Valerie Craig
Ever popular and constantly developing, Valerie creates award winning plein air paintings of Pennsylvania
and similar venues. Her technique is at once universal and unique.
Please click the red triangle to the left for more biographical information.
Valerie Craig has drawn and painted nearly all of her life. Known for her impressionist approach to color and light, Craig's subject matter includes urban and rural landscapes as well as intimate still life paintings, and figures within a landscape. 
Craig has had more than twenty years in the filed to date. Craig worked in watercolors for twenty years. Like most artists, Craig continues to be a student of art, always reaching for a higher level of excellence, while discovering and expressing her own voice.
In 1998, Craig left her career in nursing administration to pursue her passion for painting on a full-time basis. She feels that her best expressions happen when she is on location and can directly sense the mood and atmosphere of a particular scene. Whether painting vast open areas or intimate spaces, she finds that capturing light and color is best accomplished through close observation and careful study.
Captivated by the landscape, Craig paints en plein air whenever she can, then often completes larger canvasses in the studio. Craig travels extensively, painting in Ireland, France and throughout the United States. She teaches workshops and seeks inspiration and opportunities to paint in the field. She values her teaching and administrative experiences as having increased her perspective as an educator and artist.
Craig has been asked to jury art shows and her work is represented in corporate, private and museum collections across the country.
Honors include the Best in Show in the 2011 and 2008 Wayne Plein Air Competition, Second Place in 2011 Plein Air Easton, Artists' Choice Award in 2010 Plein Air Easton , First Place 2009 Wayne Plein Air Festival, and Runner Up to Best in Show, 2009 American Women Artists' Show.
Valerie lives in St. Davids, Pennsylvania with her husband Peter.
Artist Statement
"I am seldom happier than when I am out in a field, capturing the sunlight and atmosphere on canvas, listening to the sounds of nature and letting my thoughts run free. My aim is to carefully observe my subject, whether it be a still-life or landscape, appreciate the response I feel and somehow convey the essence of a place or time of day with paint. If I can evoke an emotional response in the viewer, I have been successful."
Master of Science, Catholic University
Artists House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Essex Fine Art Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Newman Saunders Gallery, Wayne, PA
Parker Gallery, St. Simons Island, GA
United States Coast Guard, Portsmouth, VA
United Bank of Virginia, Norfolk, VA
Pennsylvania Trust Company, Radnor, PA
1991 Carol Schwartz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1992 Slice of Heaven Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA
1993 The Gallery, Congregation Beth Orr, Springhouse, PA
1995 Carolina's Restaurant, Radnor, PA
1996 Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, PA
1998 The William Ris Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ
1999 Forster's Framing, Wayne, PA
2001 The William Ris Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ
2001 Episcopal Academy, Merion, PA
2003 Forster's Framing, Wayne, PA
2005 Rosemont School of the Holy Child, Rosemont, PA
2005 Tyme Gallery, Haverford, PA
2006 Artists House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Peter McPhee Fine Arts Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ
2007 Artists House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Art Access Gallery Landscape Show, Bexley, OH
2008 Artists House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Peter McPhee Fine Arts Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ
2009 Art Access Gallery Landscape Show, Bexley, OH
2009 Artists House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Peter McPhee Fine Arts Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ
2010 Artists House Gallery,Philadelphia, PA
2010 Peter McPhee Fine Arts Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ
2010 Newman Saunders Gallery, Wayne, PA
1987 Occasion for the Arts, Williamsburg, VA
1987 Ghent Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA
1988 Seawall Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA
1988 Ghent Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA
1989 Harvey Cedars Art Show, NJ
1989 Doylestown Art League Juried Show
1989 Ghent Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA
1990 Manayunk Arts Festival, PA
1990 Stone Harbor Annual Art Show, NJ
1990 Doylestown Art League Juried Show
1991 Manayunk Arts Festival, PA
1991 Stone Harbor Annual Art Show, NJ
1991 Doylestown Art League Juried Show
1992 Main Line Arts Center, PA
1992 Pennsylvania Water Color Club Annual
1992 Philadelphia Art Show
1992 Doylestown Art League Juried Show
1993 Manayunk Arts Festival, PA
1993 Ocean City Arts Center Invitational, Ocean City, NJ
1993 Doylestown Art League Juried Show
1994 Philadelphia Art Show
1994 American College Annual Art Show, Bryn Mawr, PA
1995 Philadelphia Art Show
1996 Wayne Art Center, PA
1997 Wayne Art Center, PA
1998 Perkins Art Center, Moorestown, NJ
1999 Main Line Arts Center, PA
2008 Wayne Art Center, PA
2000 Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, PA
2000 Wayne Art Center, PA
2001 Main Line Arts Center, PA
2001 Wayne Art Center, PA
2001 Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, PA
2002 Wayne Art Center, PA
2002 Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, PA
2003 Wayne Art Center, PA
2003 Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, PA
2004 Notre Dame Academy, Rosemont, PA
2004 Wayne Art Center, PA
2004 Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, PA
2005 Immaculata University, Malvern, PA
2005 Wayne Art Center, PA
2005 Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, PA
2005 Notre Dame Academy, Rosemont, PA
2006 Annapolis Plein Air Festival
2006 Wayne Art Center, PA
2006 Notre Dame Academy, Rosemont, PA
2006 Immaculata University, Malvern, PA
2007 Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, PA
2007 Living with Art, Main Line Art Center
2007 Easton, MD Plein Air Festival
2007 Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival
2007 Wayne Art Center, PA
2007 Notre Dame Academy, Rosemont, PA
2007 Immaculata University, Malvern, PA
2008 Landscapes for Landsakes, Greenwich, NY
2008 All Paintings Great and Small, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2008 Wayne Art Center, PA
2008 Notre Dame Academy, Rosemont, PA
2008 Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival
2009 Art of the Still Life, Artists House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 American Women Artists
2009 Notre Dame Academy, Rosemont, PA
2009 Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival
2009 Landscapes for Landsakes, Greenwich, NY
1989 Best in Show - Watercolor: Avalon Art Show
1989 Anna W. Clark Award for Excellence in Watercolor: Chestnut Hill Art Show
1990 First Place Mixed Media: Chestnut Hill Art Show
1990 Third Place Watercolor: Stone Harbor Annual Art Show
1990 Anna W. Clark Award for Excellence in Watercolor: Chestnut Hill Art Show
1991 Honorable Mention: Side Porch Gallery, Fairfax, VA
1993 Second Place, Ocean City Regional Show
1993 Selected for Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation's Promotional Campaign
1994 Honorable Mention, Wayne Arts Center Fall Member's Juried Show
1995 Distinguished Artist, American Cancer Society, Philadelphia Division's
1997 Alternative Gift Market Cards, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
1998 Holiday Cards Poster Artist, Main Line YMCA
1999 Alternative Gift Market Cards, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
2000 Alternative Gift Market Cards, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
2001 Alternative Gift Market Cards, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
2002 Alternative Gift Market Cards, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
2003 Alternative Gift Market Cards, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
2004 Petersen's Kitchen's Award, Main Line Art Center
2004 Alternative Gift Market Cards, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
2006 Honorable Mention - Delaware Art League
2006 Great Frame-Up Award - Wayne Art Center
2006 Honorable Mention - Delaware Art League
2007 Wayne Art Center Award, Expressions of Radnor, Wayne Art Center
2007 Second Place, Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival
2008 Distinguished Artist, American Cancer Society, Philadelphia Chapter
2008 Honorable Mention, Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival
2008 Best in Show, Wayne Plein Air Festival, PA
2008 Newman & Saunders Award, Wayne Art Center Juried Members Show
2008 Radnor Hotel Award, Wayne Art Center
2008 Best in Show, Wayne Plein Aire Festival
2009 Honorable Mention, Wayne Plein Air Festival, PA
2009 Runner Up (to Best in Show), American Women Artists' Show
2009 First Place, Wayne Plein Aire Festival
2009 Runner Up to Best in Show, American Women Artist's Show
2010 First Place, Wayne Plein Aire Festival
2010 Artist's Choice Award, Plein Aire Easton
2011 Best in Show, Wayne Plein Aire Festival
2011 Second Place, Plein Aire Easton
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
