Ken Carlson (b. 1937)
Spring Thaw
signed "Ken Carlson" lower right
oil on canvas, 20 by 30 in.

Born in 1937, Ken Carlson spent his early life in Minnesota, where he developed a love of nature and art. His artistic training took place at the Minneapolis School of Art. Today, Carlson is among the leading wildlife art painters. His works have been featured at exhibitions and in the collections of the National Wildlife Art Museum in Jackson, Wyoming, the Steamboat Art Museum in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin. Among other honors, he was granted the Bob Kuhn Wildlife Award from the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles in 2008 and the Prix de West in 1999. He is a regular supporter of wildlife conservation organizations, such as Ducks Unlimited and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

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