Carroll Charest

Nature has always been a major source of inspiration in my life from being raised on a farm my first formidable years to growing up in the foothills of the Rockies. I start from an image that captures my attention - whether it is an animal skull, piece of driftwood or pictures from inside caves I have visited. From there I focus on one particular area, zooming in and letting the image transform into its own entity on the canvas, sometimes creating a foreign, dreamlike landscape and other times a deep cavern to explore.

I find many different images come alive in these landscapes and caverns, some that I see initially in the original image and others that appear by chance through the application of paint and brush stroke. I would like to invite the viewer to explore and see what images come to life in their eyes.

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