Abstract Cross Art Prints — Collection Introduction
My abstract cross art began unintentionally. In the early years of my abstract painting practice, viewers started asking if I was intentionally placing crosses within my work. I wasn’t — I hadn’t even noticed them myself. Once it was pointed out, I realized the cross form had been emerging subconsciously through my abstraction. That realization led me to intentionally explore the cross as form rather than symbol, and from that moment, my abstract cross art series was born.
I began creating and selling abstract cross art paintings in 2003, approaching the cross through texture, movement, and abstraction rather than literal or illustrative imagery. Some works incorporate scripture, while others remain focused solely on the raw presence of the cross itself. At the time, abstract cross paintings were not part of the contemporary art landscape, and this work stood far outside traditional religious or folk representations.
Because I was selling my work under the brush name The Raw Artist — a reflection of both my uncooked lifestyle and my self-taught approach — collectors began referring to me as “the cross artist,” a name that has followed me in various forms ever since. While the visual language of abstract crosses has since become more common, this body of work originated from a personal, intuitive exploration of the cross form that continues to guide my practice today and shows up not just in my abstracts, but my mixed media/collage and assemblage works too.
