About
This site — CharleySnowArt.com — is the official Web site of artist Charley Snow.
Charley has a penchant for interpreting nature in his work.
Charley calls the small coal-mining town of Helper, Utah home. His work can be seen in private collections from coast to coast.
He received a BFA from the University of Utah and has worked alongside acclaimed artist David Dornan for many years.
Of his work, he says:
“What I like most about painting is the act of interpreting nature. Looking at the landscape and translating what I see into marks on a canvas. When I layer splashes, drips, and strokes of paint to create an image, painting takes on a double life. Both the image and the marks are interesting. That is essentially what painting is about for me—both the abstract and real existing in the same painting.
“I learned to paint by working with the figure. When I graduated I had trouble finding models to work with so I started painting cows. They work cheap and they’re almost always available. I soon discovered that every cow had its own personality and gesture. Now I see painting cows like painting portraits. Rather than using cows as icons I try to convey my sense of each particular cow. That kind of focus is the same when I paint houses in a landscape. I am struck by the possibility of each house to contain a thousand stories. They take on the appearance of a unique history and I work to capture that feeling.”
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