C D Clarke

C. D. Clarke uses the highest quality art materials. His oil paintings are made on the finest gessoed linen mounted with acid free glue on coated inch plywood panels. Panels are much safer than stretched canvas for field work. Oil paintings made in the field are small, about 9 by 12 inches. Watercolors made in the field are made on the finest 14 by... 20 inch Arches watercolor paper. When working in the studio, C. D. uses traditionally stretched canvas. Studio works are larger, ranging in size from 9 by 12 inches to 36 by 40 inches and up. Studio watercolors can be larger as well, up to 28 by 40 inches. C. D. 's paintings are custom framed using archival materials and procedures. Subtle variations in the mat colors and frame styles are carefully selected for each painting. The mats are acid free, and usually linen covered. The frames are hand gessoed and leafed, and only ultraviolet-filtering conservation glass is ever used on the watercolors. Prints of C. D. 's original paintings are available in very limited editions of 200, all carefully reproduced on very high quality paper. Watercolor paintings are printed on the same Arches watercolor paper that the originals are painted on. Oil paintings are reproduced on smooth paper to accurately capture the original's vivid colors. Most of the prints have an image size of 13 by 20 inches. C. D. 's originals and prints are avidly collected by noted sportsmen all over the world including ESPN's Flip Pallot; TV host Andy Mill; Orvis Company owner Leigh Perkins; businessman, author and philanthropist Bob Rich; super guides Paul Dixon, Brian Horsely and Tim Klein; and many, many others.Read More