Artist Karl E. Wood
Title Tantalus Range [NW of Squamish]
Media oil on wood board
Size 16 x 20 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 cm.
Sold $1,800
Estimate $500 - $600
Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso; unframed
Biographical Information
Karl E. Wood ~ [1944-1990] Canadian
Wood was born in Winnipeg and began his artistic career in Vancouver in 1964. He moved to the Ghost River region near Cochrane, Alberta about 1984. His artistic practise was devoted to the mountain landscapes and flora and fauna of western Canada and he often painted on location in the backcountry. Karl Wood's father, Robert E. Wood, was an artist and his son, Robert Wood, is also a painter.
for more biographical information and examples of work see Karl Wood and Koyman Galleries;
biography and another examples in
Contemporary Western Artists, by P.Samuels, pg.586, Bonanza Books, 1982;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.113, Westbridge Pub., 2003
listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, see website at Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]