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"My expression is an intense connection between my soul and the Spirit in the Wood".
About the Artist                                                                       -Utah Artist Larry Nielson
 
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What is this "Artwork On Wood"?
 
We (Wind and Wings Woodworks TM) have the special honor of presenting the latest in a long line of creative and unique projects by Artist Larry Nielson - his mystical, magical, deeply moving Artwork on Wood.
 
Have you ever been laying on your back on a lazy summer day and discover the image in a big, fluffy cloud? Or have you glimpsed the faces of the night sentinels in the red rock cliffs of Utah? Well, dear reader, that's what Larry does! He finds the image that has been 'hidden' for decades, possibly centuries, in weathered wood.
Of Larry's Artwork on Wood, Lloyd Call wrote: "Have you ever looked at nature and felt a spirit touch your own?  It usually takes a unique talent to find the voices in nature that speak to our hearts... a special tool, a special person is needed to make the connection.
 
If you come across an art piece by Larry Nielson, you may first be surprised to discover that the art is part of nature itself.  The medium an artist chooses is as important as the vision he adds to it.
 
Most artists choose to paint on canvas because the medium is known, and will react predictably to oil, acrylic, or whatever paint the artist chooses to use.
 
It takes courage to choose a medium of expression that, by itself, may have a message of a kind already imprinted in it.
 
Nielson uses rough, weathered wood as his canvas.  The painting itself is not garish or overdone, but the dark colors and natural tones he uses are subtle, and become seemingly part of the wood itself.
 
Wood stains and acrylics transform old wood planks into images that reach deep into the wood for vision, and into ourselves for a response.  The faces and images do not appear to have been painted onto the wood, but rather, they grow out of it from some inner realm." (end quote)
Larry has been perfecting this artwork method for several years.  Recent articles, press releases, exhibitions and sales have reinforced the overwhelming appreciation for this unique art form. In fact, the name Larry Nielson is quickly becoming the Icon for Artwork on Wood.
 
Over the past two years, Larry's artwork has been featured in The Provo Herald, The Salt Lake Deseret News and the Park City Park Record, to name a few.  He has held exhibits at the North American Museum of Ancient History at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah, at Repartee Gallery II in the ZCMI Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, and at the Lanny Barnard Gallery on Main Street in Park City, Utah.
 
There is much on the horizon for this humble artist.  Larry has painted a commissioned piece that is to be presented as part of a major recognition ceremony for a legend in the automobile industry.  His work was shown this spring in Las Vegas at a major convention for big game Trophy Hunters.
 
Larry spends his time between Ephraim, Utah and his studio in North Hollywood, where he labors long hours in harmony with the wood.  Larry has a reverence for the wood; an unforgiving canvas, it nonetheless is the only canvas that Larry now chooses to paint on.
 
We should have gratitude for Larry's passion.  This legacy of mysterious, subtle Artwork will live on in the wood for many more decades and centuries. The messages of these 'hidden' ones will carry forward to many generations.
 
What greater gift could one hope to leave this world than a pause, for a moment, into one's soul?