Craig Blietz creates masterful paintings of farm animals and rural imagery that observe the quiet beauty of agrarian life.
In the new body of work, Haul Road, Blietz reflects on his time spent on a Wisconsin farm. Shortly after the artist's visit the property was sold and destined for residential development. With his usual cast of domestic farm animals, Blietz replays the reductive imaginings he experienced during his visit to that farm.
Craig Blietz received his BS from the University of Denver and continued his art and design studies at the Harrington College of Design. He completed his formal studies with academic training at the School of Representational Art in Chicago.
Selected Collections
Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI; Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI; JB and MK Pritzker Collection in the Governor’s Mansion, Springfield, IL; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Dohmen Company, Milwaukee, WI; Sprint Corporation, Kansas City, MO; NiSource of Indiana, Merrillville, IN; West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, West Bend, WI