Chances are you’ve seen Mr. Crane’s work, probably just not like this.

This news feed comes by way of Los Angeles: DreamWorks Animator Devin Crane will debut his latest collection of art at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, CA titled, “Love and Tears”.

“Love and Tears” examines America’s obsession with excess in an attempt to buy happiness and true love. A middle class native to Los Angeles, California, Crane grew up with the all too familiar tale of “wealth and woes”. Surrounded by affluent friends consumed by brands and excess, Crane learned at an early age how “un-fabulous” the “fabulous” life truly was for the majority of his peers. Noting their obsession with high end brands such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Chanel, Crane became intrigued with the complicated layers beneath the surface of the superficial. These living testimonies served as inspiration in his later years, along with artistic influences from painters such as Rembrandt and John Singer in creating works that depict the internal private moment in which we all break down.

Hey guys, this man seems sincere and he’s looking for his pops’ artwork that was once in West Virginia. We all know that everyone knows everyone in Charleston, so let’s use it for the benefit of the arts, in specific West Virginia art.

I currently live in San Francisco and am in Charleston for a few days in connection with a trip east for President Obama’s inauguration. I think my father’s story would be an interesting one
for your readers, and some publicity would help get the information
necessary to preserve my father’s legacy.

My goal is to get information about and hopefully retrieve my father’s artwork.
His name was Xavier Garza-Galindo, and the work was shown in the 70’s and
some went missing, some was bought by or given to people in the Charleston
area, and I would like to contact them and stay informed of where the art is
located.

My family & I lived at Arlington Court from 1970 until 1980. I
attended Charleston High School. Both my parents were artistic. My mother Patricia Garza, now known as Mechi, was a writer and retired from the
state welfare department. She is well known by many in West Virginia, in
part due to her spiritual and healing work and also because she was the
subject of a documentary which premiered at the WV Film Festival called
Metis (Mixed Blood).

Essentially, he was a member of the Allied Artists and exhibited throughout West Virginia. He created a unique techinique where he stretched women’s nylons onto the
canvas.

Several people have informed me that various works are still around West
Virginia, and I know that some works never came back to my father after
being exhibited, including works that were in the Capitol in the early 70’s.

I have been collecting everything I can find, with the hopes of creating a legacy
archive in the Library of Congress.

For more information, contact Xavier Garza
@ 415-254-8447

I’ll be in Johnson, Vermont at the Vermont Studio Center for all of January painting and enjoying peace and quiet. See you in February…