Charles munch artist ritual fire print

One of Wisconsin’s most recognizable painters, Charles Munch creates vivid work that explores the complex relationship between humans, animals, and the natural world.

By eliminating extraneous detail, he attempts to convey a distinct image by the simplest means possible. 

 “I depict my subject with just enough description for recognition and then try to bring it to pulsing life through vibrant color relationships and dynamic compositions.

My goal is to create images that are even truer to my vision of nature and my emotions than a realistic painting could be.”

Since Munch usually paints from his imagination or memory, he starts with a small ‘seed painting,’ often a watercolor in his sketchbook, and ‘grows’ it from small to large to even a l