooted in cultural disparities in the modern-day African diaspora. Her distinctive personal style emanates isolation, self-reflection and expresses the spirit and atmosphere of the black consciousness in efforts to reconcile its relationship with true identity and image.
Crystal leverages multiple forms of media and technique to produce her artwork. Primarily, she utilises oil or charcoal on paper, as well as digital photography. Featured in her work are symbolic motifs such as wool, thorns, hair and figurative and allegorical representations. Her art express displacement, hostility, victimisation, exclusion, oppression and withdrawal. As the artist explains, “I am a storyteller, and I welcome the viewer to be a part of this visual journey, to share in my experience.”
