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E. Thor Carlson
Contemporary Fine Art

 

Fine art drawings, murals, pastels and sgrafitto,
paintings in oil, acrylic and watercolor,
sculpture in stone, wood and metal,
tapestry weaving and embroidery.

Nordic Memories by E. Thor Carlson
Nordic Memories

 

"Carlson's work is a haunting voyage into the icy realms of ancient northern mythology and the more passionate themes of the Old and New Testament. I particularly admire his designing of strange forms of landscape and figure, executed in a very sensitive palette."

-Criticism written in 1965, by Daniel Catton Rich, director of the Worcester Art Museum.

 

 

Lot's Wife by E. Thor Carlson
Lot's Wife
40" x 40" 1963 oil on canvas
Permanent Collection 1966 - Fitchburg Art Museum

 

I have drawn with pencil on paper for as long as I can remember. It is as natural to me as speaking. Almost all my visual images start as pencil drawings, usually without color.

These drawings are quite small and I do many variations of the ideas. I often set these aside and start on the canvas or go to the loom without referring to them. My consideration now is with color.

At some point later in the process I refer back to them, incorporating bits and pieces into the finished work. The whole process is right-brained and intuitive. I try to work in the alpha state and become a vehicle through which creativity flows. I can then be a facilitator of images.

I do not try to predict what the final image will be and I know that the viewer will see it quite differently than I do.

-E. Thor Carlson

 

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Murals

Gifts of the Magi Fine Art Mural by E. Thor Carlson

Landscapes

Keewaydin Campfire by E. Thor Carlson   Pastel formal gardens Aspet by E. Thor Carlson   Bhudda by the Connecticut by E. Thor Carlson

Still Life

Souvenir of Venice Fine Art Still Life by E. Thor Carlson  
Pears and Pomegranates Fine Art Still Life by E. Thor Carlson
Kitchen Still Life by E. Thor Carlson


 

Floral Arrangements

Hollyhocks Saint Gaudens Series Fine Art Floral Arrangement by E. Thor Carlson    
Bountiful Bouquet by E. Thor Carlson
Paradise garden Fine Art Floral Arrangement by E. Thor Carlson

Abstracts

Non Objective #1 by E. Thor Carlson   Opaque Watercolor by E. Thor Carlson   Fine art abstract Acrylic Tempera 2 by E. Thor Carlson

Old and New Testament

St. Michael Gabriel Raphael
 
Gifts of the Magi Triptych Center panl by E. Thor Carlson
 
Crucifixion - Ancient Format

Fantasy

The Watchers of Armageddon [heilmo] by E. Thor Carlson   Jungian Echos by E. Thor Carlson   Thou Knowest Not in What Dreams by E. Thor Carlson

Lord of the Rings Illustrations

Hobbit House by E. Thor Carlson   Frodo and Gandalf look at the ring by E. Thor Carlson   Hobbits at the safe house by E. Thor Carlson

Portraits

Dick by E. Thor Carlson   Kenney by E. Thor Carlson   Bob by E. Thor Carlson

Sculpture

Hans [cast plaster] by E. Thor Carlson   Mother and child [polichromed pine] by E. Thor Carlson   Mother and child [plastecene] by E. Thor Carlson

Tapestry

Along the Long River by E. Thor Carlson   Camelot tapestry by E. Thor Carlson   Mardi Gras by E. Thor Carlson

 

 

Some Thoughts on Visual Art as a Process
by E. Thor Carlson

E. Thor Carlson

I like to tell stories with images, some based on truth, some fictitious. I play cache-cache, a process of hide and seek, to delight the viewer with visual surprises, as well as to instruct. My pictures, drawings and other works are unrealistic representations with a quality that is almost hallucinatory.

I treat the landscape, architecture or figure schematically, devoid of atmosphere in real time, seemingly impelled by some hidden source. I do not arrive at this effect casually. I use conventional images in an unorthodox way to achieve effects of unreality so that a sense of urgency is conveyed to the view - this is not slavish illustration - for I disassemble and rearrange the elements of my story in a sophisticated technique that chooses visual ideas which will most enhance my representation.

About the Artist
Biography of E. Thor Carlson.
Reviews and Exhibitions
A list of the artist's group and one-man exhibitions.
Work in Collections
A list of collections that contain the artist's work.
Fine Art Murals
Large format paintings, quilts, folding murals, and trompe l'oeil.
Client Design Proposals
Sculpture, mural, and tapestry designs that were never executed.
Lord of the Rings Illustrations
A proposed illustrated edition for Houghton Mifflin.
Dante's Inferno Illustrations
Illustrations from “Inferno” the first part of “the Comedy” they called “Divine” by Dante Alighieri.
Fine Art Portraits
Portraits in color and b&w including a series of self-portraits both serious and fanciful.
Fine Art Paintings
An overview of the artist's range and style of paintings.
Fine Art Pastels
Works done at Saint Gaudens including flower bouquets and landscapes.
Fine Art Landscape Paintings
Including many of New Hampshire and the Lake Sunapee region.
Fine Art Drawings
Color and b&w drawings including life studies and mythology themes.
Fine Art Fantasy
Images of the Fantastic.
Fine Art Abstracts
Abstract drawings, paintings, and palette knife works in color and b&w.
Fine Art Sculpture
Figures and abstract sculpture in stone, wood, and metal.
Fine Art Tapestry
Utilizing the techniques of Flemskv¯v, Kilem, Soumac, and Native American weaving.

Flower Fine Art Embroidery by E. Thor Carlson

 

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