Carroll Thayer Berry is one of the
most important wood engravers from the United States. A native
Mainer who created a body of work that is distinctively regional,
Berry also worked in woodcut, linoleum block, oil paint and illustration.
His work can be divided into 3 periods: Early linocuts and oils
are experimental , reflecting the changing artistic trends of
the new century. The Depression led to the creation of the more
affordable medium of the woodblock, which developed into the realistic
style of his wood engravings. In 1973 Berry returned to the precepts
of Dynamic Symmetry, a theory of composition that involved the
relationship of squares and rectangles within the composition.
