Philip Craig was born in Ottawa in 1951 He was encouraged in his creative endeavors by his parents from an early age taking specialized art courses in Ottawa he eventually graduated from Sheridan College of Art and Design in TorontoUpon his return to Ottawa Philip was hired by the CBC as a television graphic designer It was soon after that he was taken on by his first gallery after he was spurred on by older artists to submit a painting to Visual Art Ottawa Survey Exhibition 1 in 1975For the next decade Philip lived and worked in Newfoundland where his isolation from the art world allowed him to focus on traditional subject matter landscapes portraits and still lifeHis paintings began to sell in both Ottawa and Newfoundland and with success came a growing demand for his works By 1986 Philip and his young family returned home and he decided to paint fulltimePhilips travels first to England then France Italy Morocco and India enriched and inspired his works and gave him an appreciation for light Collectors around the world now seek his paintingsPhilip Craig is represented in Ottawa Ontario by Koyman Galleries