Daily Painting, “Polka Dot Pears,” expressionistic painting of pears

© Carolee Clark, “Polka Dot Pears,” 10″ x 10″, acrylic

“Polka Dot Pears”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
Starting bid $69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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Bidding will end at 9:00 pm CT – Monday, June 4, 2012

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Okay, I do love polka dots, so I decided to participate in this weeks DPW challenge.   Thanks to Carol Marine for facilitating this weeks challenge.

Daily Painting, “Three’s Company,” contemporary figure painting

© Carolee Clark, “Three’s Company,” 10″ x 10″, acrylic

“Three’s Company”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
Starting bid $69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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Bidding will end at 9:00 pm CT – Saturday, June 2, 2012

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Daily Painting, “Eyes on the Road,” female cyclist with flowers

© Carolee Clark, “Eyes on the Road,” 10″ x 10″, acrylic

“Eyes on the Road”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
Starting bid $69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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Bidding will end at 9:00 pm CT – Thursday, May 31, 2012

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This painting is a submission for the Virtual Paint Out blog. Their area of concentration this month is Jerusalem.

© Carolee Clark, “The Secret Garden,” 10″ x 10″, acrylic

© Carolee Clark, “Staying Connected,” 10″ x 10″, acrylic

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Daily Painting, “Desert Moon,” moonlight adobe structure

© Carolee Clark, “Desert Moon,” 10″ x 10″, acrylic

“Desert Moon”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
Starting bid $69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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Bidding will end at 9:00 pm CT – Tuesday, May 29, 2012

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Many of you know that Katie Johnson has graciously given me permission to paint from her pet photographs.  However, she is skilled at a variety of subject matter, including the photo from which I drew inspiration for the painting above.  Click here to see more of Katie’s work.

Daily Painting, “It Wasn’t Me,” contemporary dog painting

© Carolee Clark, "It Wasn't Me," 10" x 10", acrylic

“It Wasn’t Me”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$75 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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Yesterday, there was an odd email in my box that said, paraphrasing, “seriously, expressionism, not abstract.”  It was only a few words and didn’t mention a particular painting.  I wasn’t sure what to make of it and I wish I could find it now because I know I didn’t delete it, but … it is one of those gems that make you think.  I know that my work is not abstract in the sense of non-objective abstract because there is a clear subject matter, but I have “expressed” it in a very personal way.  Pete @ whatever …… was right.  How does one pigeon hole their artistic expression?

Daily Painting, “Hello Little Guy,” painting of woman on a bicycle with a dog

© Carolee Clark, "Hello Little Guy," 10" x 10", acrylic

“Hello Little Guy”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$75 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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Daily Painting, “Standing Date with Jake,” contemporary figure painting of woman with a dog

© Carolee Clark, "Standing Date with Jake," 10" x 10", acrylic

“Standing Date with Jake”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$75 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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This painting is a submission for the Virtual Paint Out blog. Their area of concentration this month is Gdansk, Poland.

Daily Painting, “Begbie Street,” urban scene painting

© Carolee Clark, "Begbie Street," 10" x 10", acrylic

“Begbie Street”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$75 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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© Carolee Clark

Daily Painting, “Sentries,” tree painting

© Carolee Clark, "Sentries," 10" x 10", acrylic

“Sentries”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$75 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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© Carolee Clark, "Backyard Apple Tree," 20" x 20", acrylic

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Daily Painting, “The Floral Arrangement,” abstracted figure

© Carolee Clark, "The Floral Arrangement," 10" x 10", acrylic

“The Floral Arrangement”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$75 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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Daily Painting, “Cold Crisp Winter Day,” contemporary urban scene

© Carolee Clark, "Cold Crisp Winter Day," 10" x 10", acrylic

“Cold Crisp Winter Day”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$75 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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We are having a few rare snow days in the Willamette Valley and it is beautiful!

view from Carolee Clark studio

I took these photos from my studio window a few minutes ago.

view from Carolee Clark studio

“Mountain Lake,” contemporary landscape painting

© Carolee Clark, "Mountain Lake," 30" x 30", acrylic

“Mountain Lake”
by Carolee Clark
30″ x 30″ x 1.5″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$895 with free shipping and handling within US

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Daily Painting, “I’d Rather Be Skiing,” contemporary landscape painting

© Carolee Clark, "I'd Rather Be Skiing," 10" x 10", acrylic

“I’d Rather Be Skiing”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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This is a submission for the Virtual Paint Out blog. Their area of concentration this month is Summit County, Colorado.

Daily Painting, “Berry Nice,” contemporary still life painting

© Carolee Clark, "Berry Nice," 10" x 10", acrylic

“Berry Nice”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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This was done for a challenge on RookiePainter.

© Carolee Clark

Daily Painting, “Entrepreneurial Spirit,” contemporary urban scene

© Carolee Clark, "Entrepreneurial Spirit," 10" x 10", acrylic

“Entrepreneurial Spirit”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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Daily Painting, “South Bay,” contemporary landscape painting

© Carolee Clark, "South Bay," 10" x 10", acrylic

“South Bay”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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After painting some very complicated paintings, I needed a change of pace (with this painting and the last one).  Some would say I’m changing my style.  This is something I am thinking of writing about in my January newsletter so I would love to hear if you agree.  What are your thoughts on an artist’s style?  What about your own style?  Do you think this is just a bit of an experimentation ….

This is a submission for the Virtual Paint Out blog. Their area of concentration this month is Eureka, California.

Daily Painting, “Coastal Headland,” contemporary landscape painting in the style of Lawren Harris

© Carolee Clark, "Coastal Headland," 10" x 10", acrylic

“Coastal Headland”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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I admire the work of Canadian artist Lawren Harris (1885-1970) and have occasionally tried to incorporate some of his style into my work.  This painting was done in response to a challenge by Gloria Zucaro to paint something in the style of an artist we admire.  See the DPW challenge by clicking here.

Below are a couple of examples of Lawren Harris’ work.  There is a very good book called “The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson” by David P. Silcox, published by Firefly Books Ltd. (2003) if you want to see more.

Daily Painting, “The Farmhouse,” contemporary landscape painting

© Carolee Clark, "The Farmhouse," 10" x 10", acrylic

“The Farmhouse”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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© Carolee Clark

This is a submission for the Virtual Paint Out blog. Their area of concentration this month is Arles, France.

Daily Painting, “The Way I See It,” contemporary urban scene with figures

© Carolee Clark, "The Way I See It," 10" x 10", acrylic

“The Way I See It”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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I sketched this one four times before I got this composition to go on.  As you can see from the final painting, I made a lot of modifications during the creation of the work.  I took out the woman bending over (for being too distracting) and moved over to the right, the woman holding her hand to her hair.  I also moved the entire image over a bit to the left and changed the background as being too busy.  It worked as a drawing, but not in the painting.  It was a complicated subject.

This was done as a challenge for Daily Paintworks with a photograph supplied by Carol Marine.  You can check out the photograph that I worked from if you like.

© Carolee Clark

Daily Painting, “Concrete Relief,” contemporary tree painting

© Carolee Clark, "Concrete Relief," 10" x 10", acrylic

“Concrete Relief”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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This tree was actually in the Safeway parking lot.  I happen to love when the cities require a certain amount of vegetation in and around the buildings, parking lots and roadways as it totally changes the feeling of the place and allows some of the city rain runoff to do some good.  Plus, when I am waiting in the car in a parking lot, I get to draw something other than cars!

Caradon Painting, “Twigged Out,” abstracted still life

© Caradon, "Twigged Out," 36" x 24" x 1.5", acrylic

“Twigged Out”
by Caradon
(Carolee Clark and Donna Beverly)
36″ x 24″ x 1.5″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$1,400 (free shipping and handling within US)

Here is another Caradon painting that we have just finished for the upcoming show.

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Painting, “Harbor’s Edge,” a contemporary landscape with water by Caradon

© Caradon, "Harbor's Edge," 10" x 10", acrylic

“Harbor’s Edge”
by Caradon
(Carolee Clark and Donna Beverly)
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$195 (free shipping and handling within US)

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This is a Caradon painting (which is a collaboration between myself and a good friend, Donna Beverly).  We each take turns working on the canvas, until we both decide it is finished.  We sign them “Caradon.”  This name is a combination of the first part of each our names.  Although we haven’t been doing a lot of these collaborative works lately we just finished this one.

Donna and some of her students are  having a show called “Dancing Paintbrushes” at the Benton County Museum in Philomath, Oregon from October 7 to November 26, 2011.   She wanted to include some of the Caradon pieces in the show.

© Caradon, "Condensed," 10" x 10", acrylic

© Caradon, "Precarious Confidence," 10" x 10", acrylic

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Daily Painting, “Cabin in the Wilderness,” contemporary landscape

© Carolee Clark, "Cabin in the Wilderness," 10" x 10", acrylic

“Cabin in the Wilderness”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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This is a submission for the Virtual Paint Out blog. Their area of concentration this month is Alaska.

My initial sketch is below, just for kicks!

© Carolee Clark, "Cabin in the Wilderness Sketch"

Daily Painting, “Noon Hour Options,” contemporary figures with bicycles

© Carolee Clark, "Noon Hour Options," 10" x 10", acrylic

“Noon Hour Options”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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© Carolee Clark, "Alley Parking," 10" x 10", acrylic

© Carolee Clark, "Staying Connected," 10" x 10", acrylic

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Daily Painting, “The Old Mill,” contemporary landscape painting

© Carolee Clark, "The Old Mill," 10" x 10", acrylic

“The Old Mill”
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
$69 + $10 shipping and handling within US

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© Carolee Clark, "Sketch for The Old Mill"

This painting was done for a DPW Challenge .