Ted Clemens Fine Art
Sachse, TX
ph: 972-414-0497
studio
Oils, Pencil, Pen & Ink, Pastels
Sunlight - (Studio) 8" x 10" Oil on panel. Cactus bloom. My wife and I took a day trip to Glen Rose, TX. A climb up a hill above the Paluxy at Dinosaur valley SP, brought a change of scenery from deciduous forest to mostly juniper, and at the top, open fields, rocks and prickly pear in abundance. Available at Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX
Kite Weather - (Plein Air) 9" x 12" Oil on panel. An afternoon at Spring Creek Preserve in Garland, TX. Weather was warm. Wind gusty.
Regalia - (Studio) 16" x 12" Oil on canvas. A "Fancy Dancer" at a local pow wow a while back. Personal touches are incorporated into tribal traditions - in this case the dancer's proud Marine service.
Oak Color - (Plein Air) 9" x 12" Oil on panel. Fall red oak and yucca at Breckenridge Park. Available at Plein Air Southwest, Southwest Gallery, Dallas Texas
Fall Sycamores - (Plein Air) 9" x 12" Oil on panel. These ghostly natives stand in a natural area along Rowlett Creek at Breckenridge Park in Richardson. Available at Plein Air Southwest, Southwest Gallery, Dallas Texas
Barnyard Parking - (Studio) 9" x 12" Oil on canvas. Available at Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX
Weathered - (Studio) 11" x 14" Oil on canvas. SOLD at Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX.
Blue Ribbon- (Studio) 7" x 5" Oil on panel. (SOLD) Shown at the December 2011 Miniature Show in Mt Vernon, TX at Frame Up Gallery.
Not Yet Spring - (Studio) 12" x 16" Oil on canvas. SOLD at Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX
Spring Peach - (Studio) 9" x 12" Oil on canvas. (SOLD) Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX
Small Talk & Tall Tales - (Studio) 16" x 20" Oil on canvas. (SOLD) Every spring Beaumont Ranch in Grandview, TX is the scene of a Civil War reenactment hosted by the CWCT. It is a living history weekend with everyone keeping in character as if it was the 1860's. Between the staged battles and street fights, the reenactors would fix their meals, play card games or pass the time visiting with their neighbors - the same as people have always done - but in this case, 19th century style. Exhibited at the Bosque 26th Annual Art Classic, Clifton, TX. Sept. 10-25, 2011
Waiting- (Studio) 10" x 8" Oil on panel. At a living history event not long ago, my wife and I, along with other members of the CWCT, took up residence in an historic village in Round Top, TX. Because of fire danger, in earlier days cooking was done either in separate buildings or outside. We set up kitchen on the large porch of our house and built a cooking fire in the yard. It became an inviting situation for friendly visits from the public and our living history neighbors like this young lady. (Available at Frame Up Gallery)
Quarter After Six- (Plein Air) 8"x10", Oil on panel. (SOLD) This is the Franklin County courthouse in Mt Vernon, TX. Like many small town centers, it was bypassed years ago by the interstate. Too quiet now for some, but not this Dallas Metroplex refugee. My wife toured the Don Merideth Museum (it's his home town!) and the few open shops on this Saturday afternoon, while I worked at my easel. Afterwards we had an excellent dinner at Mickey's Cafe just behind me on the square.
T Truck- (Studio) 6"x8", Oil on panel. (Available at Frame Up Gallery) My wife tells stories of her family being part of an antique car club when she was a child. We saw this Model T truck recently at a car show in Big Bay while visiting family in Michigan. "As it chugs along the road, the radiator springs a leak. It doesn't mind how big the load, even though the tires do squeak." - E. B. Clemens
With interests ranging from landscape to figurative to still life; I work mostly in oils both indoors and "en plein air" - or outdoors. Appealing to the wanderer in me, plein air combines a love of the outdoors and the challenge of capturing what I see with pen, pencil and brush.
Outdoor Painters Society - Signature Member
American Plains Artists - Associate Member
"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities ... have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made..." Romans 1:20
Catching Rays. (studio) 8"x10" oil on panel. Available at Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX
Tree Fall. (plein air) 5"x7" oil on panel.
Changing Colors. (plein air) 5"x7" oil on panel. Slipped my little Pocket Box™ into a daypack and took a hike at a local natural area for this and the one above.
Behind Ballard. (plein air) 9"x12" oil on panel. These buildings date from when Wylie, TX was a farming community. Ballard, the main street in town, was the place to visit. Still is. Available at Plein Air Southwest, Southwest Gallery, Dallas Texas
Among the Rocks. (studio) 8"x10" oil on panel. (SOLD) Never thought that cactus came in other than green - especially in the wild. These ruby-colored curiosities are from the TX/NM border. Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX
Superior Shoreline. 5"x7" oil on panel. (plein air) The "Guerrilla Painter" 5x7" Pocket Box™ easily day-packed to this secluded destination. Lake Superior is a good hike from my wife's family's camp deep in the woods of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Well worth the effort, we had the mile-long crescent shaped beach to ourselves.
Hardy Survivor. 5"x7" oil on panel. (plein air) On a warm (and drought-parched) sunny morning in the Texas Hill Country. Grasses had turned brown or to dust with no appreciable rain for months, but some of the natives don't seem to mind much at all.
Sinclair. 5"x7" oil on panel. (plein air) This vintage gas station took first place in the 2011 annual Waxahachie Paint Out
Gold Star (Memorial Day 2011) 7" x 5" Plein Air. Oil on Panel. This is a show house in Waxahachie for the annual Gingerbread Tour. As I worked it slowly dawned on me that there was a small gold star banner in the window. Gold - meaning a family member had died while in military service. Made me stop to think. Much like Memorial Day.
Lamb's Ear 5" x 7" Plein Air Study. Oil on Panel
Rider Study 1.10" x 8" Oil on Panel
"A MOMENT'S PAUSE"
Graphite on paper. Approx. 7x5". (SOLD) "Pencil painting" is how Ferdinand Petrie introduced this method of drawing while I attended duCret School of Art. I love the sense of color that the use of various lead hardnesses will produce.
Sachse, TX
ph: 972-414-0497
studio
