Timothy J. Clark (artist)

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Timothy J. Clark (born June 30, 1951) is an American artist best known for his large watercolor paintings of urban landscapes, still lifes, and interiors, and for his oil and watercolor portraits.[1] His paintings and drawings are in the permanent collections of more than twenty art museums.

Timothy J. Clark
Born (1951-06-30) June 30, 1951 (age 70)
Santa Ana, California
NationalityAmerican
EducationArt Center College of Design, Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Cal State Long Beach
Notable work
Paintings, Drawings

and Portraits in

Watercolor and Oil
Movement
Websitetclarkart.com

Early life[]

He was born and raised in Santa Ana, California and attended Otis Art Institute and then the Art Center School of Design where he worked with Harry Carmean in 1969. He graduated from the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles (CFA '72) and the California Institute of the Arts (BA 1975) where he worked with Harold Kramer, Emerson Woelffer, and Donald W. Graham. Clark received his master's degree from California State University, Long Beach in 1978 where he worked with Joyce Tremain.[1][2][3][4]

Career[]

Clark merges the atmosphere of the landscape with still life and interiors in monumental watercolor paintings.[1] Most recently, he has returned to his lifelong love of Hispanic culture in a new series of extremely large yet intimate watercolor paintings created in most of Spain’s autonomous regions and across the Americas. These works celebrate a rich Hispanic visual heritage through the vigorous and highly personal artistic responses that are the trademarks of his work.[5][6] Other Clark subjects of note are his iconic Bicycles, Lemons, and Urban Landscapes.[7]

“Timothy J. Clark: Masterworks on Paper” at the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum in Arkansas (2018 – ’19)[5] is the most recent of Clark’s many solo museum exhibitions. Other major museum exhibitions include “In the Presence of Sacred Light” at LUMA (the Loyola University Museum of Art) in Chicago in 2015[8][9][10][11]

“Timothy J. Clark” at the Laguna Art Museum in California in 2012 – 2013;[12][13][14] and “Expressive Luminescence” at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno 2010 – 2011[15] In January and February 2009 Clark had a solo exhibition of his watercolor paintings at the Hammer Galleries in New York City.[16]

In 2008, a mid-career retrospective exhibition of Clark’s work was organized by the Pasadena Museum of California Art and guest-curated by Mr. Jean Stern.[1][17][3] More than forty drawings, oils and watercolors created over four decades were shown at the Pasadena museum from January - April, at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio from June - August,[18][19] and the Whistler House Museum of Art in Lowell, Massachusetts August - October.[20]

A book, “Timothy J. Clark”, was published by Pomegranate Communications in 2008.[1] With a biographical essay by Mr. Jean Stern, formerly Director of the Irvine Museum in Southern California, and a critical essay by art historian and author, Dr. Lisa E. Farrington, the book also served as a catalog for Clark’s retrospective.[1]

Clark’s commissioned oil portraits include those of Sr Eldon Griffith, M.P.; Chief Judge Sandra L. Lynch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Moakley Federal Courthouse, Boston, MA;[21] and Dr. Leslie Purdy, President, Coastline College, Fountain Valley, CA. His watercolor portrait of artist Will Barnet is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.[1][22]

Paintings by Clark have been exhibited in international exhibitions at the Allied Museum in Berlin, Germany and the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul,[23][24] and in a solo exhibition at the Rosenfeld Gallery in Juarez, Mexico.

Clark’s work is represented by Lois Wagner Fine Art in New York City and Harmon Meek Galleries in Naples, Florida.

Collections[]

Clark’s paintings, drawings and portraits are in the permanent collections of the Museum of the City of New York; Smithsonian/National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.; (LUMA) Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago; University of California, Irvine; Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine; Library of Congress, Works on Paper, Washington, D.C.; Laguna Art Museum, California; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock; Boston Federal Courthouse; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; El Paso Museum of Art, Texas; Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Arkansas; Hilbert Museum of California Art, Chapman University; and the Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, among others.

Author, and Television Host[]

In 1987, Clark wrote the book Focus on Watercolor in cooperation with the Metropolitan and Whitney Museums in New York.[25] The book served as a companion to the thirteen-part PBS series of the same name released in 1989 for which Clark served as writer and on-air host. The series aired on PBS stations throughout North America and Clark received an Emmy nomination for his work.[26][27]

Artist Educator[]

Clark has taught and lectured at institutions including Yale University’s Graduate Continuity and Change Program in Rome, the National Academy, the Art Students League of New York, and The University of Hawaii at Hilo. From 2003 – 2013, he served on the Alumni Board for the California Institute of the Arts (CalARTS).

In January 2017, Clark accepted a five-month appointment as Interim Executive Director at the Art Students League of New York.[28][29][30] While there, he established new programming in animation with Mark Osborne, a fashion program with Bil Donovan, and hosted panel discussions with Wayne Thiebaud and Philip Pearlstein. His panel with Dr. Michael White dealt with the crossover in composition between painter and musician.

Personal life[]

In 1991, Clark married Marriott Small, an executive in book publishing. Her image is often seen in Clark’s interiors. Her organizational skills and inspiration have supported a refinement in his vision. The couple maintain homes in Southern California, Maine, and New York City.

Selected bibliography[]

“In Living Color: Timothy J. Clark’s Poetic Realism”, by Leo J. Donovan[31]

“Sacred Light: The Art of Timothy J. Clark” by Kelly Compton, Fine Art Connoisseur, May/June 2015 issue[32]

“Timothy J. Clark,” by Janet Blake, Curator, Laguna Art Museum exhibition brochure, 2012

“Timothy J. Clark: A Retrospective at the Butler Museum of American Art,” Artdaily.org – the First Art Newspaper on the Net, June 19, 2008[33]“

“Timothy J. Clark,” by Stern, Farrington; Published by Pomegranate Communications, Petaluma, California, January 2008[34]

“Luminaries at the League, Now All Over Town,” by Holland Cotter, New York Times, September 9, 2005[35]

“His Art and Soul,” by Brad Bonhall, Los Angeles Times, March 27, 2000[36]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Stern, Farrington, Timothy J. Clark, Pomegranate Communications, Petaluma, California, January 2008
  2. ^ Carine Nadel, Timothy J. Clark: Artist and Teacher, Orange County*Long Beach, California, April 2011
  3. ^ a b Kelly Compton, Timothy J. Clark: Master of Color, Light, and Shadow, Fine Art Connoisseur, New York, NY, July/August 2008
  4. ^ "Brad Bonhall, His Art and Soul, Los Angeles Times, CA". March 27, 2000.
  5. ^ Timothy J. Clark, My Sorolla: From the Pyrenees to the Pacific, Fine Art Connoisseur, October 2014
  6. ^ Orange County Arts Presents Timothy J. Clark, South Coast magazine, San Clemente, California, Spring 2000
  7. ^ Daniela Walsh, “Museum Exhibits Its Collection and Visual Poetry,” Laguna Beach Independent, CA, April 6, 2017
  8. ^ Kelly Compton, Sacred Light: The Art of Timothy J. Clark, Fine Art Connoisseur, New York, NY, May/June 2015
  9. ^ Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J., “In Living Color: Timothy J. Clark’s Poetic Realism, America magazine, New York, NY, July 6–13, 2015
  10. ^ "Summer at LUMA...Chicago, July 7, 2015".
  11. ^ "Chris Miller, Timothy J. Clark/Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, July 8, 2015".
  12. ^ Janet Blake, Timothy J. Clark, by Janet Blake, Curator, Laguna Art Museum, CA, 2012
  13. ^ Richard Chang, Cleanly Drawn in Laguna, The Orange County Register, California, Nov. 11, 2012
  14. ^ Daniella Walsh, Embracing the Past and the Present, Laguna Beach Independent, CA, Nov. 14, 2012
  15. ^ Noteworthy: Expressive Luminescence, Watercolors by Timothy J. Clark, Watercolor magazine, New York, New York, Winter 2010
  16. ^ Raymond Steiner, Timothy J. Clark at Hammer Galleries, Art Times, Mt. Marion, NY, March 2009
  17. ^ Focus on Clark, Calendar, Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2008
  18. ^ Timothy J. Clark: A Retrospective at the Butler Institute of American Art, Artdaily.org – the First Art Newspaper on the Net, June 19, 2008
  19. ^ Rebecca Sloan, Butler Offers Wide Variety at Midyear,” Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio, July 13, 2008
  20. ^ Nancye Tuttle, Making an Impression at Whistler House, Lowell Sun, Massachusetts, August 21, 2008
  21. ^ "Artist connects with his paintings". August 4, 2015.
  22. ^ Calvin J. Goodman, Making a Name, The Artist’s Magazine, April 2002
  23. ^ Gary Tischler, True Colors at Meridian, The Georgetowner, Washington, D.C., April 4, 2002
  24. ^ Richard Chang, In the Eye of an Artist, Orange County Register, Santa Ana, California, September 10, 2002
  25. ^ Timothy J. Clark, Focus on Watercolor, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, NY, 1987
  26. ^ "Brad Bonhall, His Art and Soul, Los Angeles Times, CA". March 27, 2000.
  27. ^ "3 TV Series Produced at KOCE Are Up for L.A.-Area Emmys". Los Angeles Times. May 1, 1989.
  28. ^ Moynihan, Colin (January 19, 2017). "Art Students League Director Is Stepping Down" – via NYTimes.com.
  29. ^ Bob Keyes, New Director of Influential Art School Has Ties to Maine, The Portland Press Herald, Maine, February 9, 2017
  30. ^ Art Talk, Van Buren Times Record, AR, February 28, 2018
  31. ^ Donovan, Leo J (June 6, 2013). "In Living Color: Timothy J. Clark's Poetic Realism". America Magazine.
  32. ^ Compton, Kelly (May–June 2015). "Sacred Light: The Art of Timothy J. Clark". Fine Art Connoisseur.
  33. ^ "Timothy J. Clark: A Retrospective at The Butler Institute of American Art". Art Daily.
  34. ^ Stern, Farrington (January 2008). Timothy J. Clark. Pomegranate Communications.
  35. ^ Cotter, Holland (September 9, 2005). "Luminaries at the League, Now All Over Town". New York Times.
  36. ^ Bonhall, Brad (March 27, 2000). "His Art and Soul". Los Angeles Times.

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