Reed Clarke
(Portland, Oregon USA)
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Reclining Nude, Oil on board, 42" x 34"
I like the idea of having a human subject and the discipline it imposes. In all the people I attempt to capture in paint, whether actual or conjured, I can't seem to escape constantly running into some part of myself. And even though a painting may start with a face or a figure, I'm soon lost in the actual process of painting: the interplay of color, line, volume, tone, value. Always, I'm trying to have the courage to paint over the early pleasing parts of a painting and arrive at something beyond what I thought was going to be the destination when I began - to let the process of painting have a say in the resolution that's right for the specific painting I'm working on.