James Humbert Craig 'Three of The Twelve Bens Connemara' expressionism

James Humbert Craig 'Three of The Twelve Bens Connemara' expressionismJames Humbert Craig was an Irish artist of great esteem. Born in Belfast, he briefly attended Belfast School of Art but dropped out, becoming a mostly self taught painter of landscapes. Craigs style is impressionistic, visions of the Irish countryside so arresting that he represented his country in painting at the 1932 Summer Olympics. This original oil painting speaks to Craigs talent. He chose to never paint for money, only when he was inspired.

it is a call to care for the environment

editioned and stamped in margin

with representation at the National Gallery of Australia and the British Museum

He desperately stares out at the unflinching red sky - perilous to the blazingly sublime Australian landscape

and Alice tumbling through Wonderland

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It gives form to the feeling of coming home after years away – the strange cadence of receding familiarity

In this work

marriage and the social order

Surrounded by blooming flowers

Boyd set about locating and unearthing the skull – and after finding it

a waterhole in the north western reaches of the desert