Creekmore was a prolific artist, author, and sailboat designer, who, at the beginning of his career, wandered extensively around the world, using his experiences in observation and expressive draftmanship to bring people of foreign cultures to America's attention.
Born in Virginia, "Creeky" moved to Baltimore, attending the Maryland Institute School of Mechanical Arts (now, College of Art). He was a easy-going student with great humor and creativity [see photo caption of his arts ball costume design].
While a student there, he met fellow artist, Leonard Marion Bahr (who was only a week younger than Creeky), and they shared a studio and love of sailing, becoming life-long friends.
After his graduation in 1930, Creeky worked his way through Europe with his sketchpad and in 1933, spent 5 months in Mexico. By 1936, he set out again on a "shoestring" and stayed in villages in Japan, Mongolia, China and India. Between these trips, he worked as a staff illustrator for the "Baltimore Sunpapers," and sketches of his travels were published regularly.
Creeky's drawings of the Orient comprised the first one-man show at the Baltimore Mus. of Art that they had displayed in 6 years. He also published an article in "Art Instruction" (a national art journal), "A Baltimore Hiker in Nippon, Becoming Acquainted With The Japanese Alps" including sketches and photos of his trip from the previous year. He also won prizes for his drawings of Baltimore neighborhoods in contests sponsored by the "Sun." In 1938, he participated in a Courbet symposium and illustrated a booklet for the Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Creeky joined the Army Air Force during WWII, and became a Captain. He was assigned to draw Army pilots in their varied duties including the Tokyo Superfortress raids and sketches of the Army in Guam, Puerto Rico, Greenland, the Baffin Islands, and in Newfoundland... where he slept in an igloo.
Meanwhile, he had married and the couple had one son. The Creekmores lived at that time in Marmaroneck, New York. During this time too, he wrote and illustrated children's books and other books based on his traveling experiences. In 1940, he illustrated G.C.Basil's "Test Tubes and Dragon Scales." In 1944, he co-authored a book with actor Joe E. Brown, entitled "Your Kids or Mine." That was followed by his own "Lokoshi" in 1946, "Ali's Elphant" in 1949, and the "Little Skipper" in 1950 (about his family's true adventures building their first sailboat). More books followed in 1951, when he illustrated "Rusty" (by another author), and in 1954, he wrote and illustrated "Fujio," and "Little Fu" in 1960.
Creeky always loved the water and sailing, and designed his own unique sloop from instructions in a "how-to" book. On a low budget and with innovative techniques, he built a 5-layered mahogany hull over a handmade mold. And so he started a highly successful business designing and building his own sailboats, trusted for their quality craftsmanship. Creeky's business was located in Miami, FL in 1959. One can still find "Creekmore" sailboats for sale online.
Creeky's last residence was in Theodore, AL and he is survived by his son (also a sailboat designer and marine surveyor) and four grandchildren.
For further references, see also the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, the Maryland Historical Society, the Smithsonian American Art Mus., the Univ. of Michigan Mus. of Art, Univ. of Missouri, the Mobile Mus. of Art, the Michael C. Carlos Mus. in Atlanta, and the E.L.Andersen Libary at the Univ. of Minnesota. Online research can be found for his illustrations, boats, and books, including general info on "Wikipedia."
Biographer is still looking for 'normal' photos of Creeky. If anyone has one, please let me know.
Born in Virginia, "Creeky" moved to Baltimore, attending the Maryland Institute School of Mechanical Arts (now, College of Art). He was a easy-going student with great humor and creativity [see photo caption of his arts ball costume design].
While a student there, he met fellow artist, Leonard Marion Bahr (who was only a week younger than Creeky), and they shared a studio and love of sailing, becoming life-long friends.
After his graduation in 1930, Creeky worked his way through Europe with his sketchpad and in 1933, spent 5 months in Mexico. By 1936, he set out again on a "shoestring" and stayed in villages in Japan, Mongolia, China and India. Between these trips, he worked as a staff illustrator for the "Baltimore Sunpapers," and sketches of his travels were published regularly.
Creeky's drawings of the Orient comprised the first one-man show at the Baltimore Mus. of Art that they had displayed in 6 years. He also published an article in "Art Instruction" (a national art journal), "A Baltimore Hiker in Nippon, Becoming Acquainted With The Japanese Alps" including sketches and photos of his trip from the previous year. He also won prizes for his drawings of Baltimore neighborhoods in contests sponsored by the "Sun." In 1938, he participated in a Courbet symposium and illustrated a booklet for the Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Creeky joined the Army Air Force during WWII, and became a Captain. He was assigned to draw Army pilots in their varied duties including the Tokyo Superfortress raids and sketches of the Army in Guam, Puerto Rico, Greenland, the Baffin Islands, and in Newfoundland... where he slept in an igloo.
Meanwhile, he had married and the couple had one son. The Creekmores lived at that time in Marmaroneck, New York. During this time too, he wrote and illustrated children's books and other books based on his traveling experiences. In 1940, he illustrated G.C.Basil's "Test Tubes and Dragon Scales." In 1944, he co-authored a book with actor Joe E. Brown, entitled "Your Kids or Mine." That was followed by his own "Lokoshi" in 1946, "Ali's Elphant" in 1949, and the "Little Skipper" in 1950 (about his family's true adventures building their first sailboat). More books followed in 1951, when he illustrated "Rusty" (by another author), and in 1954, he wrote and illustrated "Fujio," and "Little Fu" in 1960.
Creeky always loved the water and sailing, and designed his own unique sloop from instructions in a "how-to" book. On a low budget and with innovative techniques, he built a 5-layered mahogany hull over a handmade mold. And so he started a highly successful business designing and building his own sailboats, trusted for their quality craftsmanship. Creeky's business was located in Miami, FL in 1959. One can still find "Creekmore" sailboats for sale online.
Creeky's last residence was in Theodore, AL and he is survived by his son (also a sailboat designer and marine surveyor) and four grandchildren.
For further references, see also the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, the Maryland Historical Society, the Smithsonian American Art Mus., the Univ. of Michigan Mus. of Art, Univ. of Missouri, the Mobile Mus. of Art, the Michael C. Carlos Mus. in Atlanta, and the E.L.Andersen Libary at the Univ. of Minnesota. Online research can be found for his illustrations, boats, and books, including general info on "Wikipedia."
Biographer is still looking for 'normal' photos of Creeky. If anyone has one, please let me know.
Creekmore was a prolific artist, author, and sailboat designer, who, at the beginning of his career, wandered extensively around the world, using his experiences in observation and expressive draftmanship to bring people of foreign cultures to America's attention.
Born in Virginia, "Creeky" moved to Baltimore, attending the Maryland Institute School of Mechanical Arts (now, College of Art). He was a easy-going student with great humor and creativity [see photo caption of his arts ball costume design].
While a student there, he met fellow artist, Leonard Marion Bahr (who was only a week younger than Creeky), and they shared a studio and love of sailing, becoming life-long friends.
After his graduation in 1930, Creeky worked his way through Europe with his sketchpad and in 1933, spent 5 months in Mexico. By 1936, he set out again on a "shoestring" and stayed in villages in Japan, Mongolia, China and India. Between these trips, he worked as a staff illustrator for the "Baltimore Sunpapers," and sketches of his travels were published regularly.
Creeky's drawings of the Orient comprised the first one-man show at the Baltimore Mus. of Art that they had displayed in 6 years. He also published an article in "Art Instruction" (a national art journal), "A Baltimore Hiker in Nippon, Becoming Acquainted With The Japanese Alps" including sketches and photos of his trip from the previous year. He also won prizes for his drawings of Baltimore neighborhoods in contests sponsored by the "Sun." In 1938, he participated in a Courbet symposium and illustrated a booklet for the Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Creeky joined the Army Air Force during WWII, and became a Captain. He was assigned to draw Army pilots in their varied duties including the Tokyo Superfortress raids and sketches of the Army in Guam, Puerto Rico, Greenland, the Baffin Islands, and in Newfoundland... where he slept in an igloo.
Meanwhile, he had married and the couple had one son. The Creekmores lived at that time in Marmaroneck, New York. During this time too, he wrote and illustrated children's books and other books based on his traveling experiences. In 1940, he illustrated G.C.Basil's "Test Tubes and Dragon Scales." In 1944, he co-authored a book with actor Joe E. Brown, entitled "Your Kids or Mine." That was followed by his own "Lokoshi" in 1946, "Ali's Elphant" in 1949, and the "Little Skipper" in 1950 (about his family's true adventures building their first sailboat). More books followed in 1951, when he illustrated "Rusty" (by another author), and in 1954, he wrote and illustrated "Fujio," and "Little Fu" in 1960.
Creeky always loved the water and sailing, and designed his own unique sloop from instructions in a "how-to" book. On a low budget and with innovative techniques, he built a 5-layered mahogany hull over a handmade mold. And so he started a highly successful business designing and building his own sailboats, trusted for their quality craftsmanship. Creeky's business was located in Miami, FL in 1959. One can still find "Creekmore" sailboats for sale online.
Creeky's last residence was in Theodore, AL and he is survived by his son (also a sailboat designer and marine surveyor) and four grandchildren.
For further references, see also the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, the Maryland Historical Society, the Smithsonian American Art Mus., the Univ. of Michigan Mus. of Art, Univ. of Missouri, the Mobile Mus. of Art, the Michael C. Carlos Mus. in Atlanta, and the E.L.Andersen Libary at the Univ. of Minnesota. Online research can be found for his illustrations, boats, and books, including general info on "Wikipedia."
Biographer is still looking for 'normal' photos of Creeky. If anyone has one, please let me know.
Born in Virginia, "Creeky" moved to Baltimore, attending the Maryland Institute School of Mechanical Arts (now, College of Art). He was a easy-going student with great humor and creativity [see photo caption of his arts ball costume design].
While a student there, he met fellow artist, Leonard Marion Bahr (who was only a week younger than Creeky), and they shared a studio and love of sailing, becoming life-long friends.
After his graduation in 1930, Creeky worked his way through Europe with his sketchpad and in 1933, spent 5 months in Mexico. By 1936, he set out again on a "shoestring" and stayed in villages in Japan, Mongolia, China and India. Between these trips, he worked as a staff illustrator for the "Baltimore Sunpapers," and sketches of his travels were published regularly.
Creeky's drawings of the Orient comprised the first one-man show at the Baltimore Mus. of Art that they had displayed in 6 years. He also published an article in "Art Instruction" (a national art journal), "A Baltimore Hiker in Nippon, Becoming Acquainted With The Japanese Alps" including sketches and photos of his trip from the previous year. He also won prizes for his drawings of Baltimore neighborhoods in contests sponsored by the "Sun." In 1938, he participated in a Courbet symposium and illustrated a booklet for the Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Creeky joined the Army Air Force during WWII, and became a Captain. He was assigned to draw Army pilots in their varied duties including the Tokyo Superfortress raids and sketches of the Army in Guam, Puerto Rico, Greenland, the Baffin Islands, and in Newfoundland... where he slept in an igloo.
Meanwhile, he had married and the couple had one son. The Creekmores lived at that time in Marmaroneck, New York. During this time too, he wrote and illustrated children's books and other books based on his traveling experiences. In 1940, he illustrated G.C.Basil's "Test Tubes and Dragon Scales." In 1944, he co-authored a book with actor Joe E. Brown, entitled "Your Kids or Mine." That was followed by his own "Lokoshi" in 1946, "Ali's Elphant" in 1949, and the "Little Skipper" in 1950 (about his family's true adventures building their first sailboat). More books followed in 1951, when he illustrated "Rusty" (by another author), and in 1954, he wrote and illustrated "Fujio," and "Little Fu" in 1960.
Creeky always loved the water and sailing, and designed his own unique sloop from instructions in a "how-to" book. On a low budget and with innovative techniques, he built a 5-layered mahogany hull over a handmade mold. And so he started a highly successful business designing and building his own sailboats, trusted for their quality craftsmanship. Creeky's business was located in Miami, FL in 1959. One can still find "Creekmore" sailboats for sale online.
Creeky's last residence was in Theodore, AL and he is survived by his son (also a sailboat designer and marine surveyor) and four grandchildren.
For further references, see also the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, the Maryland Historical Society, the Smithsonian American Art Mus., the Univ. of Michigan Mus. of Art, Univ. of Missouri, the Mobile Mus. of Art, the Michael C. Carlos Mus. in Atlanta, and the E.L.Andersen Libary at the Univ. of Minnesota. Online research can be found for his illustrations, boats, and books, including general info on "Wikipedia."
Biographer is still looking for 'normal' photos of Creeky. If anyone has one, please let me know.
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