Ted Clemens Fine Art - Oils, Pencil, Pen & Ink, Pastels

Ted Clemens Fine Art

Oils, Pencil, Pen & Ink, Pastels

Gulf Breezes- (Plein Air) 12" x 12" Oil on panel. Painted in Galveston for Plein Air Southwest 2019. With a cloudy day, I look for form to paint. The leaves on this banana plant each had its own character to play with. I was pleased that this one took a ribbon, too.

Two Cactus Flowers- (Studio) 18" x 24" Oil on canvas. Available (August 2018) at Adobe Gallery , Ft Worth, TX.

Mill- (Studio) 18" x 24" Oil on canvas. Mill, an ancient tic-tac-toe-style strategy game, was a popular tavern activity of the 19th century. My wife and I participate in living history events. This piece was inspired by a commemoration of Texas' independence at Washington on the Brazos.

The Red & the Green- (Studio) 14" x 18" Oil on canvas. Sold. Adobe Gallery , Ft Worth, TX.

Grazing- (Studio) 18" x 24" Oil on canvas. Available at Adobe Gallery , Ft Worth, TX.

Black Calf- (Studio) 8 x 10" Oil on panel. I was working on one painting (actually struggling), and this other part of the same reference nagged at me. Finally gave up on the first and went right to this black on black composition—and sailed on through. SOLD.

In the Shadows- (Studio) 12 x 16" Oil on panel. Sold at Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX.

West Texas Reds- (Studio) 8 x 18" Oil on panel. Sold at Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX.

The three paintings below combined to take the People's Choice award, and "The Doctor's House" took Best of Show at the Plein Air Southwest 2016 event at Southwest Gallery in Dallas, TX.

The Doctor's House- (Plein Air) 10x20" Oil on panel. SOLD Century old house in Wylie, TX. From the Plein Air Southwest 2016 show.

Counteown to Frost - (Plein Air) 10x10" Oil on panel. SOLD at Southwest Gallery.

Wylie Farm - (Plein Air) 8x16" Oil on panel. SOLD at Southwest Gallery.

Passing Time- (Studio) 24x36" Oil on canvas. Available at the Frisco Fine Art Gallery, Frisco, TX The reference for this is a farm near Comfort,TX. It was in the middle of a severe drought. But though the grass was stressed and drying, the prickly poppies and nightshade bloomed on schedule.

The Way to Town- (Studio) 18x24" Oil on canvas. SOLD This one made it into the 30th annual Bosque Art Classic in Clifton, TX.

Hot and Prickly- (Studio) 12x16" Oil on panel. SOLD at the Artists Showplace, Richardson, TX

Passing Through- (Studio) 12x16" Oil on canvas. SOLD

Passive- (Studio) 8x10" Oil on panel. Available at Davis & Blevins Gallery, St. Jo, TX.

D-Day Remembered 2014- (Plein Air) 5x7" Oil on panel. June 6, 2014. From the Waxahachie paint-out. The flag, of course caught my attention - this is a view towards a feed store showing puzzling bits and pieces of things in front of the flag, and behind.

Snow LIght- (Studio) 5x7" Oil on panel. SOLD Reference for this came from my trek home from work after an ice storm. I walk to the train station passing mostly business scenery. But hidden among the concrete and cars are small visual treasures. Frame Up Gallery

Palo Pinto Roadside- (Studio) 11x14" Oil on panel. SOLD at Davis & Blevins Gallery, St. Jo, TX.

Arroyo's Edge- (Studio) 24x18" Oil on canvas. SOLD New Mexico cactus. I understand the red color of this variety intensifies in drought. Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX.

Prickly Outcrop- (Studio) 12x16" Oil on panel. SOLD at Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX

Chili Peppers- (Studio) 18x24" Oil on canvas. SOLD at Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX

Glen Rose Summit- (Studio) 12x16" Oil on panel. (SOLD) Glen Rose is at the northern end of the Texas Hill Country. Traveling south from Dallas, both soil and vegetation transform as prairie rises to hills and mesas. This hilltop cactus overlooks the Paluxy River at Dinosaur Valley State Park.

Soldier Study- (Studio) 7"x5" oil on panel

1860's Revisited - (Studio) 6x6" Oil on panel. Referenced fom a recent living history event.

Curious- (Studio) 8" x 10" Oil on panel. (SOLD) Amid the noise and smoke of gunfire and cannons at a staged street battle during a Civil War reenactment, this period-dressed little girl watched with curiosity and some trepidation. Sold at Frame Up Gallery.

Elm Street - (Plein Air) 9" x 12" Oil on panel. (Sold) Painted during the annual "Paint Waxahachie" on the sidewalk of a busy street (I left the cars out). This took the BEST OF SHOW honors.

Sunlight - (Studio) 8" x 10" Oil on panel. SOLD 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. Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX

Regalia - (Studio) 16" x 12" Oil on canvas. Private Collection. 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.

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

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

"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

"Solo" - (Studio) 6" x 8", Oil on panel. SOLD.

"Texian" - (Studio) 14" x 11", Oil on panel.

In Your Face - (Studio) SOLD 8"x10", Oil on panel.

Service Entry - (Plein air) 8"x6", Oil on panel. Back door to a restaurant kitchen in Maypearl, TX. Available at Wylie Art Gallery, Wylie, TX.

Broken Window - (Plein air) 5"x7", Oil on panel. Street corner in Maypearl.

Tropical Ice - (Studio) 8"x6", Oil on panel. Palm trees are risky plants in the DFW area. Cold fronts will decorate them every so often with incongruous ice and snow.

Barber Shop - (Plein Air) 5x7", Oil on panel. (SOLD) From the annual Waxahachie paintout. Just off the square in the center of town.

Shaded Entry - (Plein Air) 5x7", Oil on panel. (SOLD) I kept wanting sun, but soft light makes its own mood. This took 1st place at the Waxahachie event.

Arboretum Morning - (Plein Air) 9x12", Oil on panel. (SOLD) A 2 hr. quick draw kicked off the opening day of Plein Air Southwest 2013 at the Dallas Arboretum.

The Old Walker Place - (Plein Air) 10x18", Oil on canvas. Just outside Farmersville. Available at Frisco Fine Art Gallery, Frisco, TX.

Red Window - 10x18", Oil on canvas. (Plein Air) SOLD Wylie, TX. This took an Award of Excellence at Plein Air Southwest Salon.

Morning. (studio) 6"x8" oil on panel. (SOLD). Shared the "People's Choice" award at the annual miniature show.

"Watch Your Step" 8x10" oil on panel. SOLD at Adobe Gallery, Ft Worth, TX

The Quilt. (studio) 10"x8" oil on panel. Chilly mornings during an 1860's living history weekend meant blankets & shawls for the young ladies, not coats.

Newstand. (plein air) 5"x7" oil on panel. (Sold) From the "Paint Historic Waxahachie" quick draw that kicked off the week.

10:34 AM. (plein air) 8"x10" pencil. (Sold)

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. This took an AWARD OF EXCELLENCE at Plein Air Southwest, 2012.

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. (SOLD) 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.

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.

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