Denham Clements has an unusual history for a photorealistic painter, and is enjoying and even more unusual success. His work has been included in exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, the Albuquerque Museum, US Ambassador's Residence, Lima, Peru, the Tucson Museum of Art, the National Museum of the Marine Corps, as well as collections throughout the US and abroad.
The Eagle That Calls the Night
“Eagle That Calls in the Night”
40”H x 60”W
Acrylic on Canvas
Only a few steps away from the comfort of painting faces, this was truly a leap of faith and a bit of balls to the wall. I stretched the canvas, prepared it, took it out to the back yard, sprayed it with a water hose, tried to “carefully” throw paint on the upper third area, sprayed it again and swung it around so the pigment would spread. When dried, painted the lower 2/3 black, then sketched and painted in the face, first in B&W, then added all the color war paint, random feathers, owl skull (no eagles available, but this roadkill was), beads, etc.
……sold opening night in Taos.
