Episode 102: Craig Williams – Finding your niche
Craig is an artist and scientific illustrator from Tasmania. After a career with positions ranging from feeding Tasmanian devils in a wildlife park, illustrating spider anatomy, and identifying fossil specimens of Australian megafauna, Craig has found his niche painting birds on vintage book pages.
Journaling With Nature · Craig Williams, Bethan Burton
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Show Notes
Craig is an artist and scientific illustrator from Tasmania. After a career with positions ranging from feeding Tasmanian devils in a wildlife park, illustrating spider anatomy, and identifying fossil specimens of Australian megafauna, Craig has found his niche painting birds on vintage book pages.
Listen to hear more about:
- What nature looks like where Craig lives in Launceston, Tasmania.
- The many and varied jobs that Craig has had during his career.
- Encounters with Tasmanian wildlife.
- How Craig started working in the field of scientific illustration, and specifically, using a microscope to document the minute details of spider anatomy.
- Art as solace during difficult times.
- Building community online.
- Fining a niche.
- Painting birds on vintage book pages.
- Why bird art resonates with so many people.
To learn more about Craig, and to see his detailed bird art on vintage book pages, visit https://www.cswilliamsart.com. You can also find his work on Instagram @cswilliamsart.
Have you ever painted on book pages or another unique surface? Leave a comment on the Journaling With Nature Podcast page.
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