Location: Heroes Lounge
Website: www.happypaintingsbycraig.com
Social: Craig on Instagram
Specializes in: Oil and watercolor landscapes, seascapes, and still life. Sizes vary from small 4×4 to large wall art.
Craig is an oil painter born in Foxboro, Massachusetts. After serving 23 years in the United States Air Force and living all around the world, he now calls Panama City, Florida home.
His artistic journey began unexpectedly in 2016, when a Bob Ross Master Paint Set, given as a Christmas gift, sparked a passion he hadn’t yet discovered. With no formal training beyond a few childhood art classes, he immersed himself in painting, completing ten works in his first two weeks and more than one hundred by 2018.
What began with Bob Ross tutorials quickly evolved into a personal exploration of landscape painting, color, and atmosphere. While oil remains his primary medium, Craig also works in watercolor and other mediums to push his sense of texture, light, and composition. These parallel practices inform one another, expanding his range and developing his artistic voice while drawing inspiration from nature, memory, and the emotional resonance of place.
Through his website and ongoing body of work, Craig documents his growth as an artist and shares insights with others discovering their own creative paths. His work embodies a spirit of exploration, driven by curiosity and a lifelong commitment to learning.