W. ROYDEN CARD

Card, William Royden (1952-), of Provo, is a native of Cardston, Alberta, Canada. He is also a powerful and talented printmaker (woodcuts) and oil painter who specializes in stylized landscape subjects and religious themes. Card and Jenni Christenson [q.v.]) had a 1997-98 show at the Salt Lake City Arts Council's Art Barn. Then, according to the summer 1997 issue of "City Arts," the newsletter of the Council: "[We are] pleased to announce the selection of 14 proposals for artists' exhibitions. ...Artists chosen to exhibit in the Finch Lane and Park Galleries are as follows:... Royden Card, "acrylic paintings and woodcuts:" a series of landscapes and southwest church paintings and woodcuts inspired by red rock deserts of the southwest and using the paint to craft poetry for the eyes." (b. August 2)

Olpin, Robert S., William C. Seifrit, and Vern G. Swanson. ARTISTS OF UTAH. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith Publisher, 1999: 50.