The story is:
My name is Karl Haglund
I am an artist and photographer.
"Variant 8"
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
30x30 inches
2020
Available. Message for details.
"Root, 1983: We Found The Monster Under The Bed"
Acrylic, marker, pencil, oil pastel on canvas
48x48 inches
2019
Available at: Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
ART:
I work primarily with acrylic paint for its dry time - to accommodate my impatience.
I also heavily use:
Spray paint, Marker, Pencil
I use brushes. But, lately have been using items like: ink rollers, squirt bottles, scraps of cardboard, tape ...and whatever else may be handy to spread, spray, and splash paint onto the canvas.
Recent Project:
Jason Isbell 1959 Les Paul Red Eye.
In mid February I was contacted by Jason's label - Southeastern Records - to do a painting of his 1959 Gibson Les Paul "Red Eye" guitar for the release of Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit's new album Reunions. The idea was to do a run of prints that would be given away with sales of this album at independent record stores. I think the coronavirus changed the idea a bit, so that it would be part of a pre-order deal, but still just through indie record stores.
Independent record stores have been really good to me over the years, so I jumped at the chance. The prints are all gone now (as far as I know) and the original painting is sold. It was great to be a part of.
While this print and original is gone, I still have other guitar prints for sale in my etsy shop here:
I explore recognizable shapes but also like the freedom of the unrecognizable - choosing to focus primarily on shape, color and pattern.
"Root In Relation To Place: I Fell In Love With The Apocolypse"
Acrylic and marker on canvas
48x48 inches
2019
Available at: Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
"Variant 2"
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
48x48 inches
2020
Available. Message for details.
"Filament, Filament, Filament"
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
47.5x65 inches
2020
I am also a photographer
I tend to focus mostly on artistic HS senior photography and engagement/couple sessions.
I will also do wedding photography, but my availability is limited.
I only book 3-4 weddings a year.
(I have kids. We travel a lot.)
I view photography as another way to create art.
Also... I recently started a blog about Iowa Arts
I enjoy writing and taking photographs of area musicians and artists.
Its new. Its getting there...
