Horace Crenshaw is a local Artist who taught himself to paint. While he currently lives in Capitol Heights Maryland, he grew up in the Detroit area. Crenshaw's work is characterized by his ability to render exactly what he sees, a gift for rarely wandering outside the lines. Crenshaw, a naturally gifted artist, can capture current form a present it accurately. According to one of his instructors, "resemblance, he could do quite well". He also has the uncanny ability to pick up on subtle variations of light and shadowing. 

After his 1968 high school graduation, Horace married and moved to New York, then to California and then Georgia. Crenshaw studied fine arts at Howard University in Washington, D.C. where he honed his craft. Crenshaw, whose painting medium is acrylics, is a confident artist who at times will paint subjects before the subjects requests the rendering. In more cases than not, the subjects usually end up purchasing the paintings from Crenshaw. This fact attest to his extraordinary talent as both an artist, relentless salesperson and promoter of his art. Horace has done work for many of the NBA players (which includes all of the Washington Wizards), NFL players and local politicians such as Congressman John Conyers.