Rosemary Craig

There are times when I decide what I want to paint and there are times when a thing, person or event tells me I need to paint it. In all of these instances, I’m moved, either positively or negatively by something or someone I’ve encountered in my daily routine. In my effort to put my encounter in perspective, I escape to nature. That involves simply walking out my back door or making a trip to the Grand Canyon. Fortunately, walking out the back door usually does the trick. Because it’s not grand landscapes that speak to me as much as it is the minutia. Those things and happenings in the natural world that oftentimes go unnoticed or are simply not seen with the eye. We as humans, forget we are of nature. So many of humanity’s problems are solved every day in the natural world. Or they never occur in the first place because of the efficiencies of nature and the natural respect found there.

I am moved and inspired by every little thing and occurrence in the natural world. From the way all the needles on the giant, columnar white pine in our backyard move as one in the winter wind, to the way fast-moving water in a shallow stream hides everything beneath it. Just in these two examples, there are so many lessons for humans, and so ma...

Rosemary Craig studied fine art and design at Iowa State University College of Design, Coe College & Mount Mercy.
She has attended multiple workshops, working with and studying under accomplished artists, Bob Naujoks, John Beckelman, Jo Myers Walker, Joe Messner, Dick Grodt, and many more.

International Society of Acrylic Painters • 3rd Annual All-Member Online Exhibition
International Society of Acrylic Painters • 9th Annual Open International Online Exhibition
2018 Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition