A Quick Word About
Crystal Means, M.A.
Crystal draws and paints in an astonishing range of styles; from simple study sketches to landscapes, nudes to animals, and detailed realism to abstract. Her love of art has taken her through many mediums and fulfilled her artistic persona with a vast range of trades and specialties. With an immense love of nature and the outdoors, Crystal often is inspired by the views and creatures her, and her husband come in contact with while camping, hiking, traveling, and visiting aquariums.
Crystal Means, M.A.
Crystal draws and paints in an astonishing range of styles; from simple study sketches to landscapes, nudes to animals, and detailed realism to abstract. Her love of art has taken her through many mediums and fulfilled her artistic persona with a vast range of trades and specialties. With an immense love of nature and the outdoors, Crystal often is inspired by the views and creatures her, and her husband come in contact with while camping, hiking, traveling, and visiting aquariums.
About Me
Ever since an early age, I knew creating art was the only thing that I wanted to do and that always made me happy. Even when scolded for drawing on walls and furniture, I would prove that my determination to be an artist was unwavering. I tried to do what I was told by my pears, and study in college for a job or suitable career. It took until my senior year in college to realize that I would spend the rest of my life being miserable if I kept working towards the direction that others wanted me to pursue. I wasn’t as concerned about making large amounts of money as I was concerned about being happy. I dropped out of college where I was studying to be a foreign interpreter with a minor in archeology and anthropology. Year’s past, I got my bearings, then I returned to college to pursue my own path. I graduated with my associates in studio art, a bachelors in 2-demensional studio art, a bachelors in 3- dimensional studio art, a masters in studio art, and a minor in art history. I learned I was addicted to learning when it was a subject I loved. I continued to earn a diploma in digital marketing, and a diploma in blogging & content marketing. For a couple years, I still fell into the slump of working jobs to pay for living and my education. I continued spending my spare time doing Art. I even picked up a second job teaching painting at Pinots’ Palette. Until 2020, I decided to blindly quit my job as an office manager and pursue my dreams. Little did I know, the pandemic would make that decision an unsurmountable feat. Now, here we are. I am still giving my dream everything I have, while refusing to give up. Little by little, I am building my world, ruled by art, filled with beautiful things and beautiful people that appreciate my creations. Come let’s explore Artocrysty together.
