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About Alec Clayton

Alec Clayton grew up in the Deep South, earned his graduate degree in drawing and painting from East Tennessee State University in 1970. He now lives in Olympia, WA. His works have been shown in galleries throughout the country. He works as an art and theater critic for newspapers in Tacoma and Olympia.

He's also the author of eight novels and a book of art criticism. HIs latest novel is TUPELO, a story of coming of age in Mississippi in the 1960s.

Alec Clayton: Abstract Paintings from the Retrospective

Alec Clayton

Blood Twister by Alec Clayton

Alec Clayton will have a retrospective exhibition at the gallery at Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA, from June 28-August 10, 2017, representing 44 years of painting both abstract and figurative … [Read more...]

In the Jungle: Abstract Paintings of Life in the Wild

Alec Clayton

Aesop (detail) - Alec Clayton

Artist's Statement: These are abstract paintings through which I have attempted to capture the feel, but not necessarily the look, of movement of animals and people in nature, combining the gestures … [Read more...]

Red Warner’s Last Painting

Alec Clayton

Red Warner's Last Painting

Excerpted from the forthcoming novel, Visual Liberties He's now had his morning coffee and finished off a bowl of oatmeal with raisins and slices of banana. From the back of his closet he digs out … [Read more...]

I’m For an Art

Alec Clayton

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1982 SoHo Painting can be an evil mistress. She can love you tender and she can love you raunchy, and she can rip your guts apart. When you put that last stroke on your canvas and you know … [Read more...]

7 Abstract Paintings by Alec Clayton

Alec Clayton

Dervish (detail) by Alec Clayton

Artist's Statement: These are abstract paintings through which I have attempted to capture the feel, but not necessarily the look, of movement of animals and people in nature, combining the gestures … [Read more...]

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Empty Mirror

Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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