Homestead 1979

Clarence Holbrook Carter made this print, Homestead, using a flat picture plane and a smooth colour palette. The building is seen head-on, as though observed from a road. Look at those small panes of glass, that one broken window! I wonder what it was like to work on this, what Carter was thinking. When an artist is making work like this, they are involved in the process, getting somewhere only by going, by exploring, by doing. Think of the physicality of the medium, the texture of the paper, and the smooth colour, creating an emotional resonance, an ongoing conversation across time, inspiring creativity. Carter's style embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations. What do you see?