Curtis Ingvoldstad is an artist with a chainsaw. He has a BA in Studio Arts from the University of MN. He picked up the chainsaw 13 years ago after many years of oil painting and hand carving. He’s a natural talent for sculpting and a rich ancestry of woodworking. He has competed with the best of the best internationally and gained great respect for his realism, attention to detail and a very complex painting style.

He likes to travel with his carving abilities which has brought him all the way around the world to Japan’s biggest competition in the small mountain town of Toei.  Aside from carving he likes to go camping, hiking and fishing with his wife and three-year-old son.