Craig Reynolds
Artist's Bio
Craig Reynolds was born in Gadsden, Alabama and was taught by his father at an early age to draw and paint.
As a young man, Craig learned a deep appreciation for the outdoors, old farms, and barnacle laden harbors with their history told by the well-worn scars and patina earned by years of hard work and time. His father taught him to use his talents to record these memories with paint and canvas. Craig began painting professionally in 1984 while also maintaining his professional career. He began his full-time professional art business in 2005.
Craig travels extensively, participating in plein air competitions, paint outs, and painting excursions across the United States and abroad.
Along with teaching a local mentoring program in his hometown of Gulf Shores, Alabama, Craig also travels around the south teaching plein air and studio workshops.
Among his many awards, Craig received First Place in the 2019 Saint George Island Plein Air Competition, First Place in the 2019 Artists on Location Plein Air Competition in Knoxville, Tennessee. He also received Third Place in the Fort Myers Beach Paint the Beach Plein Air Competition, an award for Exceptional Body of Work in the 2018 Paint Annapolis Plein Air Competition in MD, Honorable Mention at the 2018 Artists on Location Plein Air Competition in Knoxville, Tennessee, Third Place Award in the 2018 Shadows on the Teche Plein Air Competition in New Iberia, Louisiana.
In addition, Craig has been published by Plein-Air Magazine and his oil paintings hang in many private collections in the United States and abroad.
Craig Reynolds was born in Gadsden, Alabama and was taught by his father at an early age to draw and paint.
As a young man, Craig learned a deep appreciation for the outdoors, old farms, and barnacle laden harbors with their history told by the well-worn scars and patina earned by years of hard work and time. His father taught him to use his talents to record these memories with paint and canvas. Craig began painting professionally in 1984 while also maintaining his professional career. He began his full-time professional art business in 2005.
Craig travels extensively, participating in plein air competitions, paint outs, and painting excursions across the United States and abroad.
Along with teaching a local mentoring program in his hometown of Gulf Shores, Alabama, Craig also travels around the south teaching plein air and studio workshops.
Among his many awards, Craig received First Place in the 2019 Saint George Island Plein Air Competition, First Place in the 2019 Artists on Location Plein Air Competition in Knoxville, Tennessee. He also received Third Place in the Fort Myers Beach Paint the Beach Plein Air Competition, an award for Exceptional Body of Work in the 2018 Paint Annapolis Plein Air Competition in MD, Honorable Mention at the 2018 Artists on Location Plein Air Competition in Knoxville, Tennessee, Third Place Award in the 2018 Shadows on the Teche Plein Air Competition in New Iberia, Louisiana.
In addition, Craig has been published by Plein-Air Magazine and his oil paintings hang in many private collections in the United States and abroad.
Representation
McBride Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland
On the Waterfront Gallery, Apalachicola, Florida
Coastal Arts Center of Orange Beach, Alabama
Craig Reynolds Studio in Gulf Shores, Alabama
Organizations
National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society
American Impressionist Society
Oil Painters of America
American Society of Marine Artists
2019
Plein Air Fairhope, Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, Alabama - FIRST PLACE
New Smyrna Beach Plein Air Paintout Competition, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Pines & Palms Art Group - Fall for Art Show - THIRD PLACE
High Cotton Plein Air Paintout Juried Artist, Pines & Palms, Thomasville, Georgia
Bath County Plein Air Festival Juried Artist, Warm Springs, Virginia - BEST NOCTURNE
Pines & Palms Art Group, From Field to Studio Workshop, Instructor, Thomasville, Georgia
The Scottish Highlands, Inverness to Whitebridge Mentoring trip with Roger Dale Brown
Paint Annapolis Plein Air Competition, Juried Artist, Annapolis, Maryland
Saint George Island Paintout, Juried Artist, Saint George Island, Florida – FIRST PLACE
Lighthouse Art Center Plein Air Competition, Juried Artist, Tequesta, Florida
Wekiva Paintout, Juried Artist, Wekiva Island, Florida
Artists on Location Plein Air Competition, Juried Artist, Knoxville, Tennessee -FIRST PLACE
Gulf Coast Arts Alliance, Essence of Oil Painting Workshop Instructor
McBride Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland
On the Waterfront Gallery, Apalachicola, Florida
Coastal Arts Center of Orange Beach, Alabama
Craig Reynolds Studio in Gulf Shores, Alabama
Organizations
National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society
American Impressionist Society
Oil Painters of America
American Society of Marine Artists
2019
Plein Air Fairhope, Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, Alabama - FIRST PLACE
New Smyrna Beach Plein Air Paintout Competition, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Pines & Palms Art Group - Fall for Art Show - THIRD PLACE
High Cotton Plein Air Paintout Juried Artist, Pines & Palms, Thomasville, Georgia
Bath County Plein Air Festival Juried Artist, Warm Springs, Virginia - BEST NOCTURNE
Pines & Palms Art Group, From Field to Studio Workshop, Instructor, Thomasville, Georgia
The Scottish Highlands, Inverness to Whitebridge Mentoring trip with Roger Dale Brown
Paint Annapolis Plein Air Competition, Juried Artist, Annapolis, Maryland
Saint George Island Paintout, Juried Artist, Saint George Island, Florida – FIRST PLACE
Lighthouse Art Center Plein Air Competition, Juried Artist, Tequesta, Florida
Wekiva Paintout, Juried Artist, Wekiva Island, Florida
Artists on Location Plein Air Competition, Juried Artist, Knoxville, Tennessee -FIRST PLACE
Gulf Coast Arts Alliance, Essence of Oil Painting Workshop Instructor
