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CARL HOMSTAD

Decorah, Iowa

Website: http://www.carlart.com

Medium:  Woodcut prints

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Artist Statement:  Each artwork I create is a combination. As a cook combines ingredients to make a meal, natural elements are put in or left out, made bigger or smaller, moved here or there. A place and time are combined to show nature at extraordinary moments, such as the last rays of the sun or the snow falling in the afternoon. Different places are combined to make an interesting composition of abstract shapes, as when earth and sky fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. 

Each one is an attempt to picture a combination of the physical and the philosophical. Examples of physical questions would be how to paint reflections on rippled water, moonlight on the snow, or cloud shadows. Philosophical ones would include the question of how we pass on an understanding of nature. 

The hardest thing is to be simple. I have always been fascinated with Asian art, and I have been to China and Japan to study it. What I hope to accomplish is to bring that "zen" sensitivity to my pictures of America. 

Although my pictures are based on certain times and places, they exist only in my mind. I like it when they remind you of a place you know, because it means it is also in your mind . A combination of minds.

Each one of my works is an authentic piece of a quest; to understand life, show it with art and have a good time doing it. Thank you for your interest in my work.



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