From the artist, Craig Muderlak:

"Choosing Uncertainty #2" is pertinent to the AAC as it is from an expedition I went on after being rewarded the Copp-Dash inspire award and the Shipton Tilman Grant. We traveled to the remote Neacola Range in Alaska and put up multiple first ascents."

Craig is an artist and mountain guide living in Washington State. For over 20 years, Muderlak
has been climbing throughout the Western U.S and abroad. He has put up multiple first-ascents in Alaska and has assisted a paraplegic climber climb El Capitan. For Muderlak, climbing and creativity go hand-in-hand. His work is an expression of the obsession, yearning, and profound experiences he associates with expansive landscapes and adventure. Muderlak relies on the wilderness and adventure for his sense of identity, its restorative properties, and for fostering his community; and he utilizes his work to interpret this visceral connection.

For Craig, art and climbing are intertwined. Through both pursuits, he finds the adventure and valuable human experiences in which he relies for his sense of identity. Through the spontaneous and compulsive use of color, text and contour, he shares something more than simply a depiction of beautiful landscapes. Instead, his illustrations are an outward expression of the obsession, yearning and emotions associated with his connection to these landscapes. As an illustrator, painter, musician an award-winning filmmaker, his work is inspired from a desire to explore a connection to expansive landscapes

Print Size: 14"x22"