Karl E. Wood

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Karl E. Wood was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was mainly a self taught artist, his early inspiration was due to his father, artist Robert E. Wood. In 1962 he studied with Allan W. Edwards, an internationally renowned artist and designer. He was also encouraged and helped by Egbert Oudendag, especially in the difficult art of painting outdoors.

After living in various locales throughout Canada, including North Vancouver and Westbank, British Columbia, Karl and his family moved to the Ghost River region northwest of Cochrane, Alberta in 1984.

Wood was highly motivated and saw his paintings as both a challenge and a personal pleasure. He worked mainly in oils, and in a traditional manner. He shunned minute detail in his work. Rather, a preference for broader and looser brushstrokes is evident. The mountains in his paintings are rugged, immense, awe-inspiring; trees are stark. His colors were always realistic , drifting from early morning misty blues to harder winter grays.

Wood painted every province in Canada and made four trips to the Arctic; he was regarded as one of the finest landscape artists in Canada. He is survived by his son, painter Robert E. Wood.