Painting | Woodburning | Graphite | resin
Carly Jo Hougen is an artist based in River Falls, Wisconsin. She was raised on a lake in northern Wisconsin where she began her infatuation with water; the undeniable beauty and freedom of playing in the lake and snow. She began ski instructing and was quickly drawn to the adaptive and veteran community; they sparked a fire and gave her the confidence to start putting her work into the world. She has evolved from painting to working with fire amidst resin and woodburning, and now combining the three. Her work iresides in international private collections in Ireland, Italy, France, Nicaragua, Mexico and Canada as well as Private Galleries in Yellowstone, Big Sky MT, and New York. She has been fortunate to create pieces for The Walker Modern Art Museum, Icelantic Skis, Matt Damon, Dierks Bentley, Martie Maguire, the Denver Broncos, Austin City Limits, YETI, PSIA, L-Bow Mittens, The Yellowstone Club, and the Mall Of America. She recently purchased land in northern Wisconsin with dreams of building "The Art Barn" which will service her work, as well as classes for veterans & adults with disabilities.
“I found I could say things with colors and shapes that I couldn't say any other way, things I had no words for."
— Georiga O’Keefe