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William Crosby

Expressionist Abstract Landscapes
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New Work by William Crosby


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Autumn Coast I 36x24
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Autumn Coast II 36x24
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Autumn Hill 24x24
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Changing Seasons 21x27
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Out to Sea 11x14
Triptych abstract landscape painting of land, sea, and sky
"Spring Into Summer" Triptych 48x84
Moody abstract landscape painting
"Shoreline Grasses" 20x16 SOLD
Abstract painting of marsh
"Autumn Marsh" 16x20 SOLD
Abstract painting of sand dunes and sky
Coastal Barrier 24x24 SOLD
Abstract study of beach landscape
Landscape Dynamics 24x24 SOLD
Abstract landscape painting
Abstraction: West Horizon 20x20 SOLD
Abstract landscape painting
Abstract Landscape 12x24 (framed) SOLD
Abstract desert landscape painting
Desert Notes #7 10x10 SOLD
Abstract desert landscape painting
Desert Notes #9 10x10
Abstract landscape painting
Into the Wild 18x24 SOLD

Abstract landscape painting with waterway and sky
Inlet 36x48
Abstract landscape painting of pine trees perched above sea shore
Coastal Pines 36x48 SOLD
Abstract landscape composition
Coastal Dynamics 18x24
Abstract landscape painting
Changing Seasons 24x20 SOLD
Abstract landscape of shoreline
Outer Vision A 8x8
Abstract landscape painting
Outer Vision D 8x8
Abstract landscape painting of ocean tides
Tidal Waters 18x24
Abstract landscape painting of snow covered mountain top
Winter Storm I 12x12
Abstract landscape painting of shoreline with trees
Outer Vision B 8x8
Abstract landscape painting of autumn colors
Outer Vision C 8x8 SOLD
My paintings are a confluence of abstraction and realism evolving from the natural landscape. I am inspired by natural landforms, waters’ edges and changing atmospheric and seasonal conditions. Elements of sky, water, rocks, trees and earth are evident the compositions.
​-William Crosby
Learn More About William Crosby
Photograph of William Crosby in studio
Photograph of William Crosby with painting

William Crosby is an abstract expressionist landscape painter, hailing from Plattsburgh, New York, where he was a professor of art and photography for 35 years.  He and his wife, Pat, spend their time between the old stone house they live in near Lake Champlain, a tidewater camp in Maine, or else out exploring, hiking and kayaking all over the United States.


Bill was not always the abstract expressionist painter you see today.  After studying architecture at Cornell University, Bill transferred to the University of Michigan where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Design with a concentration in photography, and a Masters of Fine Arts Degree with a concentration in painting.  As a younger man, Bill’s focus on structure and form expressed itself in a more photo-realistic style of painting.  Over time, the emphasis on structure  and form evolved into a much less literal interpretation, transforming in to the style we now associate with William Crosby’s work. Bill considers the works as “an interpretative response to the landscape.”


Bill juxtaposes light, watery washes with thick impasto strokes in acrylic paint to create tension.  He will strike a balance between near and far; calm and soothing with fierce and passionate; stormy seas with tranquil shores and then, Crosby will create something almost entirely unanchored from the horizon whence it started.


Crosby’s work was featured in 2001 winter issue of “Watercolor Magazine” and in 2010, his paintings were featured in the April edition of  “American Art Collector Magazine”.  Bill’s paintings can be found in the public collections of the New York State Museum in Albany, the Wyeth Laboratories, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, in various offices of Bank of America, and in the art collection of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, and in the numerous private collections of his avid collectors.

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    • Craig Nelson Paintings
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      • Leo E. Osborne Wood Burl Sculpture
      • Leo E. Osborne Acrylusion on Gold Leaf Paintings
      • Leo E. Osborne Limited Edition Bronze
    • Claire McArdle Figurative Sculpture
    • Jennifer Spencer Paintings
    • Langford Barksdale Abstracts
    • David Imlay Paintings
    • Bernie Weston Paintings
    • Joan Dumouchel Paintings
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    • Ana Carolina Pesce Imlay Mixed Media
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    • Steve Reinmuth Sculpture
    • James Rivington Pyne Sculpture
    • Jeff Sugarman Contemporary Ceramics
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    • Nancy Linkin
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