Crozier Studio

04/08/2026

I may have posted this painting previously. -- It now has a new frame and hangs in my studio. "Still life" - 19x25 frame size, oil on canvas, painted in an oil painting class while working on my undergraduate degree at UNC, Greely, Colorado. ---- Oil On Canvas 1971

12/23/2023

Title - Levi Balmer house, Date - 1982, medium - watercolor on Arches paper. -- I haven't posted any artwork for a while. -- This watercolor hangs on a wall in the lower level of our house. -- During that period of time we operated our pottery shop on Water Street, and I was a bus driver for the Nauvoo Colusa school district. -- There were several old buildings on the routes I drove that were inspiration for painting. This house was a favorite subject of mine. It was located south and east of Nauvoo. It was torn down and hasn't been there for years. ---- One Christmas, one of the students that rode my bus gave me a present of some Arches watercolor paper. Their mother was a good friend and knew I liked to paint. It was a great gift. --- Merry Christmas to all.

11/29/2023

This Keokuk casserole was purchased in Fairfax, VA recently. -- The people that purchased the piece found us by searching "Crozier Studio. com" on the internet. It was made in 1993, 2 years after moving to Missouri, which makes it 30 years old. ----- Thank you for emailing the photos of the piece to me, I appreciate it.

10/03/2023

I always liked making wind chimes. I have no idea how many I've made; they were always different in style. ---- This one belongs to my cousin who lives in Iowa. I never dated them, and rarely signed them; although, some have "CROZIER" stamped in the back. -- Anyone out there have a wind chime I made?

09/18/2023

Another piece of pottery I designed as a lamp, from the mid 1980's. Created with the Nauvoo era theme. This piece belongs to our friends in California, and they shared the photo with me.

08/30/2023

This 1982 cup was a specially made for a friend of ours from our time in Nauvoo, Il. -- Our friend owned a business that specialized in heating, air conditioning, electrical and plumbing. He now lives in California. This is a 42-year-old-cup. -- I do believe that no matter what kind of coffee you drink, it will taste best from one of my cups. ---- Thanks for sharing the photos. Ray

08/23/2023

Today I received an email with a photo of a pottery piece that I made in 1974. -- 49 years old. -- It was originally designed as a wine cruet, with a stopper. ----- It was recently purchased at a thrift shop in the Newnan, Georgia, area south of Atlanta. ---- In 1974 our pottery shop was on Water Street, in Nauvoo, Illinois. ----- I always appreciate it when people that find pieces of pottery that I've made contact me and share photos. ----Thank you for sharing the photo and contacting me.

03/28/2023

Another pottery piece from our time in Nauvoo. This one is a small pitcher, dated 1974, that resides in Chatham, Ill. --- 49 years old. --- The owner found our "Crozier Studio" Face book page and shared the photos with us. --- Thank you for sharing the photos. note, NP stands for Nauvoo Pottery.

02/27/2023

Watercolor on Arches paper. -- One of my Favorite watercolor paintings from that time and used on our business cards. -- Title - "Payne Homestead" date 1982 -- Wow over 40 years ago. -- This is an imaginary farmstead of my grandparents. -- My mother was born in a sod house on a farm around Tryon, Nebraska, in 1912. --- She told of gathering cow chips for the stove and of her father taking a team and wagon to North Platte for coal. -- She also mentioned one of her duties was to clean the coal oil lamps in the mornings with newspaper. ---- Hard to believe this kind of life today in 2023.

01/11/2023

Our grandkid Pidge Crozier is majoring in Film Studies at UMKC. This is a documentary they worked on last semester.

This is a student made documentary of Marvin Crozier and the story of how he started his Pottery business, what his plans are moving forward, and how he is p...