Curt Hanson Bio

With the canvas as his loom, Curt Hanson weaves the strands of his experience into vibrant harmony. The pure vision of childhood, the traditional training of his early adulthood, and his deep reverence for the present moment, all of these enliven the fabric of his painting. Above all, Hanson’s work overflows with the artist’s sense of connection, not just to the landscape in focus, but to the entire natural world. It is as if he has inspired each brushstroke with his own breath. The work whispers an invitation. Step inside and find your place in the circle, father and son, teacher and student, water and stone,sun and moon, painter and painted. There is no separation.

Hanson began his education at Fort Wright College in Washington State. There he studied with Charles Palmer and Stan Taft, laying a foundation for his life’s work inside the classroom and outdoors on the many fishing expeditions the three would take. His path would then take him to New York City where he would inhale the essences of the Barbizon School paintings and find shelter in the work of George Inness. From New York, he would move to Boston, studying for three years in the atelier of Ives Gammell, the Boston School painter who had trained with William Paxton. In 1979, Curt Hanson followed his destiny to Northwestern Connecticut, where he continues to pursue an ever-deepening relationship with art and nature.