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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 paintings. The paintings below are a selection of the … [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 of abstract expressionism with patterning, and with an … [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 the old coveralls he wears when painting, takes off his … [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 you've done it right, and you step back to look at what … [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 of abstract expressionism with patterning, and with an … [Read more...]

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