Fiona Craig was born in Sydney, Australia.Growing up in the Blue
Mountains west of Sydney, Fiona experimented with arts and crafts
at home with materials and encouragement provided by her parents,
Alison and Allan Craig, a fibre artist and an architect
respectively. She attended local art groups, including Margo
Lewers' Studio with tutor Mirabel Fitzgerald. She also participated
in various Summer Schools at East Sydney Technical College, such as
drawing, painting, jewellery and weaving, and a Residential Week
School in the Megalong Valley Studio with tutor Bill Salmon. Fiona
appeared several times with other young artists in the ABC
programOn the Insideand her artworks were often discussed on the
ABC radio programsThe ArgonautsandYoung World.Fiona is both trained
in various academic disciplines and self taught. Amongst other
excellent teachers, she benefited from studying drawing with
Jocelyn Maughan and print-making with Michael Kempson. She worked
for many years doing portraits by commission, and developed series
of landscapes influenced by the Blue Mountains, a UNESCO World
Heritage listed site. She diversified into Australian native flora
and other flowers that caught her interest. Fiona herself has
taught art courses and workshops for adults and children for many
years.
