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August Issue 2010
Society of Bluffton
Artists in Bluffton, SC, Features Works by Chris Clayton
The Society of Bluffton
Artists in Bluffton, SC, will present the exhibit, There He
Stands, a collection of pastel works by the recently elected
President of the Society, Chris Clayton, on view from Aug. 2 through
Sept. 12, 2010.
Clayton came to America from England in 1967 to work on the Lunar
Landing program and he continued in that field designing aircraft
engines. During his engineering career, his love of art compelled
him to attend the University of Cincinnati Fine Art and continue
fueling his love of fine art.
Clayton's introduction to fine art took place many years earlier
in England. When he was about thirteen, his art teacher took him
to an exhibition in Manchester England. He had never been to an
art gallery and on this occasion the paintings on display were
those of Vincent Van Gogh. That experience had a profound effect
on him. Even though he had a thirty year pause in his fine
art career, Clayton always knew he would find that focus again.
He worked for some time in oils, acrylics and pen and ink and
then discovered pastels. That medium supports his style of painting. His
art moves more to minimalism and has been described as "reductionism".
Clayton's passion for history and a particular interest in the
War Between the States lead him to create a series of new works
for his show in honor of Stonewall Jackson. In The Blue
and the Gray and The Peach Orchard at Gettysburg, his
imagery and minimal approach presents a unique vision of those
battlefields and their heroes.
For further info
check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the gallery
at 843/757-6586 or visit (www.sobagalleries.com).
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