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Ken Carlson

b. 1937, Morton, Minnesota, (United States) Ken Carlson is widely recognized as one of the foremost artists in wildlife art history.  A critical element of Carlson’s work is first-hand observation. Every fall, he would travel to Alaska, the Western prairies, or the Canadian Rockies to find his animal subjects when they are in full coat and prime physical condition.  His interest in animals and art combined and developed into a consuming lifelong vocation involving the
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b. 1937, Morton, Minnesota, (United States)

Ken Carlson is widely recognized as one of the foremost artists in wildlife art history.  A critical element of Carlson’s work is first-hand observation. Every fall, he would travel to Alaska, the Western prairies, or the Canadian Rockies to find his animal subjects when they are in full coat and prime physical condition.  His interest in animals and art combined and developed into a consuming lifelong vocation involving the study of animals in their environment.

While many young boys dreamed of becoming baseball heroes like Joe DiMaggio when they grew up, Ken Carlson had aspirations of becoming an artist. Carlson won a scholarship in an art contest to the Art Instruction School in Minneapolis, where his teachers included the renowned animal illustrator, Walter Wilwerding (1891-1966). After high school, he attended the Minneapolis School of Art for a year, then joined a commercial art firm. Although commercial art was not his main professional focus, Carlson accepted a commission to illustrate for the publication Birds of Western North America (McMillan, 1972). After two years on the project, he returned to painting animals in oils on large-scale canvases.

Carlson’s work can be found in many major museums and prominent collections throughout the United States.  The National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming has over 80 Carlson works in their permanent collection.

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"What Was That?"
12" x 18"    oil
$12,500 New Arrival!

"Mulies on Winter Range"
12" x 18"    oil
$12,500

"Pronghorn on the Plains"
30" x 20"    oil
$31,000 New Arrival!

"Lifelong Bond - Trumpeter Swans"
6" x 18"    oil
SOLD

"Edge of the Timber"
18" x 27"    oil
$23,500

"Summer Nomad"
18" x 27"    oil
SOLD

"Surveying the Serengeti"
18" x 36"    oil
$32,000

"Lions at Rest"
15" x 22"    oil
$16,000

"An Encounter"
20" x 30"    oil
$31,000

"Big Tuskers"
20" x 30"    oil
$31,000

"Dall Rams Bedded Down"
15" x 22"    oil
$16,000

"Wolves"
15" x 22"    oil
SOLD

"Mule Deer"
15" x 22"    oil
SOLD

"Grizzly Bear"
22" x 15"    oil
SOLD

"Bighorn Sheep"
22' x 15"    oil
SOLD

"Elk"
15" x 22"    oil
SOLD

"Mountain Lion"
15" x 22"    oil
SOLD

"Pronghorn"
15" x 22"    oil
SOLD

"Moose"
15" x 22"    oil
SOLD

"Mountain Goats"
22" x 15"    oil
SOLD

"Bison"
22" x 15"    oil
SOLD

"Mule Deer in Early Snow" by Ken Carlson
12” x 18”    oil
SOLD

"Open Plains Pronghorn"
22" x 15"    oil
SOLD

"Prime Time"
24" x 30"    oil
SOLD

"Sage Country - Pronghorn"
9" x 12"    oil
SOLD

"Changing Colors"
18" x 12"    oil
SOLD

"Texas Brush Country"
12" x 18"    oil
SOLD

"Threatening Skies"
24" x 36"    oil
SOLD

"Pronghorn & Prairie Sage"
12" x 18"    oil
SOLD

"Resting on a Kopi"
12" x 18"    oil
SOLD

"Moose Country Autumn"
20" x 30"    oil
SOLD

"Woods and Water"
13" x 18"    oil
SOLD

"Magnificent Giant"
30" x 40"    oil
SOLD

"Sheep Country Rams"
13" x 18"    oil
SOLD

"Quiet Time"
12" x 16"    oil
SOLD

"Cottontails in New Snow"
12" x 18"    oil
SOLD

"Moose Creek"
15" x 22"    oil
SOLD

"Dominant Bull"
32" x 26"    oil
SOLD

"Mule Deer in Winter Sage"
22" x 15"    oil
SOLD

"Serengeti Pair"
22" x 30"    oil
SOLD

"In His Prime"
12" x 18"    oil
SOLD

"Rams at Rest"
12" x 18"    oil
SOLD

"Old Warrior"
20" x 30"    oil
SOLD

"Scanning the Range"
12" x 18"    oil
SOLD

"Zebras on the Savanna"
15" x 22"    oil
SOLD

"Ill Tempered"
15" x 22"    oil
SOLD

"Goat Country"
22" x 15"    oil
SOLD

"New Adventures"
15" x 22"    oil
SOLD

"Mule Deer Fawn in Spring"
10" x 13"    oil
SOLD

"On to Something"
12" x 18"    oil
SOLD

"Summer Clover"
12" x 16"    oil
SOLD

"Storm Watch"
13" x 18"    oil
SOLD

"Bachelor Club"
15" x 22"    oil
SOLD

"Dos Lobos"
30" x 48"    oil
SOLD Summer Masterpiece Series

"Yellowstone Bison"
36" x 48"    oil
SOLD
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