ABOUT THE ARTIST

Erica Craig's transparent watercolors are found in collections around the country, and have graced the covers of "Waterfowl U.S.A.", "Idaho Wildlife", and "Traditional Bowhunter" magazines. Her artwork has been featured in articles In "Wildlife Art News", "Oh Idaho", "Archery", and "Idaho Wildlife" magazines, and has also been the subject of several television specials (Exploring Idaho and Outdoor Idaho). Most recently, she illustrated the book entitled A Hawk in the Sun by Leon R. Powers (published June 2003) and her painting "Weathering the Storm" was featured in an article on Alaskan art in the January 2001 issue of U.S. Art News magazine. She won the Idaho Archery Stamp competition three times, has done commissioned pieces for such groups as the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and the National Watchable Wildlife Program, and has had art featured on Ducks Unlimited Christmas cards. In addition to being a professional artist, Erica is a wildlife biologist and co-owner of a small company that does wildlife research, is an avid archer, hunter, and outdoor enthusiast. Her art is an outgrowth of her intimate knowledge of the natural world. She is currently working on the illustrations for a book on great gray owls, as well as, on a series that includes watercolors of Alaskan wildlife and watercolor sketches of the Alaskan landscape and wildflowers.