COASTE Winter 2017-2018

artist in residence

WHILE DAVID CARTER HAS CLEARLY ENJOYED THE LIFE OF A CREATIVE FOR 60 YEARS NOW, HIS PATH HAS TAKEN MANY INTERESTING TWISTS AND TURNS — AND TELLING HIS STORY IS MORE LIKE TELLING FIVE OR SIX FASCINATING STORIES.

t all began with a typewriter, a gift from his mother whenhewas all of 15 years old.With that type writer, and the story he produced that was honored in a national competition sponsored by Boys’ Life magazine, the path that young David Carter’s life would take was suddenly very clear to him. “My fate was cast,” he says. “There was no doubt I was going to be a writer.” I

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