His latest figurative works to be exhibited at The Cynthia Corbett Gallery strike the viewer immediately with their balance of color and tone. This immediate attraction then leads to the novel revelation that Hanna is a painter who can actually paint.  Hanna's gift for line and form is clear, conjuring up vivid portraits and nudes that effortlessly add both structure and soul to his subtle compositions.

Craig Hanna is a painter with the utmost respect for his heritage and the classical technique in which he schooled however his aesthetic reflects a modern world of graphic influences and streetwise colour sense. Close tones vibrate against the calm beauty of a single nude figure in one of Hanna's diptych series. Whilst his compositions play with tonal values and the textures of brushwork, stained wood grain and 'found' surfaces such as road paint and rubberised canvas, the main focus is always figurative.