Clarence Major

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ARTIST STATEMENT “Painting for me is about discovering a plastic reality of composition through lines, color and texture. I’m often interested in painting what I feel about what I see rather than what I think I see or remember or imagine. And, yes, I pay attention to ‘push and pull” as I apply the principle to my representational efforts. I want an art that will both give me contentment and at the same time challenge me—a dynamic art. I go through periods when my work is figurative, then all landscapes or interiors or still lifes—often in a neo-expressionist mode. I like to think that I am speaking (through paint) from the depths of my humanity and creativity. I want to make paintings that seem to look back at you with intensity (Rilke). My work is well within the Euro-American Tradition. Painting is the most important activity in my life.”