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RICHARD CLEM
Richard is a member of "Oil Painters of America" and "Ohio Plein Air Society"

My paintings are reasonably priced...I believe everyone should have the opportunity to have original art on their walls. Art should not be just for the eleite to trade and profit from as a commodity. But, rather to possess because the art spoke to the viewer. I want the viewer to see and feel the emotion that went into every stroke. Something that can be felt and seen in the texture of the carved paint made by the stiff bristle brushes that I use to create them. They are as much a part of the composition and colors that I choose.

Richard has been painting with focus since 1992. From an early age he has had a love of expressing himself through his art. Even in the U.S. Air Force, he had an outlet for his creative side, working several years as a graphic artist. Afterwards, he enrolled at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh where he received his degree in commercial art. During the succeeding years Rich has pursued his career in advertising. He continued developing his appreciation of fine art through reading and traveling to local and national exhibits. After vacationing in Northern New Mexico, Southern France, Paris and Monet's Giverny, he was inspired to put brush to paint. Richard has developed an impressionist expressive style. His pictures have a luminous quality created from initial glazed layers that he allows to show through beside broken strokes of impasto. Often choosing landscapes, he creates harmony with colors inspired by nature's hues.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION & EXHIBITS

Coppertop Gallery, Loundenville, OH
Kirsten Bowen Gallery, Belexy, Oh
Gallery 202 - Westerville, Oh
Michael Orr Gallery - Grandview, Oh
Ohio Plein Air Society, Glen Helen Exhibit, Yellow Springs, Oh 2005
Soho Gallery, Group show, 2003,2004
Studio 4, Nelsonville, Oh 2004 Group Show
Michael Orr Gallery, 2-man show, 2003
Gallery 202 - 2 person show - 1999
Gallery 202 - Group shows - 2000,2001
Image Optical - One man shows - 2000,2003
Schumacher Gallery - Juried Invitation - 2000,2002
Schumacher Gallery - Open Juried Watermedia - 2002 Schumacher Gallery Juried - The Painted Surface - 2001
Innswood Metro Gardens - 2 person show - 2000
High Road Gallery - Group shows - 2001,2002,2003,2004
Worthington Art League - Juried Fall Shows - 2000,2001,2002,2003
Worthington Art League - Juried Spring Show - 2000,2001,2002,2003
Westerville Art League - Juried Spring Show - 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003
Westerville Art League - Accent on Art Gallery Show/Dublin, 2003Westerville Art League - High Road Gallery Shows 2000,2004High Road Gallery Show - Go Figure, Celebration of the Body, 2004
Motorist Building Gallery - Group Show - 2000,2003,2004
Burgess Niple Gallery - Group Shows - 1999,2001,
LeVeque Tower Gallery - Group Shows - 2001,2002,2003,2004
Upper Arlington Library - Group Show - 2001
ExecuTrain - One man show - 2002
Goodman Gallery - 1999
Grabner Gallery - 2000
Perryopolis Historical Museum
Michelle's Gallery - Group show -2000
Michelle's Gallery - Group photography show - 2002

Recent Awards:

1st Place, Ohio Plein Air Society Exhibit 2009
1st Place, Worthington Art League Spring Exhibit 2009
Best of Show, Ohio Plein Air Society Exhibit 2008
2 Pieces Juried Into Zanesville Art Museum Exhibit 2008
Juried Into Schumacher Exhibit, Capital University, Bexley, OH 2008 - 3 Pieces
Ohio Plein Air Society Paint Out Competition - Honorable Mention 2008
Juried Into Artists' Reception Concourse Gallery Upper Arlington 2008
Honorable Mention Worthington Art League Fall Exhibit 2007
2 Pieces Accepted Into The OPAS Springfield Museum Plein Air Exhibit,|Springfield, OH November 2007
First Place Worthington Area Art League Spring Exhibit, April 2007
Merit Award, Worthington Art League, Spring Exhibit, Mar. 2006
Honorable Mention, Ohio Plein Air Society, Mill Run Exhibit, November 14, 2005
Honorable Mention, Fall Exhibit, Worthington Area Art League, October 30, 2005
Honorable Mention, OPAS 2nd Annual Painting Competition, Nelsonville, Ohio September 25, 2005
1st Place, Ohio Plein Air Society's Glen Helen Exhibit, Yellow Springs, Ohio, September 1, 2005
Best of Show, Ohio Plein Air Society's Winter Exhibit, February 2005
1st Place, Worthington Art League, November 2004
2nd Honorable Mention, OPAS Open Plen Air Competition, Nelsonville, Ohio Seppember 2004
Best of Show, Worthington Art League, April 2004
2nd Place, Expolsion of Color, Worthington Art League, March.
2004
First Place, Winter Carnival, Westerville Art League, February 2004
Honorable Mention, Spring Exhibit 03, Westerville Art League
Honorable Mention, Fall Exhibiton, Worthington Area Art League, October 2002
People's Choice Award, Fall Exhibiton, Worthington Area Art League
2 Merit Awards for photography at Michelle's Gallery exhibit.
A Merit Award at the Art League Invitional at the Schumacher Gallery.
A Merit Award at the Anthem Gallery Spring Exhibit.
A 2nd Place Award at the Anthem Gallery Spring Exhibit.

PINE TO LIGHT
14" x 11" Oil on Canvas

ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I paint to celebrate life. It's the fulfillment of my day. I'm uplifted and that makes me happy. I work to translate my love of nature to each viewer, transforming their perception and evoke wonder.

To view more paintings cut and paste the following web addresses in the URL address at the top: www.artinview.com and www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/r/reclem
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Rich Seen With Painting "Grizzly" A 2000 Best of Show

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