This auction item is an original oil painting of one of Rockport's most beautiful beaches, Front Beach, painted en plein air by Sven Ohruel Carlson. "Front Beach, Rockport" measures 18x24 and comes ready to hang in your home or office.

S. Ohrvel Carlson has pursued a life long dedication to fine art that has won him national acclaim. Inspired by such diverse phenomena as a haunting music theme, a stately Gothic Cathedral or a stormy day on the New England coast, Carlson's matchless technique serves his emotional power whether in location sketches, figure painting, land and seascape painting - all of which attest to his 135 fine art awards.

Carlson's work is in collections throughout the world including the Vatican Contemporary Art Collection, Rutgers University and H.R. Macy. He has had one man shows at the Fitchburg Art Museum, the Rockport Art Association, the Old Mill Art School in New York, the Marblehead Historical Association, and the Swedish-American Museum in Philadelphia where he showed with his wife Carol, a distinguished photographer.

American Artist Magazine featured his article on watercolor. His paintings have appeared on covers of Magazine of American Financial History, American Legion Magazine (twice), Yankee Magazine and Pennsylvania Magazine and on centerfolds in both magazines. He has demonstrated throughout the east coast including a demonstration for the American Watercolor Society at the National Academy in New York.