artists statement


above: big fluffy white ones-24x48" (on wood) 2005

The following are examples of some my paintings from the past 6 years.


Painting offers unlimited possibility to invent. In nature and in painting anything goes. Anything can be any shape or colour. My subject matter is always inspired by landscape. I believe that a painting can be something other than a portrayal of a person, place or a thing.
My paintings are a bridge between representation and abstraction, with shape and colour being distilled down to a basic form that can have many meanings. This has led me to explore landscape in a more abstract and general way, removing the descriptive function of certain elements so that they act simply as passages in the overall composition. I strive to be less descriptive yet maintain fidelity to my subject matter. In these works shape, structure, form and colour are the primary focus of my attention.
I believe that painting is not totally conscious nor completely unconscious, instead it is a balance between reaction and plan. When the reactions are responses rather than choreographed actions the innovatory nature of the idea remains closer to the initial impulse. Painting is a balance between an internal, emotional response and an external, intellectual process.
Each piece has its own unique feeling based on experience and imagination, and is a search for the means to express rather than depict.


(all paintings are acrylic on canvas unless otherwise specified; l x h)





Saturday, September 25, 2010


black mountain - 30x24"
2004

dry grass - 24x18"
2004

green grass-20x16"
2004

the yellow ground-24x18"
2004

the yellow field-40x30"
2004

two yellow stumps, one blue tree-36x30"
2004

rocks and eight trees-36x36"
2005

the white tree-20x20"
2004

passing light-40x30"
2005

almost home-48x36"
2005

blue and orange-14x11
2005

bridge and trellis-20x16"
2005

mountain and river-48x36"
2005

city with mountain and river-40x30"
2005

field on the edge of town-30x24"
2005

untitled-36x30
2006

waves-40x30"
2005

end of the road-14x11
2006

untitled-20x16"
2006

untitled-20x16"
2006

untitled-20x16"
2006

brown-36x30"
2008

untitled-40x30
2008

daylight-20x16"
2008

study in blue-60x36"
2006

red sky-48x36"
2008

moonlight-20x16"
2008

tune-48x36"
2008

relationship-48x36"
2008

autumn-10x8"
2009

start of fall-48x36"
2009

blu and ornj-32x24 (on wood)
2009

record-60x36"
2009

may-36x24"
2010

sun-12x12"
2010

the sea-48x24
2009

three months of silence-24x24" (on wood)
2009
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  1. UnknownSeptember 27, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    Hi Craig,
    I love the paintings, the colors are pretty amazing!
    Thank you for making this world look better!!

    Ellie
    Toronto

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