"Autumn Swans"
20 x 24 acrylic
by Craig Willms
2024
source photo by Emmanuelle Vitrey-Lairmore
"Splash and Grab"
20 x 36 acrylic
by Craig Willms
2024
source photo by Mark Smith
"Are You Following Me?"
20 x 24 acrylic
by Craig Willms
2023
"Steppin' Crane"
18 x 24 acrylic
by Craig Willms
2020
"Head On"
18 x 24 acrylic
by Craig Willms
2020
"The Great Owl"
18 X 24 acrylic
by Craig Willms
2018
This Great Horned Owl was painted from a photo I took myself. Interestingly I was not on a nature walk deep in the forest when I took this photo. I was standing on my front porch in my bathrobe one early morning taking pictures of an angry owl who was standing on my neighbor's inner-city St Paul driveway. This was not the first time or the last we'd see him hunting around the bird feeder.
"Mr. Eagle and Mr. Fox Argue Over Dinner"18 X 24 (acrylic)
by Craig Willms
2010
This painting was inspired by a photo taken by Pekka Komi. This one I kept!!!
"American Lovebirds"18 X 24 (acrylic)
2008
by
Craig Willms
DONATED TO A FUNDRAISER
note: This painting was inspired by a photo found on the Internet. Based on a fabulous shot by Robert J. Cranston. (be sure to click on the image for a larger view)
"Murphy's Oriole"18X24 (acrylic)
2007
by
Craig Willms
DESTROYED BY WATER DAMAGE
notes: This was inspired by a beautiful photo by Alan Murphy. This was given as a gift to good friends as a house warming gift for their new home on the shores of Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin. You can see how the painting took shape here; Anatomy of a Painting
(Black Swan)
18X24 acrylic
2006
by
Craig Willms
notes: this is from a photo I took myself when visiting the Duluth Zoo
"Two Eagles"18X24 (acrylic)
2006
by
Craig Willms
notes: This was given as gift to dear friends who allowed my to use their beautiful lake home in the summer of '06. This was inspired by an amazing photo from photographer Dennis O'Hara's www.northernimages.com website.
