Craig graduated from the Alberta Collage of Art and Design in Printmaking. Throughout his career he has explored mixing different forms of art including drawing, painting, sculpture and print media.
He works mostly with wood and paint he finds and repurposes. School desk tops, bits of furniture and theatre sets are all fair game. He lets the material of his pieces inspire the conceptual direction, taking into account the colour, shape or history of the object. Craig’s work often has elements of representational and abstract marks blending the tangible and intangible.
His new works explore how two simple images influence each other and create meaning cemented by a title. The paintings can start with the title or an image and flow from there based on Friesen’s understood connotations and denotations of the parts. This work is continuation of ideas from work done with Quality Painters, a collaboration between himself and David Nielsen.
He works mostly with wood and paint he finds and repurposes. School desk tops, bits of furniture and theatre sets are all fair game. He lets the material of his pieces inspire the conceptual direction, taking into account the colour, shape or history of the object. Craig’s work often has elements of representational and abstract marks blending the tangible and intangible.
His new works explore how two simple images influence each other and create meaning cemented by a title. The paintings can start with the title or an image and flow from there based on Friesen’s understood connotations and denotations of the parts. This work is continuation of ideas from work done with Quality Painters, a collaboration between himself and David Nielsen.
The Count of Monty Cristo (Diptych)
Paint on Panel with varnish finish
$7000
This painting is inspired by the book “The Count of Monty Cristo”. The imagery is a mix of my imagination and reference from a movie Scaramouche (1924). The text and titles are my invention.
Paint on Panel with varnish finish
$7000
This painting is inspired by the book “The Count of Monty Cristo”. The imagery is a mix of my imagination and reference from a movie Scaramouche (1924). The text and titles are my invention.
Igress , 2021
paint on panel w/ varithane finish
90cm x 122cm (35 1/2” x 48”)
$5000
Routing The Norm, 2021
paint on panel w/ varithane finish
90cm x 122cm (35 1/2” x 48”)
$5000
paint on panel w/ varithane finish
90cm x 122cm (35 1/2” x 48”)
$5000
Carte Blanche, 2021
paint on panel w/ varithane finish
90cm x 122cm (35 1/2” x 48”)
$5000
paint on panel w/ varithane finish
90cm x 122cm (35 1/2” x 48”)
$5000