Oil Paintings

Craig Mooney is an oil painter known for painting dramatic cityscapes, skies and seascapes with a cinematic sense of mystery. In his figurative work, Mooney romanticizes his subjects and presents them in an atmospheric lens that is best described as dreamlike. He works in moody tones with sweeping brush strokes. Craig makes paintings of dramatic moments and heightened emotionality that are known for being expansive and expressive. He incorporates a myriad of abstract qualities throughout his work and his paintings appear to be capturing a moment suspended in time.  Born and raised in the heart of midtown Manhattan, Mooney’s roots in art go back to his youth. His father, an amateur artist, taught him how to create oil paintings from discarded art supplies found on city streets. To Mooney, the city was an endless source of inspiration at an early age and he regards this early exposure as the truest form of training he had ever received.