Albert Kauslick is an artist who resides in North Carolina but whose work is displayed in every country of the world except Antarctica. He works in classical materials but his subject matter ranges from ancient to contemporary and representational to abstract. He makes many of his own art supplies including egg tempera, oil pigments, and paper. His work is informed by his international travels and the study of ancient cultures.
Before entering the Cleveland Institute of Art, Albert traveled to Papua, New Guinea where he lived and worked on a construction crew. He came to understand the delicate but incredibly strong belief system of the local population. He learned some of their stories and of the alternative life spent in the dreamtime. As his world travels continued, he began to notice patterns in the personalities of the artists across the centuries, their respective cultures and the art they created. This would inform his entire career.
Albert opened Ursus Studio in 1988 in Burlington, North Carolina. His work while gorgeous can sometimes also be ingenious, hilarious, arousing or scary but you will definitely feel something. The meaning in Albert’s imagery is deeply layered but always grounded in compassion for not just the human condition but the world’s condition.