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.
Old Crow
Like all the faces from the Native Americana series, the image “Old Crow” began on a solid black canvas, the eyes, nose, mouth, and the subject’s expression gradually taking shape as a result of dry-brushing gradations of white onto the black. Skin tones were laid in bit by bit with thin layers of watered-down acrylic pigment until the desired hue became apparent. Hair, feathers and beadwork we carefully painted in to complete the composition as it took shape on the neutral, air-brushed background.
