Carl
Homstad's appealing color woodcuts show skillful handling
of an ancient and difficult medium. Several woodblocks,
often a different block for each color, are overprinted
to produce one cohesive image. But it is Carl's own words
that give us the most enlightening description of his work.
"Art
gives us an understanding of place. One of the things an artist
does is show us the way each place is beautiful, or awesome,
or terrible. I have lived in the same place for nearly twenty
years, where I have built my own studio and house. Like the
"One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji," doing pictures
of the same area again and again in the different seasons
and times of the day is a way to gain a deeper understanding
of a place. Just as it takes a long time to understand the
subtleties of an area, I like to make pictures that "grow
on you." Although realistic, my work is not photographic.
Naturalistic is perhaps a better description.
With
my woodcuts I am constantly trying new techniques as well
as working on the old ones. I try to get the most out of each
cut, each color and each block. In this age of the reproduction
I believe in carrying on the tradition of the color woodcut,
and I enjoy the challenge. I work mostly from memory, creating
images of ordinary places at extra- ordinary times, for example,
in the rain or snow in the last rays of the sun." A native
of Colorado, Carl is a graduate of Luther College in Decorah,
Iowa, where he continues to make his home.
Details:
unframed and framed prints $75-400
Click
here to go to Carl Homstad's easy order page.
Earthshine 
The Canoe 
