Barry Roal Carlsen

medium: painting

Click on the image to see the full version.

Where the Past Ends 2009 Painting	No Second Chances 2009 Painting	Crossing 2009 Painting
I Walk Alone 2009 Painting	Forgotten Destination 2009 Painting	Delivering the Message 2009 Painting
His Future from a Distance 2009 Painting	Balancing the Future with the Past 2010 Graphic art	Best Wishes 2010 Graphic art
Shadow Caster Alone 2010 Graphic art

Contact information
130 S Marquette St
Madison, WI 53704
Phone Number: 608-772-0822
Email Address: bcarlsen@wisc.edu

Artist statement
Creating artwork can be a journey of esthetic exploration and self-discovery. Landscape is the vehicle I choose to take that journey and light is always the unifying element. The corporeal light between night and day, light from a consuming fire, light from a distant lantern or an unseen source, all fascinate me and keep calling me back to investigate.

My paintings are reconstructions of another time, spawned from memory, at once real and yet imagined. They are amalgamations, the kind of blending or restructuring of place and situation that revisiting the past creates. I attempt to find a balance between a personal narrative and a broader symbolism. The work must be open enough for the viewer to bring his or her own experience to bear in interpreting the work and it must not entirely answer the questions it asks. The viewer needs to complete the meaning.

What I enjoy most is listening to comments on my work, and how the same image can provoke feelings ranging from hope and optimism to a deep sense of loss. Hearing these ideas often times helps me to better understand myself and my work.

Techniques
Painted works are oil, acrylic or encaustic on panel. Sizes range from 5? up to 5' wide. All frames are hardwood (black cherry, poplar, oak or black walnut), and designed and built by the artist. Some works incorporate gilding in the frames or as a substrate under paint. All prints are lithographs and hand-printed by the artist.

Biography
Recent Exhibitions
One Person
2011 John Michael Kohler Art Center, Art Space, Kohler, Wisconsin
2010 Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield, Wisconsin
Lakeland College, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2008 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
2002 Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Selected other
2011 Printmaking Invitational, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, Illinois
2010 Regional Exhibit Seven, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, Illinois
2010 The Value of Black and White, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
2010 Print Portfolio show Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, Wisconsin
2009 Traveling Print Portfolio-National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kiev, Ukraine
2008 UNO Centennial Invitational, University of Nebraska-Omaha
2006 Salon d’ Ete-Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006 Up North: Interpretations of North Woods Culture and Mythology-West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, Wisconsin
2004 Uneasy Places-Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2004 Kohler Art Center, Art Space, Kohler, Wisconsin
2003 Wisconsin Artists Biennial-Merit Award, Memorial Union Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
2003 Lure of the Lake-Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
2003 Wisconsin Landscapes-University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2002 Wisconsin Waters-Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin

Selected Visiting Artist Workshops/ Lectures and Demos
University of Nebraska–Omaha
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Nebraska–Eau Claire
Whispering Woodlands, Paoli, WI

Education
M.F.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983
B.F.A. University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1980

Job Experience
1985-present, Senior Artist, Communications Office, UW-Madison
2005, Adjunct Professor in Lithography, UW-Madison

Galleries
Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin