Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Gary Craig has been a dedicated artist since age twelve. By the time he was fifteen he had already won several awards for artistic achievement. At sixteen Gary moved to California and continued his artistic endeavors while studying the history of art in depth. In 1968 he attended the University of California at Santa Barbara, expanding his artistic repetoire to set design and theater.

After graduating, Gary attended school in England and went on to travel extensively as a painter. He lived and worked on the artist’s colony island of Hydra, Greece. After that he spent several years in Rome, Florence, Venice, and Paris where he painted many fascinating people. On returning to America Gary focused his talents on fine portraiture. He took up residence in San Francisco where he was privileged to paint many of the city’s society elite. Moving later to the Napa Valley, he accepted a wide variety of commissions from family portraits to enormous abstract bas reliefs. Gary’s artwork has been exhibited in Germany, New York, and San Francisco and is part of many private collections around the world.

Over the past thirty years Gary has achieved creative excellence in fine portraiture, mural painting, and illustration. Gary has mastered many styles and is known for his exceptional brushwork and brilliant use of color. In each piece, he captures the finest detail of light and perspective. His illustrative works have been commissioned by boutique manufacturers and the largest commercial corporations in the world. With over a hundred images licensed to the publishing, stationery, gift, and software industries, Gary’s offerings range from sophisticated illustrations to pen and ink humor to the bold and colorful palette for children.

In 1986 Gary moved to Washington state and has spent the last twenty years devoting himself to spiritual studies. In 2002 he married and began a family. Having children inspired him to finally fulfill a lifelong wish to write stories and illustrate books specifically aimed towards the education and the empowerment of children.

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