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Dudley Carter

Tales of the Legendary Wood Sculptor

By: 'Lyn Fleury Lambert, Mary Sikkema

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Paperback | 16 September 2020

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Dudley Carter-possibly the most famous artist you've never heard of...

". . . a lively and loving portrait of the great Northwest master, capturing the life and work of an artist as powerful as the ancient forests from which he drew his strength and inspiration." (Leonard Garfield, Executive Director, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle)

Dudley Carter: Tales of the Legendary Wood Sculptor combines hundreds of photographs of Carter's works with over fifty fascinating stories about him. Dudley's family, friends, notable fellow artists, architects, journalists, historians, patrons, business magnates, educators-people whose lives were impacted by their personal association with Dudley or by their connection to some of his works-recount his illustrious century-long life, a life that was undoubtedly his finest masterpiece.

In 1932 Dudley Christopher Carter, a forty-year-old mini Paul Bunyan, literally hewed his way out of the forest primeval and into the sophisticated world of art. Carter's first experiment in monumental wood sculpture, Rivalry of the Winds, inspired by a legend important to the Northwest Coast Duwamish people, was purchased by the Seattle Art Museum.

Born into a pioneering logging family in 1891, as a teen Dudley lived with his family among the Kwakiutl people at Alert Bay in British Columbia. There he acquired a deep appreciation for Native art and culture. That appreciation is readily apparent in many of the fine works Dudley created over his lifetime.

In 1947 Carter was the subject of a Life magazine article and a Paramount Pictures film. Reams of newspaper articles about the artist appeared over the years. His fame and reputation continued to grow, and by the 1970s he had amassed a reputation as a fine artist who commanded lucrative commissions for dozens of public art projects and private collections throughout western North America. At the age of 96, Dudley Carter was named the first ever artist in residence for Washington State's King County Parks. Carter's prolific career spanned six enthralling decades, ending in 1992 when he died at the age of 100 with dozens of works still in progress.

Industry Reviews

"Lambert and Sikkema's tribute to Dudley Carter is a lively and loving portrait of the great Northwest master, capturing the life and work of an artist as powerful as the ancient forests from which he drew his strength and inspiration. More than biography, more than anthology, Dudley Carter is a tapestry woven of many voices and stories, richly illustrated with the works of Carter and brought vividly to life through the memories of family, friends and fellow artists, many themselves Northwest legends.

Dudley Carter reminds us that Carter's gift lies not just in his monumental sculpture or graceful carvings, but also in his singular ability to capture in physical form the enduring and ethereal spirit of the Northwest itself. Dudley Carter: Tales of the Legendary Wood Sculptor is the perfect coda to a revered Northwest original, whose workuniquely connected ancient traditions, modern cultures, and personal visions in a legacy that has no equal."

Leonard Garfield, Executive Director, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle

"With this deep and broad depiction of the life, works, and working milieu of sculptor Dudley Carter, the authors open up that world to a new generation of readers of art history and Pacific Northwest history. Lambert and Sikkema combine photographs, family reminiscences and letters, and the memories of Carter's large coterie of apprentices and others to build an extraordinarily fascinating study of a man whose life spanned most of the twentieth century."

Margaret Rockenbeck, Redmond Historical Society Programs Chair

Foreword, Daphne K. Morris
Preface,'Lyn Lambert
Introduction: "Once upon a time..." 'Lyn Lambert
"In the Beginning..." Dudley Carter, his brothers Stanley and Darwin, and their father, Foster
"Pioneers of the Lumber Industry," Ted Nelson
"Futures Found in Bars of Soap," George Tsutakawa
"Legacies and Liberties," Bill Holm
"Carving Out an Art Career," Jane Oestreich
"Working through the Depression," Evelyn Balko
"Legend of North Wind and Storm Wind," David M. Buerge
"Zen of the Axe," Geordie Tocher
"Illusions and Reality," Philip R. Wood
"No Bad Bear Days," Lex Hanson
"Condor," 'Lyn Lambert and Mary Sikkema
"Legend of Wek Wek and the Holukmeyumko," 'Lyn Lambert and Mary Sikkema
"An Infusion of Geniuses," 'Lyn Lambert
"Craftsman or Artist?" Everett DuPen
"A Lumberjack in the Halls of Ivy," Duane Hanson
"An Original," Thomas Dunstan
"Reviving History," Albert H. Culverwell
"A Masterpiece," Kemper Freeman, Jr.
"Totem of Lake Wilderness," 'Lyn Lambert
"The Northgate Connection," Marvin Boys
"Mink and Wolf Totem," 'Lyn Lambert
"Spiritual Perceptions," James Washington, Jr.
"Transitions and Transformations," Geordie Tocher
"Legend of Moon the Transformer," David M. Buerge
"A Tribute for Two," 'Lyn Lambert
"Little Orphan Alder," Don Clark
"A Grand Totem for a Prairie School," Ann McLeod
"At Home in the House of the Master," Bill McNae
"At Play in the House of the Master," Anna Vaughan Hanson
"Secrets Revealed," Donald McAusland
"Forest Reflections," Robert Chervenak
"Desert Studio," Earl J. Neel
"Great Expectations, Diminished Actualities-Fine Art Forthcoming Nonetheless," Dudley Carter
"Beyond Expectations," Abby Sher
"Attitude is Everything," Ron Sher
"A Timely Request," Ted Nelson
"Delivering Three Big Cedars," Jesse Wilt
"Spirit of the Northwest," James C. Michaelsen
"A Most Decent Proposal," Nancy Crozier
"Garland of Earthly Delights," Jon Kraft
"Meeting the Man in the Mural," Masha Zakheim
"Restoration and Reward," Roger Baird
"A Sanctuary for Sanctuary," Dick Cooley
"Yes, Dudley, there is a Santa Claus," Bertil Valley
"The Washington Centennial Hall of Honor," 'Lyn Lambert
"Transcending the Wave," Geordie Tocher
"An Emerging Vision," David L. Vaughan
"The Maid of the Woods Tree," Dudley Carter
"Art and Moralizing," Richard S. Beyer
"Life in the Fasting Lane," Steve Johnston
"Healing Art," Kathy Conner
"Catch the Wind," Kathy Conner
"Legend of the Sea," 'Lyn Lambert
"As Light Illuminates the Darkness," Dean Fredrickson
"Windsong," Ronald Holden
"Ingrained Difference," David Marshall
"It would be better if..." Michael Vaughan
"A Sister Remembers," Aene Carter Ferguson
"Voices of the Spirit," Ralph Bennett
"Legend of How Raven Put the Light in its Right Place," Ralph Bennett
"And the Story of Memaloosa Sam," Dudley C. Carter
"River of Life," Anna Vaughan Hanson
Epilogue: "Never Say Never," 'Lyn Lambert
Afterword: "To Preserve and Protect," Mayumi Tsutakawa
After Photographs
Acknowledgements
Chronology of Dudley C. Carter Sculptures
About the Authors

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