Kay Crain

Artist Profile and Gallery

Location:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Contact Me:
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About Kay Crain:
I think my Artists' Statement should simply proclaim...."Not Edgy." :>)

Although you'll find a variety of subjects here in my gallery, I most love painting people.

I do quite a few portrait commissions, specializing in Children in everyday natural settings and pursuits, rather than stiff formal portraits.

I'm definitely a colorist, not a tonalist; and consider myself a contemporary realist with impressionist leanings.

I like to paint almost every day, although sometimes life gets in the way.

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How to buy my paintings:
International buyers -paypal - Please email for shipping estimate out of the U.S.

Thank You!

Links:
What's On My Easel?: http://web.me.com/kaycrain/site/Blog/Blog.html
Kay Crain's Web Page: http://www.kaycrain.com
Kay Crain's Ebay Auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR14QQfrppZ50QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQpfidZ0QQsassZkcrainartQQsinceZ30QQsofindtypeZ15QQsorefinesearchZ1
My Sister Kim Paints too!: http://artfortheworld.blogspot.com/

My Paintings: ( = sold )

Newest Paintings  -  beach-pool  -  Kodachrome-Nostalgic paintings 1950's and 60's  -  landscape-cityscape  -  figurative/portrait  -  still life  -  nudes  -  dogs  -  All Other Paintings

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Float Trip Young girl floating in pool -- Kay Crain Oil Study for "The Horse Whisperer" -- Kay Crain Sabino Canyon -- Kay Crain The Blue Swimsuit-Toddler on the beach -- Kay Crain Sunroom late afternoon -- Kay Crain Cat in the sunlight -- Kay Crain Provincetown Tourists -- Kay Crain Big Apple Taxis new york cityscape abstract -- Kay Crain "The Dancing Lesson" -- Kay Crain You re Still The One Self-Portrait of the Artist and her husband. -- Kay Crain "Popsicle Summer" -- Kay Crain Sunny -- Kay Crain
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beach-pool (122) show all

Float Trip Young girl floating in pool -- Kay Crain The Blue Swimsuit-Toddler on the beach -- Kay Crain "Popsicle Summer" -- Kay Crain Sunny -- Kay Crain "Walking the Plank" -- Kay Crain Beach Baby 2 -- Kay Crain Beach Shadows -- Kay Crain Rocky Beach -- Kay Crain "walkin' my baby 2" -- Kay Crain Boy with a Green Bucket -- Kay Crain Busy on the beach -- Kay Crain Palette Knife Ocean 2 -- Kay Crain The Yellow Pool -- Kay Crain Cape Cod Hotel -- Kay Crain The Shellseekers -- Kay Crain Beach Blues -- Kay Crain "Toes in the surf" -- Kay Crain Keeping Watch mom watching kids on beach and in ocean- -- Kay Crain "Chillin' on Marco Island" -- Kay Crain Swim Class 5x7 -- Kay Crain Wave Runners Two kids on the beach. -- Kay Crain Summer Beach Days -- Kay Crain Marco Island Stroll-Reflections in wet sand. -- Kay Crain Boy and Girl on the Beach -- Kay Crain Palette knife ocean #2 abstract beach ocean scene -- Kay Crain The Pool Queens 1948 -- Kay Crain "Ocean Lullaby" -- Kay Crain The Red Swimsuit -- Kay Crain Self Portrait- Kay in the pool -- Kay Crain Windy Beach -- Kay Crain "The Wave Watchers" -- Kay Crain "Three on Orange Beach" -- Kay Crain "Young family on the beach" -- Kay Crain Beach Kids revisited -- Kay Crain The Wave Jumpers -- Kay Crain The Palette Knife Ocean -- Kay Crain "Luncheon of the Swimming Party" -- Kay Crain big wave -- Kay Crain "Sandy" mother baby at the beach -- Kay Crain Beach Hats Grandmother and child at the beach. -- Kay Crain
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Kodachrome-Nostalgic paintings 1950's and 60's (89) show all

Aqua Maids 1950 -- Kay Crain Brothers -- Kay Crain Alexandria Station -- Kay Crain July, 1948 -- Kay Crain Swim class  girls of 1959 revisited -- Kay Crain Flower Garden, 1932 -- Kay Crain "Juke Box Saturday Night" -- Kay Crain Airstream trailer at mount rushmore -- Kay Crain "Airstream 2" -- Kay Crain The Red Dory-Cape Cod Summer -- Kay Crain The Airstream -- Kay Crain Red Ford Pick-up Truck, 1948 -- Kay Crain The Pumpkin Farm -- Kay Crain "Flight Training" mother baby painting -- Kay Crain Side By Side girls at the beach/ocean, 1949 -- Kay Crain Fox Theater Parking, Atlanta-1956 -- Kay Crain "Easter Sunday, 1960" -- Kay Crain Dot, Ted and The Big Catch, 1954 -- Kay Crain "King Of The Grill, 1961" -- Kay Crain "Trust" swim lesson, 1958 -- Kay Crain "Sunshine in Suburbia, 1954" -- Kay Crain "Lambretta Ad" -- Kay Crain Packing for The Lake House, 1948 -- Kay Crain First Communion, 1954 -- Kay Crain Leaving the Lake House, Summer 48 -- Kay Crain Kids on a trailer stoop, 1955 -- Kay Crain 30 minute oil sketch slumber party 1958 -- Kay Crain Sunday Best, 1957 -- Kay Crain The Miracle Worker -Beauty Shop, 1960 -- Kay Crain Bobby and David, 1952 -- Kay Crain Texas Traveler Woman on Route 66 -- Kay Crain Afloat Woman in swimming pool -- Kay Crain Smokin and Drinkin , 1955 -- Kay Crain Hes Just Bob, v2 -- Kay Crain Swim Class, 1960 -- Kay Crain Cheerleaders, 1964 -- Kay Crain King Of The Pool man in swimming pool. -- Kay Crain Peggy and the Purple Polka Dot Swimsuit. -- Kay Crain Bonnie, Bitsy and The New Buick -- Kay Crain Ford Wagon, 1957 -- Kay Crain
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landscape-cityscape (95) show all

Oil Study for "The Horse Whisperer" -- Kay Crain Sabino Canyon -- Kay Crain Big Apple Taxis new york cityscape abstract -- Kay Crain Tuscan Hilltop -- Kay Crain "In The Flower Garden" -- Kay Crain Color study for "Impressionist Footbridge" -- Kay Crain Rainy New York City 2 -- Kay Crain French Cafe painting for French Country decor -- Kay Crain Yellow House Blue House -- Kay Crain Times Square  -- Kay Crain New York Taxis -- Kay Crain n.y. cityscape finished! -- Kay Crain St. Louis Cafe -- Kay Crain Lady and Sons-Paula Deen, Savannah, Georgia study -- Kay Crain study-savannah cafe 2 -- Kay Crain Kay and Larry at Niagara -- Kay Crain Three Cottages -- Kay Crain Color study for Savannah Cafe -- Kay Crain "City Girl" -- Kay Crain Three Taxis-Abstract cityscape -- Kay Crain Atlanta Luckie Street -- Kay Crain Cold Day New York -- Kay Crain Jim's Airstream -- Kay Crain Santa Fe Strut woman walking Poodle dog -- Kay Crain alone in the city -- Kay Crain Saint Louis Gateway Arch #2 -- Kay Crain Mountain Stream -- Kay Crain The Lake House  -- Kay Crain The Lake House -- Kay Crain "A Cozy Cafe"  -- Kay Crain A Tuscan Landscape -- Kay Crain "A Christmas Story House" Ralphie's House -- Kay Crain Sunny Provincetown revisited -- Kay Crain City Rain -- Kay Crain Snowy Night -- Kay Crain Silent Night People walking by Snowy church at night -- Kay Crain "Moonlight Taxi" -- Kay Crain Jog Dog -- Kay Crain Buffalo Waterfront -- Kay Crain The Garden Gate -- Kay Crain
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figurative/portrait (146) show all

Cat in the sunlight -- Kay Crain "The Dancing Lesson" -- Kay Crain You re Still The One Self-Portrait of the Artist and her husband. -- Kay Crain Girl with the Pink Umbrella -- Kay Crain Father's day -- Kay Crain baby monica -- Kay Crain little boy in overalls -- Kay Crain Anne-1 hour portrait sketch -- Kay Crain Easter Egg Hunt -- Kay Crain Riding The Creek western horse and rider -- Kay Crain Children in the garden with Cat -- Kay Crain "Smitten" couple in love -- Kay Crain "Summer Afternoon" -- Kay Crain "Storytime" woman reading to little girl -- Kay Crain "Nude on a Red Chaise Lounge" -- Kay Crain The Little Dancer -- Kay Crain Grammy portrait -- Kay Crain Snowy Forest Park -- Kay Crain Puppy Love  -- Kay Crain Roxy The Cat....in Memorium -- Kay Crain The New Baby -- Kay Crain Frosty --Little boy with his snowman -- Kay Crain Ana-portrait commission -- Kay Crain Portrait Commission Dr. Aaron Pile -- Kay Crain The Proposal-commission -- Kay Crain Rainy Day Paris Caillebotte -- Kay Crain The Red Wagon -- Kay Crain The Orange Umbrella -- Kay Crain "Pretty in Pink" -- Kay Crain Leader of The Pack -- Kay Crain Girl with a blue pail. -- Kay Crain Innocence mother and sleeping baby -- Kay Crain The Diva -- Kay Crain Ballerina at the Window -- Kay Crain The Barfly, 1956 -- Kay Crain Portrait-The Bethmann Children -- Kay Crain Dr. Anna-NFS -- Kay Crain After Fechin -- Kay Crain Kitty Pool  -- Kay Crain "Ballerina Dreams" -- Kay Crain
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still life (37)

Sunroom late afternoon -- Kay Crain Sunflowers on red -- Kay Crain Yellow Flowers in a mary engelbreit vase -- Kay Crain April showers bring May Flowers -- Kay Crain teacup with spoon -- Kay Crain "Sue's Flowers" -- Kay Crain "Tea Time" cup of tea -- Kay Crain Sunflowers in a blue vase -- Kay Crain "Sue's Pitcher" blue and white pitcher -- Kay Crain Guest Room -- Kay Crain Grapes and Nectarines Fruit Still Life -- Kay Crain music and dance-ballerina painting in the music room -- Kay Crain Interior in yellow and green -- Kay Crain "Vase of Flowers" -- Kay Crain Coffee and Crosswords -- Kay Crain "Mrs. Knowles and Her Children" Interior with Sargent painting -- Kay Crain Ripe Pear on a Green Plate fruit still life -- Kay Crain Bowl of fruit -- Kay Crain The Blue Vase    floral oil of zinnias -- Kay Crain Bottle and glasses-cafe /restaurant scene -- Kay Crain The Purple Chair -- Kay Crain "The Golden chair" -- Kay Crain Thomas Kincaid Teapot -- Kay Crain "Road Trip" realism Florida map sunglasses keys -- Kay Crain That's Life -- Kay Crain    The Best To You...... -- Kay Crain Fine Art Connoisseur -- Kay Crain Sunflowers with two Pears -- Kay Crain Paint Brushes in a blue Crock -- Kay Crain Tea On The Patio -- Kay Crain My Kitchen Bench -- Kay Crain Red Transferware Egg Cup -- Kay Crain Tiny Tears -- Kay Crain Afternoon tea -- Kay Crain Tole Tray with Ceramic Rooster -- Kay Crain My Leather Chair -- Kay Crain Apples and Pear -- Kay Crain
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nudes (3)

Nude 3-After the bath -- Kay Crain nude 2 -- Kay Crain Nude woman figurative -- Kay Crain
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dogs (7)

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel -- Kay Crain "T.J. In the Doorway" Bichon Frise dog -- Kay Crain Ruby Golden Retriever dog -- Kay Crain TJ in the Snow -- Kay Crain Jake -- Kay Crain Bichon in a red chair -- Kay Crain Golden Afternoon 2 -- Kay Crain
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All Other Paintings (14)

Provincetown Tourists -- Kay Crain Leaving the Farm -- Kay Crain Suburban Cowpokes, 1962 -- Kay Crain Three Poolside, 1959 -- Kay Crain Backyard Cowboy, 1963 -- Kay Crain Tiffany -- Kay Crain McKensie and Dan NFS -- Kay Crain Johns House-Four Oaks Poste -- Kay Crain The Casino at Catalina Island -- Kay Crain French Country Rooster -- Kay Crain Portrait of a Cow -- Kay Crain Red Checked Chairs  -- Kay Crain snowman 2 -- Kay Crain Snowman 1 -- Kay Crain
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Paintings by Missouri artist Kay Crain