Jeff Chapman Crane:

Jeff Chapman Crane lives and maintains"The valley of the Winds"art gallery in Eolia Kentucky,at the foot of Black and Pine Mountains,the tallest two mountains in Kentucky.He is married to artist,Charmin and has one son,Evan. Jeff's work has been displayed in such galleries as J.N.Bartfield Galleries in New York; Camberly's Art and Antiques in Virginia, Closson's Art Gallery; Wayne Center for Arts, and Columbus Cultural Art Center in Ohio, Appalshop, Inc. and The Godbey Appalachian Center in Kentucky: and the Ralston Gallery in Tennessee. He has received best of show in numerous competitions all over the United States. Jeff illustrated "Ragsale", a childrens book written by Artie Ann Bates and published by Houghton Mifflin in 1995. In 2002, he illustrated a poetry book written by Cranston Stroup titled," Give God a Flower."