THE WINTER CAROUSEL PARTY  by Karl Doerflinger

A warm and nostalgic depiction of the joys of being a kid in the wintertime at ROGER WILLIAMS PARK in Providence Rhode Island. Skating by the light of the moon and the colorful reflecting light of the magnificent Philadelphia Toboggan Co. carousel as the band organ played a favorite waltz, circa 1920's. It is from an original painting created by Rhode Island FOLK artist, KARL DOERFLINGER.  Karl is a popular folk artist and is well known for his whimsical paintings of carousels, amusement parks and happy seashore recreation from days gone by in his state of Rhode Island. He rose to national recognition for his Yankee Magazine cover, and illustrations. Most memorable may well be his "Winter Carousel Party" showing a glowing, moon lit carousel reflecting on a frozen skating pond at Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island.

Measures 16" X 18 3/8" paper size   Signed Open Third Edition Lithograph

  Karl Doerflinger, who resides in East Providence, Rhode Island was born in Ohio and raised in Ohio and Tennessee in the 1950’s. He is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute Of Art, taught painting for over ten years and has had several showings in the mid west, south and east coast.  Karl is one of six kids and doing things as a family, such as going to a parade, a circus or the seashore, or just playing together in the snow, has greatly influenced his choice of subject matter in his polished, folk art style paintings. Karl was a member of the Providence Art Club and shared a close association with renowned New England artist, Maxwell Mays.