Piece description from the artist
This artwork depicts a natural lagoon in Illinois with Autumn trees reflected in the water. The main color palette is blue, green, yellow-green, and golden-yellow. The mood is serene and uplifting.
I was inspired to paint this scene after heavy rains had raised the water level, causing some trees at the edge of the lagoon to be surrounded by water. The sunshine highlighted the vibrant yellows of the foliage, providing contrast to the calming blues of sky and water.
Fiona Craig is a fine artist and art teacher, painting flora, landscapes, still life and portraits. Her style is contemporary realism, in media oils, watercolours, acrylics, pastels, or mixed media. She enjoys travel and painting the natural environment.
Fiona has exhibited in galleries, taught art to adults and children, and worked by commission for several decades. Her artworks are in private and public collections worldwide.
Growing up in a mountainous region in Australia, Fiona was greatly influenced by the natural environment. She was encouraged to make art at home and was also sent to various arts and crafts workshops and classes, including music and dance. Her mother was a fiber artist who held art classes for children for almost two decades, and her father was an architect who took up ceramics as a hobby. Fiona often assisted her parents with the children's art groups at home. She carried the family artistic tradition and love of the natural environment into her art career.

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