Carroll Danbom

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Carroll has roots at Wales-Lincoln... his mother was Mildred Spangenberg, class of 1931.

Carroll has had a lifelong interest in the arts. He received much of his formal training at the Omaha Art School. But for the most part his style is self-taught. He has attended many of the major fine art and wildlife shows throughout the midwest and continues to display and participate at several shows throughout the year. Carroll works in both pastels and acrylics. He is represented in several galleries and his paintings are in both private and corporate collections.

“The softness of a feather, the strength of an eagle’s claw, the aggressiveness of an animal protecting its territory, or the passiveness of a songbird as it pauses to rest upon a branch. This is what I try to convey in my works. Color, fur or feather patterns and habitat should be accurate abut a successful painting needs depth, a sense of mystery, space which is proper positioning of the bird or animal, and the flow of the background. A painting is not only a moment frozen in time but an anticipation of what is going to happen. The artist creates according to their own interpretation.”

Carroll was born and educated in Red Oak IA. Red Oak is a pretty town of 6,000 m/l in Southwest Iowa that is noted as the "Home of Thomas D Murphy Calendar Company". The calendar company was started by a couple of friends in 1889 when they sold advertising around the picture of the courthouse and then added a calendar to the art work. For the next 100-years, calendar art and The Thos. D. Murphy Co. would become a permanent part of the American scene.

Some of the most celebrated artists in America started out as calendar artists. Landscape painter Thomas Moran and Frederic Remington as well as Charles M. Russell were among Murphy’s artists in their early careers. Later generations of calendar artists included Maxfield Parrish, Hy Hintermeister and Rolf Armstrong. And while Carroll makes no claim to having had any association with this grand old company, it had to have been an inspiration. Some of Carroll's original art work is available at Pudgy Pumpkin Gift Shop, Red Oak,
and at Montgomery County History Center, Red Oak

To view other works by Carroll, visit his gallery at Carroll Danbom website

Here are some of Carroll's works that relate to Wales-Lincoln

"Wales, Iowa Church...Early Architecture".
Acrylic 11" by 14" @ $35.00 and 16" x 20" @ $50.00 - Two sizes of prints, double matted and ready to frame.
Prints will soon be available at:
Pudgy Pumpkin Patch Gift Shop, 512 N 4th, Red Oak
Mont. Co. History Center, 2700 N 4th St, Red Oak
Also here at my Studio & Gallery,

"Wales-Lincoln School"
Acrylic 12" x 20" @ $50.00 - double matted and ready to frame.
Prints will soon be available at:
Pudgy Pumpkin Patch Gift Shop, 512 N 4th, Red Oak
Mont. Co, History Center, 2700 N 4th St, Red Oak
Also here at my Studio & Gallery,
NOTE: This image is also available in 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
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