About
I’m Preston Cram – an artist drawn to the space where shadow becomes meaning.
My work blends dark surrealism with emotional honesty. The imagery may look otherworldly, but it always begins with something deeply human: hope, loss, resilience, and quiet transformation.
I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember. As a kid growing up in the Colorado Front Range, my imagination was shaped by sci-fi, horror, and fantasy movies like The Neverending Story, Labyrinth, The Thing, and Hellraiser.
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They opened the door to worlds where anything felt possible. In early adolescence my curiosity turned toward the worlds of metal album art, comic books, and fantasy novels – dark, strange, and beautifully imaginative.
Those early influences didn’t fade – they evolved.
Today, my art isn’t just about creatures, symbols, or alien worlds. It’s about inner landscapes.
I don’t plan my images in advance – they emerge. The art usually knows what it wants to become before I do, so I simply give it room to breathe. Along the way, the meaning reveals itself – projections of subconscious emotion expressed through surreal forms and arcane symbols.
Ultimately, my work is about becoming – about navigating hardship, integrating what we learn, and growing into the version of ourselves we're meant to become.
If you see yourself in these pieces, then you’re already part of the world I’m building.