Through the use of jewel-like color, light and composition, digital artist Carl Gethmann paints the earth as he would like it to be. Enjoy more of his work by visiting his website.
!["An Icy Stream" Digital Painting, 30" x 22.5" by artist Carl Gethmann. See his portfolio by visiting www.ArtsyShark.com](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/An-Icy-Stream-Digital-Painting-30x22.5.jpg)
“An Icy Stream” Digital Painting, 30″ x 22.5″
I’m a self-taught artist specializing in landscape art created as contemporary realism. The principle elements in my paintings are trees, water and snow. I either feature one of these elements as the main theme, or I combine two or more of them.
!["A Sunny Summers Day on the River" Digital Painting, 30" x 20" by artist Carl Gethmann. See his portfolio by visiting www.ArtsyShark.com](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/A-Sunny-Summers-Day-on-the-River-Digital-Painting-30x20.jpg)
“A Sunny Summers Day on the River” Digital Painting, 30″ x 20″
I make extensive use of trees in my images. I am fascinated with how versatile trees can be in art. For example, you can use them as a background, a frame or a screen. They are also useful for creating impressionistic coloring effects, geometric elements and invoking a sense of place.
!["Early Morning Frost" Digital Painting, 12" x 18"by artist Carl Gethmann. See his portfolio by visiting www.ArtsyShark.com](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Early-Morning-Frost-Digital-Painting-12x18.jpg)
“Early Morning Frost” Digital Painting, 12″ x 18″
I use three graphic paint programs (Corel Painter, ArtRage and Rebelle),an electronic drawing tablet, and a personal computer to create my art.
!["Frosty Morning" Digital Painting, 21" x 14"by artist Carl Gethmann. See his portfolio by visiting www.ArtsyShark.com](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Frosty-Morning-Digital-Painting-21x14.jpg)
“Frosty Morning” Digital Painting, 21″ x 14″
Many of my paintings feature leafless trees. I fill the intersections formed by the bare branches with various colors to create a semi-stained glass appearance.
!["Evening" Digital Painting, 24" x 16" by artist Carl Gethmann. See his portfolio by visiting www.ArtsyShark.com](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Evening-Digital-Painting-24x16.jpg)
“Evening” Digital Painting, 24″ x 16″
My main objective as a painter is to create a beautiful piece of art and invoke a mood or sense of place. I am most happy when I hear a person say, upon first seeing one of my pieces, “That’s beautiful!”
!["Winter Afternoon" Digital Painting, 24" x 16"by artist Carl Gethmann. See his portfolio by visiting www.ArtsyShark.com](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Winter-Afternoon-Digital-Painting-24x16.jpg)
“Winter Afternoon” Digital Painting, 24″ x 16″
I would say that my approach to art is mostly pragmatic rather than philosophical or sociological. It is probably an outgrowth of my vocation as a software technical writer and how I studied art.
!["One Beautiful Tree" Digital Painting, 30" x 21" by artist Carl Gethmann. See his portfolio by visiting www.ArtsyShark.com](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/One-Beautiful-Tree-Digital-Painting-30x21.jpg)
“One Beautiful Tree” Digital Painting, 30″ x 21″
I devoted over thirty years studying art, but I was more interested in studying paintings, drawings, sculptures and architecture visually rather than reading about the reasons why it was created or about art theory.
!["Winter" Digital Painting, 30" x 20"by artist Carl Gethmann. See his portfolio by visiting www.ArtsyShark.com](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Winter-Digital-Painting-30x20.jpg)
“Winter” Digital Painting, 30″ x 20″
My art has won numerous awards and appears in local, national and international private collections as well as a corporate art collection.
!["Dreaming of Winter" Digital Painting, 14" x 21" by artist Carl Gethmann. See his portfolio by visiting www.ArtsyShark.com](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Dreaming-of-Winter-Digital-painting-14x21.jpg)
“Dreaming of Winter” Digital Painting, 14″ x 21″
In addition, I also provide designs for women’s accessories sold by ShopVida.com. These accessories include scarves, tops, and bags.
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I particularly enjoy your use of color…transparent, glowing and vital. Thank you
Hi Marianne:
Thank you for your comment – color is my overriding passion when creating a work of art.
The digital tools provide an easy means of precisely controlling the color of the complete painting but also any element in the painting. Consequently, once a painting is ‘complete’ using one of the graphics programs I employ, I can easily experiment with different ‘looks’ until I get one I really like. I learned with natural media, but once I began painting with graphics programs, I will never go back to natural media because of the graphics programs unlimited manipulation capabilities.
OMG great job.