Rain Crow was born October 31, 1959 of Cherokee-Scottish decent. Growing up in North Carolina and Alabama, she spent many years learning traditional ways of both Cherokee and her Scottish Grandmothers ancient ways. Developing her own path was important to her and she was encouraged to do so by all who cared for her. She has been an artist since early childhood. She took art in Elementary, Middle and High School and went on to study art at a College in Alabama in the late 1970’s. She studied under private teachers in Georgia
in the 1980’s. Married for 14 years she concentrated on her oil paintings and her home life. Divorced in 1997 she moved back to Cherokee North Carolina where her life took an entirely different path.
On October 27, 1997 she
started work at the tribal casino where she lived in Cherokee NC. Her time there was a deeply involved lesson of self love, unconditional love for others and compassion for all humanity. This is where she began to develope the style
she now calls “abstract spiritualism”. As she grew into her own depths of Spirit so did her works. It became her way of expressing to the World just what life means to her. The colors flow from the brush as if being guided by another
force, as if to say to everyone whose life the particular work might touch, “I belong to you for a reason. I was created just for you by this vessel”. Collectors
who have purchased her paintings often say to her, “It was as if you knew I needed this painting”. Her work speaks to people with an inner voice. After
moving several times since 2004, living in Arkansas and Tennessee she now resides in Alabama.

Her work has been exhibited in the Whitman Gallery and Studio in Childersburg
AL., JC Morgan Art Gallery in Oxford Alabama. She has exhibited at the Mecca Festival presented by the Cultural Arts Center in Carrollton Ga. and at art shows & festivals in North
Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas
and Texas.
Artist Statement:
I mostly paint with acrylics but will use oils or other mediums to express my feelings on canvas. I like to think of my creations as channeling others feelings. I guess you could think of me as an empathic painter. The Creator allows me to "feel" what others need to express. It's deeply spiritual but also emotional.
When it comes to me through more than thought, it is from all
The Creator and all humanity as ONE, not separate or individual.