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Born 1961. Known for: Plein-air painting-abstraction, still life, street scene.
John Clayton is a Plein-Air painter who lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts (2008). It is here where he finds much of his inspiration. While Clayton was studying at the Art Students League in New... Read full biography
John Clayton is a Plein-Air painter who lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts (2008). It is here where he finds much of his inspiration. While Clayton was studying at the Art Students League in New York he and a friend decided to visit Cape Cod. John felt instantly at home. His love affair with the... Read full biography
John Clayton is a Plein-Air painter who lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts (2008). It is here where he finds much of his inspiration. While Clayton was studying at the Art Students League in New York he and a friend decided to visit Cape Cod. John felt instantly at home. His love affair with the place, its fascinating light, unique landscape and creative people are often represented in his work. While in New York, John won several awards including, Mrs. Roberts Forbes Scholarship, The Arthur... Read full biography
John Clayton is a Plein-Air painter who lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts (2008). It is here where he finds much of his inspiration. While Clayton was studying at the Art Students League in New York he and a friend decided to visit Cape Cod. John felt instantly at home. His love affair with the place, its fascinating light, unique landscape and creative people are often represented in his work. While in New York, John won several awards including, Mrs. Roberts Forbes Scholarship, The Arthur & Melville Phillips Scholarship, and an honorable. mention from the Academy of Fine Art Students Exhibition in 1998. "It was great to have had the experience studying in New York but Provincetown was the place where I was able to put color together... Read full biography
John Clayton is a Plein-Air painter who lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts (2008). It is here where he finds much of his inspiration. While Clayton was studying at the Art Students League in New York he and a friend decided to visit Cape Cod. John felt instantly at home. His love affair with the place, its fascinating light, unique landscape and creative people are often represented in his work. While in New York, John won several awards including, Mrs. Roberts Forbes Scholarship, The Arthur & Melville Phillips Scholarship, and an honorable. mention from the Academy of Fine Art Students Exhibition in 1998. "It was great to have had the experience studying in New York but Provincetown was the place where I was able to put color together and really learn about seeing nature.". Clayton was given a rare... Read full biography
John Clayton - Artist Info
About John Clayton: Keywords
Keywords (12)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty