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Karl was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
After living in various places including North Vancouver
and Westbank, BC, Karl and his family moved to the Ghost
River region northwest of Cochrane, Alberta in 1984.
Mainly a self taught artist, Karl's early inspiration was
due naturally 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. Like the mountains he captured on
canvas, there was a uniqueness to western landscape artist
Karl Wood. He 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 communion
between man and landscape was evident in all of his works.
Mountains in his paintings are rugged, immense,
awe-inspiring; trees are stark. His colors were realistic
- drifting from early morning misty blues to harder winter
grays. Wood painted every province in Canada and made four
trips to the Arctic, and was highly regarded as one of the
finest landscape artists in Canada.
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