Name/Title
Margie Crisp (American, b. 1952) Daybreak IIDescription
Margie Crisp (American, b. 1952)
Daybreak II
Undated
Hand-colored linocut on paper
15 × 35 inches
Margie Crisp is a naturalist, writer, and nationally exhibited artist whose work appears in private and public collections in the United States and Mexico. She holds a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin and is a member of the Centennial Painters group and the Art of Texas State Parks Project. Crisp has served as the Texas Book Festival poster artist and is the author of multiple award-winning books that integrate natural history, place, and visual art.
Daybreak II presents a rural landscape rendered through linocut printmaking, with hand coloring applied to the printed surface. The composition depicts cultivated fields, trees, and water under an early morning sky. The work reflects Crisp’s longstanding practice of observing and recording natural and working landscapes, a focus that also characterizes her writing and illustrative projects.
Crisp lives near Elgin, Texas, where she continues to work as an artist and writer alongside her husband, artist William B. Montgomery.Create Date
August 1, 2025Update Date
December 20, 2025