Richard Carlson

Richard A. Carlson is a contemporary, award winning abstract painter who studied with internationally known artist Michael Kessler at the Baum Art School in Allentown, PA. There he learned the unique process of layering skim coats of transparent acrylic across a relief of gesso textures. The result is a luminous surface, rich with illusion of depth that "fools the eye". Viewers sometimes mistake the process for a photographic technique - a cibrachrome or Polaroid transfer - but it is basically a building up of multiple paint layers. Carlson has shown widely in the eastern, mid-western and southern parts of the United States and is represented in national and international private and corporate collections. He resides with his wife Marjory in their large studio/home near Allentown, PA. They manage two cats: Tiger Lily and Madison.