Sean Crosby

Born in 1965 in Brooklyn, New York, Sean Crosby began to explore his artistic talents as a youth, experimenting with pencil drawings and small-scale acrylic paintings. He developed a keen sense of observation, recognizing that geometry, value and the use of horizontal and vertical lines were the key to accurately reproducing drawings and paintings. While still a student, Sean enrolled in weekend classes on commercial illustration at Parsons School of Design and the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and he periodically participated in a local watercolor class, where he learned the value of layering glazed colors over a white background to achieve a translucent, light enhanced affect. This technique would play a key role in his future paintings.

In 1996, Sean was invited to teach his first mural class at the Finishing School in New York, incorporating the tried and proven theories he had used since his childhood (geometry, value and horizontal & vertical lines), as he felt it was the best way to teach beginners. Based on the success of the class, more class dates were scheduled and Sean began to also teach graining, marbling and trompe l'oeil. During the same period, Sean continued to be sought after as a faux finisher, decorative painter and muralist, and his client base also continued to grow.

In 2003, Sean was invited to teach mural with Pascal Amblard at the IPEDEC in Paris, the only American invited to teach the "long class" by the IPEDEC faculty. In addition, Sean has been invited to lecture and demonstrate at numerous decorative painting trade shows and expositions. Sean's innate artistic talent is second only to his desire to share his knowledge, and a keen sense of humor, all of which have contributed to the tremendous success of his classes. With over twenty years of experience, Sean has become a highly sought after instructor, and has taught extensively in France and Italy, as well as throughout the United States. He has been a member of the International Salon or Decorative Painters since 2001, and has been invited to host the Salon gathering in 2011 for the United States, in New York City.

Some recent projects include a series of religious-themed faux frescoes for St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Macon, Georgia as well as reproductions, Italian renaissance frescoes and murals (originally rendered by such masters as Massacio, Masolino, Michelangelo, Titian, Veronese and Romano) for exclusive private clientele in the Northeastern United States.