Creekmore was an American artist who, in the beginning of his career, "wandered" extensively, using his experiences in observation and his direct and expressive draftsmanship as vehicles to bring the sensitivity and ways of life in foreign lands to America's local shores.

Between trips, he worked as a Baltimore Evening Sun staff illustrator, with sketches of his travels and of local news reports published regularly.

One such local report told of his rides in a garbage truck on their late night run through the City streets—a bit of humor on what was normally encountered in that type of business.

The family, at that time, lived in Mamaroneck, New York, and after the war, taught at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute.

In 1950, Creekmore designed and built his own unique sloop on his father-in-law's property near the Magothy River in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, after reading how to build one in a book.

Creekmore exhibited widely and reproductions of his drawings, books, and boat designs can be found online.

The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore, the Peabody Conservatory, and the Maryland Historical Society hold some of the records, publicity, letters and photos of his life.