ARTIST STATEMENT

My paintings focus on landscape imagery related to the visual story of rural places located in the “middle of nowhere”.  Agricultural spaces inform my art practice which usually, hopefully, ends with paintings showing movement and color combinations that speak to the idea of a working landscape.  Conversely, I also paint the forest and lakes that are home to the vast wildlife of the upper midwest. As I travel and camp, I find places to paint with the intent of highlighting the value of conserving our State Parks, Federal Lands, and other types of unpolluted/unpopulated places. I want the viewer to get an appreciation for the smallness of humanity and the largeness of the natural environment, particularly when nature areas are diminishing.  Appreciation for the land is a point of view that is shared with many people who live outside of large, populated cities.  Describing what that is exactly is both a personal account and a collective understanding of where we live.   

The idea of a landscape, and the stories that go with it, have always been something personal to me but what I’ve recently realized is that the places I paint aren’t really just mine. They are definitely shared and are part of the conversation of our rural communities.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Please contact the galleries listed below if you are interested in purchasing a painting. Click the yellow links to be directed to the gallery websites!

Or find me at kariclweber@live.com and facebook and instagram

REPRESENTATION

ST PAUL, MN: The Grand Hand Gallery

• 619 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55102
  (Corner of Grand Avenue & Dale Street)

• Phone: (651) 312-1122

• Fax: (651) 312-1133

• e-mail: sales@thegrandhand.com

• Hours: Open daily, 10 am – 5 pm

Located at the East end of St. Paul’s historic Grand Avenue, The Grand Hand is just one half mile from the heart of downtown St. Paul. Grand Avenue is home to an eclectic assortment of retail stores, restaurants and specialty shops, and is surrounded by the Crocus Hill, Summit Hill and Ramsey Hill neighborhoods of grand turn-of-the-century Victorian homes. 

WASHBURN, WI: Ghost Ship Gallery

• Phone: (715)-373-2922

• Email: hello@ghostshipgallery.com
  715-373-2922
  318 W Bayfield St., PO 265
  Washburn, WI 54891

• Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10am-4pm, Closed Monday

Celebrating regional and international art, make a stop at the Ghost Ship — an alternative art haunt near the shores of Lake Superior featuring art studios, a retail gallery, and northern Wisconsin’s tiniest beer bar.