Press & Media
Carl Ortman
in the world
Two decades of painting in public — on mountainsides, in piazzas, at festivals across the American West and beyond — has a way of attracting attention. A selection of coverage, conversations, and features.
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Award
People's Choice Award — Sedona Plein Air Festival
Plein Air Painter Magazine & Outdoor Painter · outdoorpainter.com →
Broadcast & Video
4 features
TV — Fox 10 News Scottsdale
Live at the Kierland Art & Wine Festival
Aired February 1st · Scottsdale, Arizona
Video Profile
Meet the Artist
Now This Is Colorado
Video Profile
Painting Live at Washington Square Park
New York City
Timelapse
Painting Live on the Mountain
On location at the ski resort — frozen paints and all
Conversations
2 podcast episodes
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Podcast
Art Bound — The Hustler Artist
Artists Network & K Contemporary · Doug Kacena
Carl on becoming a full-time artist, dismantling the myth of the starving artist, and what it takes to make a life in painting.
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Podcast
Art Matters
Dustin Tidwell
An in-depth conversation about Carl's process, his approach to Impressionism, and what keeps him painting after two decades on the road.
Features & Profiles
Selected print & online coverage
Feature
Plein Air Painting in Salida, CO
Dan Schultz Fine Art · with Josh Been
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Profile
Artist Biography
Vail Fine Art Gallery
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Feature
Grand Canyon Celebration of Art
MC Hesley Johnson · 2014
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Interview
Fountain Hills Art Festival — Live Interview & Portrait
Fountain Hills Times
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Feature
"A new and exciting artist known for his unique impressionistic style"
Jackson Hole News & Guide
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Feature
Art in the Park — 52nd Annual — Featured Artist
Steamboat Pilot & Today
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Feature
Salida ArtWalk Celebrates 30th Year
The Mountain Mail
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Community
Chaffee People's Clinic Art Auction
The Mountain Mail · Salida, CO
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Festival
Notable Artist — Sedona Plein Air Festival
Safari Jeep Tours · Sedona, Arizona
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Archive
Reserve Alumni Record · Fall 2006
Print — Fall 2006
Western Reserve Academy Alumni Feature
Reserve Alumni Record · Fall 2006, p. 27
One of the earliest published profiles of Carl — written when he had been painting full time for less than a year. The subjects, the scale, the restlessness, the instinct to pull over and paint whatever stops him: it's all already there. Twenty years later, nothing fundamental has changed.
"You just never know when the perfect scene will lay itself in front of you for creative exploitation."
Carl Ortman, 2006
Scroll to read the full article · Reserve Alumni Record, Fall 2006
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