Exhibition Announcement
Agora Gallery is proud to present Fiona Craig in Out From Down Under & Beyond: The Australian & New Zealand Art Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: May 10, 2008 through May 30, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 15, 2008, 6-8 pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York
Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 11am - 6pm
Fiona Craig's work may be seen on
http://www.agora-gallery.com/ArtistInvite/Fiona_Craig.aspx
About Fiona Craig:
Idyllic landscapes and romantic vases of flowers epitomize the museum-quality paintings of Fiona Craig. Her works are timeless in their subject matter, composition, and palette. Her serene aesthetics make her paintings calming to the senses yet beautiful to behold. Brought up in the Blue Mountains near Sydney Australia, Craig finds inspiration in the great outdoors. Travels to Bali and Java in Indonesia, New Caledonia, and the United States have further enhanced her ability to capture scenes that contrast her homeland. When rendering scenes of nature, she captures such perfect details as the reflection of mighty trees in still waters, the exact shade of blue of an autumn sky, and the shadows that drift across mangroves in the afternoon.
In her still-life works, Craig brings the more tender plant life of the outdoors into the home. Carefully arranged flowers adorn tabletops, breathing vitality to muted backdrops. Irises, lilies, tulips, blandfordia, and delphiniums exhibit the colors of the rainbow. Lemons and pears bring juicy colors and unexpected shapes to Craig’s sumptuous oil paintings |