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CARL FOSTER

Carl is primarily a self taught Auckland based artist. He has worked in the signwriting field specialising in pin - striping for Hot Rods, a trade that he learnt from his father. This is evidenced by the accuracy of the linear and 3 dimensional shapes embodied within his paintings. Carl’s passion is the outdoors and interpreting the many varied people and experiences that colour his life. His influences have been the cubists and impressionists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Wes Freed, Wifredo Lam and Jean Michel Basquiat. Carl paints intuitively straight from his mind. He rarely uses preparatory sketches preferring to work directly onto the surface and building up the work as it takes shape. Symbols and intersecting planes suggest a way into deciphering his work but the beauty lies in discovering something new every time you look at a work. Each work is meticulously and painstakingly hand-painted and then sealed with a final protective varnish. Sometimes Carl has been known to paint landscape scenes plein-air in and around the west coast beach scenes of Auckland. Mostly his mission in his painting practice is to achieve balance both in line, tone and colour in the overall composition.

New 2023 Hawaiian Tiki Oil on Canvas Size: 76cm x 38cm Price: $2200 ENQUIRE NOW		Portrait 9 Oil on Canvas Size: 76cm x 38cm Price: $2800 ENQUIRE NOW Sold
New 2022 Travellers 3 Oil on Canvas Size: 76cm x 76cm Price: $3200 ENQUIRE NOW		New Travellers 4 Oil on Board (Framed) Size: 93cm x 63cm Price: $3200 ENQUIRE NOW
New Wine Bottle and Guitar Oil on Board, Framed Size: 93cm x 63cm Price: $3200 ENQUIRE NOW		New Wild Goats, Roxburgh Oil on Canvas, Framed Size: 83cm x 58cm Price: $3000 ENQUIRE NOW
2021 Maori Bay Oil on Canvas Size: 71cm x 55cm ENQUIRE NOW		New Wild Goats, Ranfurly Oil on Canvas, Framed Size: 73cm x 58cm Price: $3000 ENQUIRE NOW
2020 Lion Rock Oil on Board (Framed) Size: 76cm x 52cm ENQUIRE NOW		2021 Wigmore Bay, Bethells Oil on Canvas Size: 50cm x 40cm Price: $2300 ENQUIRE NOW
2021 Whites Beach Oil on Canvas Board (Framed) Size: 64.5cm x 54cm Price: $2850 ENQUIRE NOW		2020 Bethells Beach Oil on Board (Framed) Size: 60cm x 50.5cm Price: $2500 ENQUIRE NOW

Maori Bay 2016 Oil on Board (Framed thin white frame) Size: 56cm x 52cm $2500 ENQUIRE NOW		New 2020 Maori Bay 2020 Oil on Board (Framed thin white frame) Size: 56cm x 46cm $2500 ENQUIRE NOW
New 2020 Muriwai Beach Oil on Board (Framed thin white frame) Size: 48.5cm x 63.5cm $2500 ENQUIRE NOW		New 2020 Oneill's Beach Oil on Board (Framed thin white frame) Size: 62.5cm x 58cm $2800 ENQUIRE NOW
Oneills 1 Oil on Canvas (Framed) Sold 2020 Size: 51cm x 45cm ENQUIRE NOW		Oneills 2 Oil on Board (unframed) 2020 Size: 48cm x 38cm ENQUIRE NOW
Travellers 1 Oil on Board (Framed) Size: 90cm x 64cm ENQUIRE NOW		Travellers 2 Oil on Canvas (unframed) Size: 91cm x 61cm ENQUIRE NOW

Clockface Oil on Canvas Size: 76cm x 50.5cm ENQUIRE NOW Sold		Abstract Diptych Oil on Canvas Size: 76cm x 38cm x 2 ENQUIRE NOW Sold one side
Nightscape 1 Oil on Canvas (Unframed) 2018 Size: 121cm x 61cm ENQUIRE NOW		Nightscape 2 Oil on Canvas (Unframed) 2018 Size: 121cm x 61cm ENQUIRE NOW

Still life coffee pot Oil on Board (framed) Size: 44cm x 49.5cm ENQUIRE NOW		Still life with onion Oil on Board (framed) Size: 54cm x 63cm ENQUIRE NOW Sold
Nomadic Way Oil on Board (Framed) Size: 108cm x 68cm $3200 ENQUIRE NOW		Still Life Oil on Canvas (Framed) Size: 90cm x 61cm $2850 ENQUIRE NOW Sold
Guitar and Candle Holders Oil on Canvas (Unframed) Size: 51cm x 76cm $2500 ENQUIRE NOW Sold		Asteroids and Meteors Oil on Canvas Size: 118cm x 75cm $3800 ENQUIRE NOW