https://johnwcarlsonstudios.com/painting daily 1.0 2020-09-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5f6a31f55f7eba1f34b75370/1596824623848/ Paintings - Mere et L'enfant, 2020 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5f2d9ab7bc6e054e109650ec/1596824623848/0C034C4E-5542-404C-BB2E-AE8BF66C4EBC.JPG Paintings - Mere et L'enfant, 2020 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5f2d9aac6454ad69dee6e3e3/1596824415741/57B63AEC-45FD-4C67-B75B-1F77626D7EDB.JPG Paintings - Windows, 2019 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5f2d9aacdb9ca7132feceffb/1596824481083/A2C57C14-0795-4245-AD6F-132F7831893D.JPG Paintings - Submerged, 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5f2d9ac4c619e4709e9d5646/1596824661820/IMG_2375+%284%29.JPG Paintings - Whole, 2020 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5f2d9abc0c26107d0856b3ac/1596824644492/92C6B51A-52B0-405C-834A-587092BEB560.JPG Paintings - This Day, 2020 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5f2d9ab4474ec06670d1c464/1596824578561/43A96547-28B2-4A97-A45A-E0B9AC7DC691.JPG Paintings - The Yellow Cat, 2020 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5b5622572b6a2866eca56ede/1532371629032/DarkWasTheNightJohnWCarlson+%281%29.jpg Paintings - Dark Was The Night, 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5b56256e1ae6cfc516213abd/1596825677635/IMG_9449.JPG Paintings - Child's Eye, 2018 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5ceed14fc83025b212223cb7/1596825677627/IMG_8710.JPG Paintings - His Girl, 2017 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5ceed1649140b76af9722e0f/1600795083182/IMG_0475.JPG Paintings - Holding Memories, 2018. Private collection. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5ceed0eea4222fd3b118ec9e/1596825677628/IMG_0472.jpg Paintings - Interior (Who's Fault Is This?), 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5b562355562fa7a1c3ea5f60/1596825678078/portrait+of+the+artist.jpeg Paintings - Portrait of The Artist, 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5b56235503ce6477ddf6a688/1596825678083/manners.jpeg Paintings - Manners, 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5dd596e5b2969c1be0b2de9d/1596825677660/j_carlson6.jpg Paintings - Conversation, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5b5622da1ae6cfc516207b65/1596825677668/_DSC0042+%282%29+%281%29.JPG Paintings - Valley of Revelations, 2018 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5b56236103ce6477ddf6a90c/1600795108543/woman+with+a+cat.jpeg Paintings - Woman With a Cat, 2018. Private collection. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5b562361f950b7751f0c8b7b/1596825678377/suimin.jpeg Paintings - Suimin, 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a46c6f99140b7ea14c6d89b/1600795125149/carlson5.jpg Paintings - Shade, 2017. Private collection. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a46c4a153450a63fe26d69c/1596825677846/carlson_1.jpg Paintings - Deux Baigneurs, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465be653450aa0f8a56498/1596825678661/cinderella+sleeping+2017.jpg Paintings - Cinderella Sleeping it Off, 2017 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a46821bec212ddd08a28807/1596825677876/carlson4.jpg Paintings - Yellow Whirlygig, 2017 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a46c788c83025f8444d17c3/1596825678086/carlson3.jpg Paintings - Twilight in Havana, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c0824a694569586d550/1596825678052/locus+anoemus+2017.jpg Paintings - Locus Anoemus, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c2871c10b0803232569/1596825678095/stanford+2017.jpg Paintings - Stanford, 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c469140b72bb291cae1/1596825678657/3am+2016.jpg Paintings - 3am, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465bbcf9619a146c42cf8c/1596825678279/fallen+2016.jpg Paintings - Fallen Angel, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465bbc8165f577a49d1b74/1596825678654/vivian+2016.jpg Paintings - Green Vivian, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465bd7ec212d106c199e47/1596825678311/sunny+afternoon+2016.jpg Paintings - Sunny Afternoon, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465beee2c483527be30d53/1596825678319/yellow+2016.jpg Paintings - Yellow Portrait, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465bff419202a52a5b458b/1596825678660/baby+2015.jpg Paintings - Baby, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a46585971c10b080322ad34/1514559583504/stanford+2017.jpg Paintings https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c1b9140b72bb291c4fc/1596825678487/leafy+2015.jpg Paintings - Leafy, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c54ec212d106c19b16b/1596825678499/guns+2015.jpg Paintings - Guns, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465bcae4966b4b5b32109e/1596825678540/beach+ball+2015.jpg Paintings - Beach Ball, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465bcef9619a146c42d1a2/1596825679340/car+2015.jpg Paintings - Car, 2015 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465bd1f9619a146c42d224/1596825678722/from+here+2015.jpg Paintings - From Here, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465bec419202a52a5b42bb/1596825678767/red+2015.jpg Paintings - Red, 2015 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465bf5ec212d106c19a270/1596825678766/afternoon+2015.jpg Paintings - The Afternoon, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c23e2c483527be314e7/1596825679485/pearl+2015.jpg Paintings - Pearl, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c570852294cceb9d6a3/1596825678862/horse+2015.jpg Paintings - Horse, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465bdf71c10b0803231b21/1596825679733/on+the+beach+2014.jpg Paintings - On the Beach, 2014 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465bdae4966b4b5b32127d/1596825678930/exit+from+eden+2014.jpg Paintings - Exit from Eden, 2014 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465bdf9140b72bb291bc7e/1596825678907/monkeys+2014.jpg Paintings - Monkeys, 2014 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465be6ec212d106c19a09a/1596825679775/pressure+2014.jpg Paintings - Pressure, 2014 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c0124a694569586d4b6/1596825678960/kid+2014.jpg Paintings - Kid, 2014 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c1e0d9297ab906cbf58/1596825679093/little+one+2014.jpg Paintings - Little One (Valentine's Day), 2014 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c4d24a694569586debe/1596825679103/doll+2014.jpg Paintings - Doll Parts, 2014 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c08f9619a146c42d9e4/1596825679137/threshold+2013.jpg Paintings - Threshold, 2013 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5b5622f4758d4670d4d2360c/1596825679151/bound.jpeg Paintings - Bound, 2013 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c1771c10b08032322e8/1596825679278/thrown+rider+2012.jpg Paintings - Thrown Rider, 2012 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c0f652dea0263e1fc80/1596825679512/doubt+2011.jpg Paintings - Doubt, 2011 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c100852294cceb9ccb8/1596825679575/nude+2011.jpg Paintings - Nude #1, 2011 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c1553450aa0f8a56b47/1596825679659/river+2010.jpg Paintings - The River, 2010 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c2c652dea0263e20100/1596825679601/swimmer+2010.jpg Paintings - Swimmer, 2010 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c47f9619a146c42e375/1596825679948/diver+2010.jpg Paintings - Diver, 2010 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5b56235a1ae6cfc516209809/1596825680255/raft.jpeg Paintings - Raft, 2012 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c34f9619a146c42e077/1596825680255/annette+and+dave+2010.jpg Paintings - The Return of Annette and Dave, 2010 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c35419202a52a5b4d3b/1596825679826/my+grief+2010.jpg Paintings - My Grief, 2010 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c2ef9619a146c42dfc9/1596825679877/and+then+youth+2009.jpg Paintings - And Then Youth, 2009 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c3e9140b72bb291c9ec/1596825679871/pool+2009.jpg Paintings - The Pool, 2009 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c3ae4966b4b5b321fc0/1596825679958/tightrope+2009.jpg Paintings - Tightrope, 2009 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c5024a694569586def1/1596825680014/fence+2009.jpg Paintings - The Fence, 2009 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c5a71c10b0803232cb2/1596825680047/chosen+2008.jpg Paintings - Chosen, 2008 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c60e2c483527be31d81/1596825680512/nostalgia+2007.jpg Paintings - Nostalgia and Uncertainty, 2007 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c79419202a52a5b5612/1596825680061/ten+count+2006.jpg Paintings - Ten Count, 2006 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c689140b72bb291cf16/1596825680877/untitled+2009.jpg Paintings - Untitled, 2009 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c600852294cceb9d7af/1596825680515/struggle+2008.jpg Paintings - Struggle, 2008 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c6c652dea0263e20dfa/1596825680238/vortex+2008.jpg Paintings - Vortex, 2008 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5a465c73e4966b4b5b322703/1596825680515/rose+petals+2005.jpg Paintings - And Rose Petals Fell From The Sky, 2005 And Rose Petals Fell From The Sky, 2005 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46565371c10b08032273e3/5b56235b88251bacddbc19dc/1596825680269/st.jpeg Paintings - St. Stephen's Dilemma, 2009 https://johnwcarlsonstudios.com/drawing daily 0.75 2020-09-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5f6a3276340f437e8d954ac3/1594145646197/ Drawings - Vigilance, 2020 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5f04baa6fc15123032c1a50e/1594145646197/IMG_2402.JPG Drawings - Vigilance, 2020 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5f04b9d8c9927531ccc879da/1594145367662/7B2691DE-AFAB-414F-AB45-DF8F2CBC7CD5+%281%29.JPG Drawings - Runner, 2020 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5f04b8aa992aa5424f1a9cd9/1594145349670/38ED727F-4DF6-4185-AF79-321DA87A1BA0.JPG Drawings - Silver Sleeping, 2020 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5f04b5b23d7efb7d667a7ef2/1600795230169/BB0BF0A0-3266-4CB9-83BC-C1A090443176.JPG Drawings - Dreamer, 2020 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5f04b557bd52955ca6b06d47/1594145048591/4C5A5063-DCED-424E-8E9D-8D25006F3989.JPG Drawings - Study Of A Girl's Head, 2020 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5f04b5489051e82ee08dabb8/1594145009209/DED177CE-0ED7-490A-9408-F47FDCECA0B3.JPG Drawings - Dark Angel, 2020 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5f04b8c1aee0f519a26008a3/1594145204938/73E9F8A7-F1EA-4FAC-B81D-E81C246E62CC.JPG Drawings - Tough (Dad, I Know What I'm Doin'), 2020 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5f04b8b9992aa5424f1aa031/1600795254490/1FCF3F31-1EB9-42D1-AEE7-8EF35E143152.JPG Drawings - Study For Ghosteen, 2020 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5a467d25e2c483527be83783/1559154336931/on-the-road.jpg Drawings - On the Road, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5a467d9ae2c483527be84dad/1596825172665/o.jpg Drawings - O, 2015 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5a467ca88165f577a4a22b50/1559154359416/birth.jpg Drawings - Birth, 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5a467da871c10b080328546a/1596825197182/no-dancing.jpg Drawings - No Dancing, 2010 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5a467e48e2c483527be874f0/1559154422182/lonely-subway-boy.jpg Drawings - Boy on the Subway, 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5ceecdb171c10b1617d209f5/1559154134275/CarlsonJohn03_4552.JPG Drawings - Strain, 2019 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5ceecdfd4785d3d7c08336d1/1559154191480/IMG_0436.jpg Drawings - At the Border, 2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5ceece23eb39313243a2d6b6/1596825220537/0467CDAD-82B5-4809-81C9-70CF7DF34752.JPG Drawings - Sister, 2019 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5ceece4b53450a785b7ade6a/1596825238918/IMG_9704.JPG Drawings - Divine, 2018 (Private Collection) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5a46766aec212d106c1db51f/5dd5953fb2969c1be0b29b98/1574278474825/Screenshot_20191120-140022_2.png Drawings - 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Oil stick on paper. Private collection. The blues singer with the cracked voice, is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it”. - Brian Eno https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec6b3977608ed1d42e67c21/1590080420955/Carlson_Death%2BLetter%2BBlues_oil%2Bstick%2Bon%2Bpaper_21%2Bx%2B26.5%2Binches_2019.jpg BLUES Exhibition Death Letter Blues, 2020. Oil stick on paper. 21” x 26.5”. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec559ebb2ae022884f3a878/1589991994524/Carlson_Nebraska_oil%2C+sticks%2C+prairie+grass+%2B+newsprint+on+cavnas_92+x+84+inches_2020.jpg BLUES Exhibition Nebraska, 2020. Oil, sticks, prairie grass, and newsprint on canvas. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec6b4371ebc48444bf10d11/1590080582527/Carlson_Death%2BLetter%2BBlues_oil%2Bstick%2Bon%2Bpaper_21%2Bx%2B26.5%2Binches_2019%25281%2529.jpg BLUES Exhibition Death Letter Blues, 2019. 21” x 26.5”. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec556179686387c48354b26/1589991266282/j51IOJiw.jpg BLUES Exhibition 1000 Miles From Nowhere, 2020. Oil, charcoal, cotton, and grass on canvas. 6’ x 10’. Price on request. When I came upon this landscape I entered an archeology that bears the weight of countless breaths and unknown lives. Touched by the heat and the tears, the depth of time, the River, a black scar, and this road to redemption, I stumbled upon the Blues and it became a part of me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec6b3ec43bc3e1e3c8d2849/1590080502646/Carlson_Dust%2BMy%2BBroom_oil%2Bstick%2Bon%2Bpaper_17.75%2Bx%2B30.5%2Binches_2020.jpg BLUES Exhibition Dust My Broom, 2020. Oil stick on paper. 17.75” x 30.5”. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec56045e8c962439a318f17/1589993613672/_%28Blue+Skies%29_oil+%2B+charcoal+on+canvas_12+x+1%E2%80%A6s_2017_.jpeg BLUES Exhibition (Blue Skies), 2017. Oil and charcoal on canvas. 12” x 12”. Private collection. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec55a5a33c8ba5373ce2aa9/1589992711164/Carlson_On+a+Sea+of+Forgotten+Teardrops_oil+charcoal+%2B+driftwood+on+canvas_40+x+60+inches_2020.jpg BLUES Exhibition On a Sea of Forgotten Teardrops, 2020. Oil, charcoal, and driftwood on canvas. 40” x 60”. Price on request. When I was a young boy it was the first time I heard the term blue blood. I was in literature class, and the way it was explained to me, I remember clearly how estranged I felt: I felt different, low, not one of the counted. It was also around the same time I happened to be sitting in church and heard from the man in the pulpit that there were two types of people: Jews (God’s chosen people) and Gentile ( I never really knew what they were), but I knew or I was told I was not a Jew. Again, I didn’t feel special, I didn’t feel like I had a community to which I belonged. I remember the day when someone told me that our blood, all of us - was the colour blue - and that it wasn’t until the oxygen touched it that it turned red. It was maybe in a science class or in a school yard after a game of football. Years later as I sat in a bar in Clarksdale, Mississippi listening to this spiritual sound, hovering above our heads like an incubus or a succubus, waiting to impregnate our minds with its rituals, that I started to look back inside of my veins and recall the blood conversations. And it was there that I began making a correlation to my blood and this sound. It was my first time sitting in the home of this sound. This music which originated in this Deep South of the United States, made and advertised by African-American voices, fingers and culture, reminded me so much of the Negro spirituals, work songs and reggae music I grew up on back in my home of Jamaica. It suddenly occurred to me that this BLUE fluid that transports oxygen and nutrients to every cell in our body - also transports our pain, joy, struggles wishes and hopes, and sometimes repackages them as song or art, so that we can engage with our neighbours and our community at large. I have come to understand that the only colour that matters is the one that even when it is touched by oxygen, does not turn to red - it stays blue. In America I call it the Blues. It swishes and swashes in everyone’s veins irrespective of our hue. The Blues does not discriminate. It comes to you like the Holy Trinity, in its three line verse structure, on four bars. Sometimes it swoops in to soothe, to awaken, to remind us of something or someone to keep in memory - and other times it is our escape. In John’s piece entitled “On a Sea of Forgotten Teardrops,” the Blues sits on top of this broken raft transporting a family as that hopeful third. It is where the Sun sits, it is where their child leaps into hopefulness. The Blues here is the space to escape their wretchedness and it is where John hopes to catapult his viewers, for them to also feel the plight of his collaborators splashed here on his canvas. In their brokenness, they see the BLUES. - Ruddy Roye https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec55987be4c4531fd452711/1589992007116/Carlson_My+Grief_oil+%2B+charcoal+on+cavnas_24+x+30+inches_2010.jpg BLUES Exhibition My Grief, 2010. Oil and charcoal on canvas. 24” x 30”. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec5585cdff9f703fb676938/1589991794000/Carlson_Muerrte+de+la+Madre_oil+charcoal+%2B+fabric+on+cavnas_+48+x+48+inches_2020.jpg BLUES Exhibition Muerte de la Madre, 2020. Oil and charcoal on canvas. 48” x 48”. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec55f6e0d94382178b3e9bd/1590077475396/ZoQxvhkQ.jpeg BLUES Exhibition Baptism, 2019. Oil, charcoal, and fabric on canvas. 24” x 30”. Private collection. Born Blue S/he speaks to you through the waves. You pretend you don’t see its trajectory change direction, foamy hills move towards your body—hit rocks in a rhythm that has your attention. Gurgles everything you’ve ever needed to hear. She says the blues are the sounds we heard in nature and sang back to our Mother. I sing back to you. You ignore me, but that song got into you. Hold, envelop, make sure they do not cover my face when they lay my body in this river. It’s a body, it’s a body, it’s a body bag. It’s a swaddle. They carry him out of the sooty shit of life to free—this is the blues. Oshun. An indigo pussy and out he come, unborn. still. An ancestor returns and asks you to complete a task. Burn it blue. Map it—the cartography of a life that has wrestled with mud and muscle, bone and an ash that irritates. Soothe it blue, Slim. We are in this river together. Her mama, whose name I’ve only heard her speak once. My daughter, who hugged me back into life from blue AND your son, your son who lives in the headwaters of the Mississippi and the Cuyahoga; calls to you from the Missouri—this fresh water waiting for the salt of you to return to it. Birth it blue, Slim. - M. Carmen Lane https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec55f12d1bc132de220b750/1589993319013/Carlson_GRIOT_oil+%2B+charcoal+on+canvas_48x48+inches_2019_SOLD.jpg BLUES Exhibition Griot, 2019. Oil and charcoal on canvas. 48” x 48”. Private collection. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec6b2dd5a5fce05d0aa970b/1590080240157/Carlson_Me%2Band%2Bthe%2BDevil%2BBlues_oil%2Bstick%2Bon%2Bpaper_%2B17%2Bx%2B30%2Binches_2019%2B%25284%2529.jpg BLUES Exhibition Me and the Devil Blues, 2019. Oil stick on paper. 17” x 30”. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec562ed227adc1b6c4ac35e/1589994366804/JohnWCarlson1.jpg BLUES Exhibition Dark Was The Night, 2019. Oil, charcoal, and fabric on canvas. Private collection. Dark Was The Night Day is done. The blushing sunset signals those toiling to cease labor. For a time, Adam’s curse is far from us. The sky is of the bluest black. Welcome night. Now we are free to make in secret. Tell me a tale—don’t even matter if it’s a lie. Here, we will sing our sorrows. And laugh our sorrows. Tonight—in the bluest black—we tell our tales. Rest is for the weary and the dead Sunday is for the holy and the praying For a time, Adam’s curse is far from us. The sky is of the bluest black. - Kerry Davis https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec6ae5ee3443578bd1d8bbd/1590079095760/Carlson_Going%2BDown%2BTo%2BThe%2BRiver_oil%2Bstick%2Bon%2Bpaper_18%2Bx%2B23%2Binches_2020.jpg BLUES Exhibition Going Down To The River, 2020. Oil stick on paper. 18” x 23”. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec6afc4dff7900625641b59/1590079472905/Carlson_Wade%2BIn%2BThe%2BWater_Song%2BDrawing_oil%2Bstick%2Bon%2Bpaper_21.5x30.5%2Binches_2019%2B%25282%2529.jpg BLUES Exhibition Wade IN The Water, 2019. Oil stick on paper. 21.5” x 30.5”. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec55785be4c4531fd44b000/1589991489897/Carlson_His+Girl_oil+%2B+charcoal+on+canvas_30+x+40+inches_2017_NFS.jpg BLUES Exhibition His Girl, 2017. Oil and charcoal on canvas. 30” x 40”. Private Collection. The body itself may not remain, but the body in the memory remains. This is the first painting of the series, chiaroscuro to the threshold of dreaming. It grounds blues in a disembodied innocence, an innocence that seems about to be violated, an innocence that—far better—should carry. His Girl is blues as troubled reverie. It is blues as family, as a daughter to protect. His Girl is precious, seeming to say, Let’s give this child a chance to be a woman. - Carlo Wolff https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec6b3613feb7950cedee12d/1590080370070/ BLUES Exhibition Black Cat Bone, 2020. Oil stick on paper. 22” x 30”. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec55c16a115e674da807bf5/1589994407737/Carlson_Sanctuary_oil+charcoal+%2B+wood+on+cavas_36+x+48+inches_2019.jpg BLUES Exhibition Sanctuary, 2019. Oil, charcoal, and wood on canvas. 36” x 48”. Price on request. Some say when a significant or traumatic event is experienced part of the essence of the person it happened to is imprinted onto the atmosphere of a place. This is a story about such a place. The faded, milk chocolate colored house would never win prizes for it's architecture even though it was solid and substantial. The house felt ancient to an eight year old girl. In it's previous lives the house had first been a pre-civil war tavern, a stop on the Underground railroad and finally her great grandfather's farm. The weight of all this history gave the farm house a languorous quality, as if it were a giant beast in waiting. Who had been in the house and why they were there was of most interest to the girl. In the cellar the air was dank and moist. It smelled of mice and old apples. There were dusty corners full of long forgotten farm tools. The wide, rough rafters of the coal room had initials carved randomly across. These carvings were a testimony to the many incarnations of the house. Were these the initials of slaves hidden on their journey? What echoes of not only fear and anxiety but also hope did they leave in their wake? Did the house absorb this energy and cast it onto it's inhabitants? Can that much history not shape the space between walls and floors? The girl has a very vivid imagination and at night she would see, out of the corner of her eye; a figure drifting by, toes not touching the floor, eyes wide, finger across lips. Sometimes during the day the girl would stand at the top of the stairs with eyes closed. Sure that if she concentrated hard enough she too would float down the steps. - Catherine Marquardt https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec6b2431f97445851a27cd1/1590080100423/Carlson_Parchman%2BFarm%2BBlues_oil%2Bstick%2Bon%2Bpaper_18%2Bx%2B23%2Binches_2020%2B%25283%2529.jpg BLUES Exhibition Parchman Famr Blues, 2020. Oil stick on paper. 18” x 23”. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec55d6f4e333c1b26f4b227/1589992925561/Carlson_Study+for+%28Ida%29_oil+on+canvas_16+x+20+inches_2004_SOLD.jpg BLUES Exhibition Study for (Ida), 2004. Oil on canvas. 16” x 20”. Private collection. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5ec6a97d7608ed1d42e452c4/5ec6a97d3feb7950cedcc4d1/1590077851737/The+Visit_oil+stick+on+paper_23+x+35+inches_2017..jpeg BLUES Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5ec6a97d7608ed1d42e452c4/5ec6a9962c8c262000c4709c/1590077859919/Bluesman%28Yellow%29+2019.jpeg BLUES Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5ec6a97d7608ed1d42e452c4/5ec6a99f0c0eaf1022c51419/1590077862184/Boogie_oil+stick+on+paper_23x35+inches_2018.jpeg BLUES Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5ec6a97d7608ed1d42e452c4/5ec6a99693625d76e5656b61/1590077869782/Bluesman%28Red%29+2018+oil+stick+on+paper.jpeg BLUES Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5ec6a97d7608ed1d42e452c4/5ec6ac60a9945d41ceec08ec/1590078587964/Carlson_Blues+for+Orpheus_Without+Frame_charcoal+%2B+watercolor+on+paper_27.5+x+33+inches_2019_NFS.jpg BLUES Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/5ec6a97d7608ed1d42e452c4/5ec6ac77cb1fe776991a30da/1590078616600/Carlson_Sister_charcoal+on+paper_18+x+24+inches_2019_SOLD.jpg BLUES Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec55ded8c4ae53c938bdc76/1589993226226/Carlson_Valley+of+Revelations_oil+charcoal+%2B+newsprint+on+canvas_18+x+24+inches_2018_SOLD.jpg BLUES Exhibition Valley of Revelations, 2018. Oil, charcoal, and newsprint on canvas. 18” x 24”. Private collection. Cuyahoga Don’t you see what I see? Choked and cheated, don’t you see, the River, She’s just like me. Trying hard to breathe— our dreams lost in the pavement’s humidity. Caught in the prevailing wind— our words land somewhere, anywhere next to forgotten kin. We were the freedom fighters, the dream catchers, the soul chasers, the water walkers. This polluted valley, choked and cheated— I can’t breathe. Don’t you see what I see? We are not free. We are a commodity— a slave to someone else’s ideology. We are replaceable. We are industry. Choked and cheated, come on now, don’t you see what I see? - Nicki Wilkins https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec6b07a1a81183d90676100/1590079635506/Carlson_Hear%252BMy%252BTrain%252BA%252BComin%252527_oil%252Bstick%252Bon%252Bpaper_9.75%252Bx%252B26%252Binches_2019.jpg BLUES Exhibition Hear My Train A Comin’, 2019. Oil stick on paper. 9.75” x 26”. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec55b8e0b20a15a14192d6a/1589992452351/Carlson_Roll%2C+Jordan%2C+Roll_oil+charcoal+%2B+fabric+on+canvas_30+x+40+inches_2017.jpg BLUES Exhibition Roll, Jordan, Roll, 2017. Oil, charcoal, and fabric on canvas. 30” x 40”. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec55c940b20a15a141966d4/1589992805430/Carlson_Secret+Messages_oil+%2B+charcoal+on+canvas_12+x+12+inches_2018.jpg BLUES Exhibition Secret Messages, 2018. Oil and charcoal on canvas. 12” x 12”. Price on request. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4655f6268b96a9eb4f8aba/t/5ec55b338abd6445f74ca340/1589992325835/Carlson_Pure_oil+charcoal+%2B+sticks+on+cavnas_30+x+40+inches_2020.jpg BLUES Exhibition Pure, 2020. Oil, charcoal, and sticks on canvas. 30” x 40”. Price on request.