The Wellington Art Society will welcome Karl Storrland as a guest speaker on Wednesday, January 11th. Meetings and presentations will be held at the Wellington Community Center, 12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd. The meeting will begin at 5:30 PM with a meet and greet, followed by a member spotlight and a brief meeting. The event will conclude with a presentation by Stoveland titled “From Photographer to Painter: The Not-So-Important Journey”. For more information, please contact Laura Jaffe (presidentofwas@gmail.com).
Stoveland grew up near the Catskill Mountains in New York and found his passion for photography while hiking the many trails and streams near his home. His father spent his entire career working in a photography lab and his mother as an oil painter and watercolourist. Stoveland was immersed in art throughout his life. “My family sent me to a pottery camp while other neighborhood kids played soccer in the street,” he recalled. “Since then, creativity and play have been a strong link for me.”
Photography was Stoveland’s primary medium for many years. He started painting in watercolor about 20 years ago, and since moving to Florida six years ago, he has explored a variety of mediums, including watercolor, gouache, his urban sketches with casein, and even filmmaking. Stoveland’s current passions include urban sketching and education, as well as various photographic and pictorial media.
He has won several artist residencies, most recently at Dry Tortugas National Park. In 2022, it won Best in Show at Box Gallery’s Florida Showcase. He also co-founded the Lake Worth Beach Urban Sketchers Group and runs a podcast called “IAMLAKEWORTH.”
In February, I will be teaching a two-day urban sketching workshop at Jupiter’s new studio for the visual arts. For more information on this class, please visit www.thenewstudiova.net. You can also see his work in the ‘Myth America (na)’ exhibition at his gallery on the beach in West Palm. For more information on Carl Stoveland and his work, please visit www.carlstovelandart.com.
The Wellington Art Society is open to artists and patrons of the arts of all mediums, allowing local and regional artists to exhibit their work in local galleries, interact with other artists and serve the community through art. You can For more information, please visit www.wellingtonartsociety.org.
