Original watercolors by Chuck Clevenger
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New Work Sketches Bicentennial NFS
Collectors:Every watercolor in these galleries is an original work, signed 
by Chuck Clevenger, and comes with a notarized certificate of authenticity.
All paintings in these galleries are offered unframed. The "size" next to each picture indicates the actual picture area. Overall size will depend on your matting and framing.
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 Pemaquid Point Light |
From a vantage point halfway down its massive, splintered rock chute, Pemaquid Point Light is skylined against the summer clouds on its promontory near New Harbor, Maine. | 22x30" | $1200 | (Purchase)
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 Red Lady II |
The inlet at New Harbor, Maine, always has a number of fishing boats swinging at anchor. From Shaw's Lobster Wharf, my eye caught this boat forming a scarlet triangle with a fishing shack and house across the water, with complementary colors predominating in the background and the reflections. First Prize watercolor at the Foothills Arts Festival 2004. | 15x22" | $795 | (Purchase)
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 Citrus in Sunlight |
In the crystal morning light of the last day of summer, I arranged five lemons on a blue cloth. I was looking to explore the warm-cool color contrast and the thematic repetition of the shapes. | 15x22" | $495 | (Purchase)
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 Lemons on Marble |
These strongly backlit lemons cast both shadows and reflections on a marble tabletop; in the shadows the complementary color -- violet -- is visible. | 11x15" | $295 | (Purchase)
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 Little Garden God |
My neighbor's garden ornament in a sunny corner, surrounded by border plants. I like this little guy, and I am doing a series of him in different settings. | 13x19" | $595 | (Purchase)
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 A World Below |
I captured this Escher-esque painting at a friend's garden pond. I was fascinated by the notion that there are five levels to this image: the lily pads are on the surface of the pond, the pebbles are on the bottom, the fish are in suspension between those, the sky is reflected in the water, and I am standing on dry ground. | 8x10" | $225 | (Purchase)
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 Gerrold’s Lane |
The Amish have a prohibition against having pictures made of their faces, citing the second of the Ten Commandments, “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” This cooperative but anonymous Amishman drives his horse and buggy up the lane toward a friend’s house in one of Ohio’s “Amish country” communities. | 18x22” | $1200 | (Purchase)
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 Iris |
My neighbor, Mrs. B, loved irises. This purple blossom, whose fiery center seems to pulse with light, is just one of dozens that still bloom around her yard each spring. | 8x11" | $225 | (Purchase)
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 Energico I |
I have begun a set of abstractions derived from the fluid forms I find in nature -- sky, water, and bio-scapes transformed into pure energy. When you take a portion of a cloud formation or moving water (which are similar gestures) and then swing the color wheel really hard, interesting things can happen. | 7x10” | $195 | (Purchase)
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 Energico II |
For me, Gesture is the most eloquent aspect of artistic expression in music or in painting. Inspired by my friend Terry Chamberlain's vision, my new "Energico" series is a set of free-painted reinterpretations of cloud patterns, water movement, and botanical forms -- divine gestures writ large and small across the face of creation. | 15x22” | $595 | (Purchase)
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 Energico III: Fleurs de poissons |
I have often noticed not only a symbiosis between flora and fauna, but often similar forms. Here the same gestures are expressive both of aquatic plants and the fish below. | 15x15” | $495 | (Purchase)
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 The Exchange |
Two worlds touch momentarily at the Santa Fe, NM, Farmers’ Market. | 15x22” | $695 | (Purchase)
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 Shades of the Sixties | At the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market, a faded flower child in blue sunglasses has attracted the attention of a roving photographer – my Dad, in his trademark bucket hat. | 15x22” | $695 | (Purchase)
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 Locked and Abandoned |
A close-up view of of a rusted chain and padlock barring the front gate of an abandoned farmhouse emphasized the finality of a decision made long ago: verschlossen, verlassen. | 15x22" | $695 | (Purchase)
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 Yo Solo | Pensacola, Florida is dotted all over with statues and memorials from its long military history. This old Spanish admiral’s motto was “I alone!” But he was not. This seagull is a composite of dozens that perched on the statue’s head in the course of the hour I spent painting there. | 10x16" | $395 | (Purchase)
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 Canyon Road Adobe | As you drive east up Santa Fe’s Canyon Road, you leave the gallery district and come to a neighborhood of houses and studios. Many of them turn a bare face to the road, but contain a “secret garden,” as this one does. | 16x24" | $495 | (Purchase)
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 Bubble Boys |
These two little guys, on an early spring outing with their Mom at the St. Louis Arch, were so mesmerized by their soap bubble toys that they totally ignored the mighty Mississippi just a hundred feet away. They bear an uncanny resemblance to me and my younger brother, Tom, many years ago. | 15x22" | $395 | (Purchase)
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 Magnolia Sunrise | A magnolia bud awash in polychromatic light on the grounds of Belle Meade Plantation in Nashville, Tennessee. It will open soon, and reveal a white blossom the size of a dinner plate. | 22x30" | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Still Life With Chilies | Judged “Best of Show” at Ohio’s Foothills Arts Festival 2002, this painting features a Native American pottery bowl and a chili ristra at Taos Pueblo in northern New Mexico. | 22x15" | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Fire Lilies III | These vibrant lilies bloom in my neighbor’s yard each June. I was attracted by the electric play of complementary colors. | 18x30" | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Swan Lake |
On the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, I discovered a small pond "owned" by two swans. This one, bolder than the other, swam up to me repeatedly hoping for a snack. | 15x22" | $695 | (Purchase)
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 Otter Cliffs Gull |
On the peach-colored rocks of Otter Cliffs, near Bar Harbor, Maine, a solitary gull pauses to rest before resuming its constant search for edible tidbits cast up by the pounding surf. | 15x22" | $595 | (Purchase)
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 Norm |
This ancient mariner from Port Clyde, Maine, 80-odd years young, had his sailboat in drydock for scraping and re-painting in preparation for the new sailing season; he confided in me that he is "the one to beat" out on the water. | 11x15" | $195 | (Purchase)
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 Hold My Hand |
During a cookout with two other families, their children were sitting on a bench in our courtyard. My daughter snapped their picture just as the little girl made her move to hold the boy's hand. | 15x22" | $395 | (Purchase)
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 Not |
The welcome mat on my parents' front porch has been commandeered by the neighbors' cat, whose most unwelcoming glare shows that he considers me a trespasser on "his" territory. | 11x15" | $295 | (Purchase)
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 Driftwood on the Rocks |
Just above the tide-line at Herrick's Landing in Maine, a gnarled pine root and a birch log sit in the lee of a rocky headland. | 15x15" | $395 | (Purchase)
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 Indian Summer Sun |
Ostensibly a picture of three ears of Indian corn hung up on a shed wall, this painting is really about the play of light and shadow on a warm fall day. | 22x30” | $795 | (Purchase)
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 Autumn Afternoon | Three gourds rest on the windowsill of a neighbor's barn against the abstract pattern of the windows. The "hot" white light belies the actual mild temperature of this gorgeous fall day. | 15x22" | $395 | (Purchase)
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 Trash to Treasure |
The old Edwards homeplace in Alexander, NC, is a kind of time capsule for a way of life that has mostly disappeared. Ancient, worn-out tools abound, including these three rusted garden hoes leaning against the house. Who knows ... someday they may reappear in Asheville as "antiques." | 11x15" | $195 | (Purchase)
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If you would like to acquire one of the paintings in these galleries, you now have the option of E-mailing us with questions about the artwork, or of moving on directly to placing your order. Once you purchase any painting, the web image of your painting will be moved to our "NFS" gallery and displayed with the caption "Collection of (your name)."
To PURCHASE your painting NOW using PAYPAL, a secure online service for processing credit card transactions, click the "PAYPAL" button for that painting. You will be presented with a brief form to fill out, receive immediate confirmation of your purchase, and your artwork will be shipped the very next business day. We pay shipping and insurance.
You may PURCHASE your painting using a cashier's check or money order (no personal checks, please). Just click on the "MAIL" button, identify the painting you wish to purchase, then mail your check to the address below. We will mark your painting "SOLD," and ship it to you one business day after your check or money order clears the bank.
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MAIL CHECKS or MONEY ORDERS TO:
Charles Clevenger, P.O. Box 41, Cedarville, OH 45314
© A WORD ABOUT COPYRIGHT: All images on this website are the creative property of Clevenger Studios. Your purchase of an original painting or copyrighted photograph does not give you the right to reproduce those images. Clevenger Studios retains all such rights, and may reproduce these images as prints, cards, etc., at our discretion, unless you would like to purchase the exclusive rights to your artwork. If you are interested in participating materially in reproductions of your artwork, please E-mail us before you make your purchase, and we can talk about that.
ROOM "A" ROOM "B" ROOM "C" ROOM "D"
New Work Sketches Bicentennial NFS
Collectors: In this gallery you will find smaller pieces, and a number of studies, sketches, and subjects that interested me as a painter, but probably no one else! To help them along, these pieces are priced quite a bit below the premium pieces in Gallery 1.
Every watercolor in these galleries is an original work, signed by Chuck Clevenger, and comes with a notarized certificate of authenticity.
To purchase one of these images using PAYPAL, the secure Internet service for credit card purchases, click the "PayPal" button to the right of that painting. When you order, please confirm the title of the painting and your shipping address on PayPal's order form. We will touch base with you to let you know your painting has been shipped; we pay the shipping and insurance.
If you prefer to pay with a cashier's check or money order, or would like an opportunity to ask us questions about any painting you're interested in purchasing, click on the "Mail" button and talk to us.
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 Window Dressing |
At Ohio's historic Roscoe Village, a restored canal town near present-day Coshocton, the hardware store has everything you could want. I found this decoy and old shoe stretchers in a window, and couldn't resist painting them just as they were. Bought the decoy. | 15x22" | $795 | (Purchase)
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 Last of the Harvest |
Another miniature; the last three sweet peppers from my garden sit on a stone retaining wall behind our house in the October afternoon sun. | 5x7" | $195 | (Purchase)
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 First Fallen |
A flame-tinted maple leaf, the first of thousands, glows in the October afternoon light on a cobblestone street. Another miniature, this represents a new direction for me. | 5x7" | $195 | (Purchase)
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 Wheat Ridge Barn |
The westering sun casts long shadows across a snow-covered barnyard on this Adams County, Ohio, hilltop. | 11x5" | $395 | (Purchase)
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 Skyscape 1: Mid-afternoon |
This is the beginning of a new series of paintings of the sky, in its many aspects; painted September 2004. | 15x22" | $795 | (Purchase)
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 Skyscape 2: Indiana Sunset |
At harvest time, the dust raised by farmers' combines makes for some spectacular sunsets across the Midwest; this evening is typical. | 15x22" | $795 | (Purchase)
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 Inside Out |
At Shaw's Lobster Wharf in New Harbor, Maine, restaurant customers enjoy a view of the harbor from the second-story deck; the cooks downstairs have only this view of the "business end" of the operation. | 11x15" | $295 | (Purchase)
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 The Anchorage | This trio of small boats was anchored offshore on North Carolina’s Intracoastal Waterway, just inside the barrier island at Holden Beach. In this location painting I was most interested in the wave action and reflections. | 15x22" | $795 | (Purchase)
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 The Morning Paper | At the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market, most people have done half a day's work by 9 am. In the shade of a large cottonwood, this shopper takes a brief break from the morning melee. | 15x22” | $795 | (Purchase)
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 Precarious Perch |
A number of my paintings have been of subjects in the yard of my next door neighbor, Mrs. B. She passed away suddenly this month, and her garden -- her pride and joy -- seems a melancholy place now. November's gentle afternoon light slants across one of her locust trees and this little birdhouse fastened to the trunk by a bungee cord. She enjoyed her birds; I will miss her. | 11x15" | $350 | (Purchase)
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 Vacancy |
My neighbor, Mrs. B, loved birdhouses, and had them on several of her locust trees. As the Forsythia began blooming in her yard the first Spring after her death, I celebrated the renewal of life with this little painting of an empty birdhouse. Her spirit has flown, but her touch is still evident. | 9x15" | $295 | (Purchase)
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 One Last Geranium |
On an Indian Summer day I came home at noon for lunch and, instead of eating, painted our last geranium and a white patio chair. With only about 45 minutes to draw and paint, I had to reduce the scene to its essence. By 1 pm, I was back at the University. | 11x15" | $295 | (Purchase)
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 Catnap |
Our cat, Duchess (Clevenger), occupying my favorite chair. | 8x11" | $125 | (Purchase)
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 Arroyo Secco | The high desert of New Mexico is marked with numerous arroyos, or dry stream-beds. Though the foreground is sunlit, the distant thunderstorm warns that a flash flood is imminent. | 22x30” | $595 | (Purchase)
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If you would like to acquire one of the paintings in these galleries, you now have the option of E-mailing us with questions about the artwork, or of moving on directly to placing your order. Once you purchase any painting, the web image of your painting will be moved to our "NFS" gallery and displayed with the caption "Collection of (your name)."
To PURCHASE your painting NOW using PAYPAL, a secure online service for processing credit card transactions, click the "PAYPAL" button for that painting. You will be presented with a brief form to fill out, receive immediate confirmation of your purchase, and your artwork will be shipped the very next business day. We pay shipping and insurance.
You may PURCHASE your painting using a cashier's check or money order (no personal checks, please). Just click on the "MAIL" button, identify the painting you wish to purchase, then mail your check to the address below. We will mark your painting "SOLD," and ship it to you one business day after your check or money order clears the bank.
If you would like to talk with us about your artwork before purchasing, just click on the "MAIL" button out to the right of that image and you can send us an E-mail. When you get your question answered, you can then come back to our galleries for your purchase.
MAIL CHECKS or MONEY ORDERS TO:
Charles Clevenger, P.O. Box 41, Cedarville, OH 45314
© A WORD ABOUT COPYRIGHT: All images on this website are the creative property of Clevenger Studios. Your purchase of an original painting or copyrighted photograph does not give you the right to reproduce those images. Clevenger Studios retains all such rights, and may reproduce these images as prints, cards, etc., at our discretion, unless you would like to purchase the exclusive rights to your artwork. If you are interested in participating materially in reproductions of your artwork, please E-mail us before you make your purchase, and we can talk about that.
ROOM "A" ROOM "B" ROOM "C" ROOM "D"
New Work Sketches Bicentennial NFS
March 1, 2003, marked the 200th anniversary of Ohio's entry into the union. but Ohioans have enjoyed watching the Bicentennial logo going up on barns across the state for the past several years.
As part of the celebration for Ohio's 200th birthday, the Ohio Bicentennial Commission engaged Scott Hagan to paint the Ohio Bicentennial logo on one barn in each of Ohio's 88 counties. Scott Hagan's barn-painting work was completed in September, 2002, but while it was going on, his painting sessions often became local media events, complete with politicians, vendors, and "groupies." Chuck Clevenger has done a set of twelve documentary watercolors featuring the best of Scott's Bicentennial barns. The paintings in this set are designed to show a representative sampling of Ohio's barn architecture and Scott Hagan's creative work, in a variety of weather conditions. Taken together, they provide a watercolor journal of Ohio's Bicentennial celebration.
Collectors:Every watercolor in these galleries is an original work, signed by Chuck Clevenger, and comes with a notarized certificate of authenticity.
All paintings in this gallery are offered unframed. The "size" next to each picture indicates the actual picture area. Overall size will depend on your matting and framing.
To purchase one of these images using PAYPAL, the secure Internet service for credit card purchases, click the "PayPal" button to the right of that painting. When you order, please confirm the title of the painting and your shipping address on PayPal's order form. We will touch base with you to let you know your painting has been shipped; we pay the shipping and insurance.
If you prefer to pay with a cashier's check or money order, or would like an opportunity to ask us questions about any painting you're interested in purchasing, click on the "Mail" button and talk to us.
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| Clinton County Barn |
When I asked the owner of this barn if I could set up in her ripe cornfield for my picture, she showed me the best spot...which had been trampled out by previous artists and photographers. | 15x22” | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Delaware County Barn |
Just north of Columbus, this large structure has the Bicentennial logo painted on the side rather than on the gable end. November rains have produced typical Ohio ground fog. | 15x22” | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Montgomery County Barn | No longer a working barn, this imposing structure sits on the north side of I-70 in Huber Heights, near Dayton. On this hot August afternoon those lightning rods may be necessary. | 15x22” | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Ross County Barn | On US 23 just south of Chillicothe, this barn is dramatically lit after sunset. During the year after 9-11 it sported an American flag painted on the right side. | 15x22” | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Gallia County Barn | An early spring sunrise on the Bob Evans Farm in Rio Grande. Be sure to pronounce that "Rya-GRAND." | 15x22” | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Ashland County Barn | Under a July sky filled with cotton-ball clouds, a husband and wife work together to get the recently-cut hay in before the weather changes. | 15x22” | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Huron County Barn | Near Norwalk, this large barn had just seen three days of constant April showers. The sun was breaking through as I set up, but the water was over my shoes. | 15x22” | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Jackson County Barn | Near Oak Hill, this gambrel-and-shed structure sits amid fields of rolled hay under high, tissue-paper clouds. | 15x22” | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Clark County Barn | Painted while Scott Hagan worked on the side of the restaurant-barn at Young's Jersey Dairy near Yellow Springs. The couple in the foreground had followed him all over the state. | 15x22” | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Greene County Barn | Situated on US 42 just east of Cedarville, this all-white barn was decked out in patriodic bunting for the occasion by a local political family. | 15x22” | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Defiance County Barn | This huge L-shaped barn has the Bicentennial logo painted on both gable ends. In this January view, the setting sun bathes the scene in golden light and violet shadows. | 15x22” | $895 | (Purchase)
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 Licking County Barn | This beautifully proportioned small barn is located on State Rt. 13 just south of Utica. The owner is editor of the local newspaper, but on this December afternoon he appears to be out in the barn working on his boat. | 15x22” | $895 | (Purchase)
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If you would like to acquire one of the paintings in these galleries, you now have the option of E-mailing us with questions about the artwork, or of moving on directly to placing your order. Once you purchase any painting, the web image of your painting will be moved to our "NFS" gallery and displayed with the caption "Collection of (your name)."
To PURCHASE your painting NOW using PAYPAL, a secure online service for processing credit card transactions, click the "PAYPAL" button for that painting. You will be presented with a brief form to fill out, receive immediate confirmation of your purchase, and your artwork will be shipped the very next business day. We pay shipping and insurance.
You may PURCHASE your painting using a cashier's check or money order (no personal checks, please). Just click on the "MAIL" button, identify the painting you wish to purchase, then mail your check to the address below. We will mark your painting "SOLD," and ship it to you one business day after your check or money order clears the bank.
If you would like to talk with us about your artwork before purchasing, just click on the "MAIL" button out to the right of that image and you can send us an E-mail. When you get your question answered, you can then come back to our galleries for your purchase.
MAIL CHECKS or MONEY ORDERS TO:
Charles Clevenger, P.O. Box 41, Cedarville, OH 45314
© A WORD ABOUT COPYRIGHT: All images on this website are the creative property of Clevenger Studios. Your purchase of an original painting or copyrighted photograph does not give you the right to reproduce those images. Clevenger Studios retains all such rights, and may reproduce these images as prints, cards, etc., at our discretion, unless you would like to purchase the exclusive rights to your artwork. If you are interested in participating materially in reproductions of your artwork, please E-mail us before you make your purchase, and we can talk about that.
ROOM "A" ROOM "B" ROOM "C" ROOM "D"
New Work Sketches Bicentennial NFS
This is my "NFS" room: the original paintings featured here are not currently on the market, either because they have already been purchased, or because they are family treasures. If you own an original watercolor by Chuck Clevenger, and would like to have it displayed here, send us a high-quality scan or E-mail us for details on how to do that. Some of these images will be available soon in our greeting card collection. Click the "CARDS" button on our homepage for information.
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 Old Man January | This expressively gnarled old burr oak -- my favorite tree in the world -- stands like a lonely sentinel braving the winter wind in a farm field just east of South Charleston, Ohio. | 22x30” | Collection of Jeff and Cindy Davis |
 Old Man October | An autumn view of my favorite "old man" tree, whose fall plumage reveals that it is only alive on its west-facing side, in "October's bright blue weather." | 15x22” | Collection of Jim & Pat Phipps |
 Chicory | It’s early August, and behind the Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan, is an open field full of Queen Anne’s Lace, Red Thistle, and Chicory. This plant, silhouetted against the distant tree line, caught my eye." | 11x15” | Collection of Pat Young |
 Old Bouys' Club | On a trip to Cape Cod with three fishing buddies, I spotted this triangular composition of old lobster-trap floats. | 10x14” | Collection of Michael P. DiCuirci |
 Concert Grand | During a concert trip to Ft. Lauderdale, we stayed with some new friends whose boat had a most interesting name; here a workman sands the aft rail of the "Concert Grand" preparatory to refreshing the varnish. | 10x14” | Collection of Burt & Lynn Luce |
 Loveladies Surf | During a visit to a friend's home on Long Beach Island, NJ, I never tired of watching the Atlantic's waves crashing ashore. From the deck of his home, I did this painting of the seagulls that congregated each morning to feed in the surf breaking on his jetty. | 11x15” | Collection of Al & Joanne Stevens |
 Dhow at Anchor | On land, the historical Arabian beast of burden is the camel. In coastal waters, it's the dhow. This one rides between its mooring posts at a port in Qatar. | 22x15” | Collection of Nancy Downs |
 Sunlit Pumpkins | Sometime in late September I knew I wanted to paint a group of pumpkins, but I waited until the perfect October day to do it. These were grouped around a corn shock in Waynesville, Ohio. | 11x15” | Collection of Pete and Amy Frederick |
 The Road Not Taken | A spring day in John Bryan State Park, not far from my home. I painted this scene with my university watercolor class. | 10x14” | Collection of Jeff & Shelley Beste |  Vitamin Sea | This cleverly named cabin cruiser was tied up in the intracoastal waterway at Holden Beach, NC. The boat's owners have gone to supper,and the calm waters are taking on the color of the impending sunset. | 22x30" | Collection of Jane Newberry |
 Red Pears on Brocade | Sitting in bright sunlight on our patio table, these harbingers of harvest time lie arranged on my wife's best white tablecloth. That intense crimson is one of my favorite natural colors. | 13x19" | Collection of Beth Porter |  Lone Pine Cabin | Situated on a rocky hillside overlooking East Penobscot Bay, this cozy cabin is a part of Oakland House Seaside Resort, where Dad and I do our Maine workshops. It has a special place in the owners' hearts...they spent their honeymoon here. | 11x15" | Collection of Jim & Sally Littlefield |  Lunch Hour | An old boxcar on the deserted loading dock of a refractory company in Oak Hill, Ohio. Note the intense granulation from the use of burnt sienna and cobalt blue together; I was really happy that I was able to keep the transparency and the sense of "hot" light. | 13x19" | Collection of Steve and Carolyn Hodson |  Fog Lifting | Eggemoggin Reach on East Penobscot Bay, Maine, is guarded by Pumpkin Island Light on its tiny islet. The low tide and sun angle show that the persistent fog is late burning off on a late May afternoon. | 10x14” | Collection of Ruchard & Susan Russell |
 Red Violin | I saw this young lady playing for tips at the Santa Fe Farmers' Market; I was attracted to her unusually colored instrument, her angular pose, and the shadow pattern. | 15x22" | Collection of Roger & Linda Overturf |  Arizona | My wife's grandmother, Arizona Haynes, in her farmhouse. Bathed in the sunlight streaming in through the window, she seemed to be partly in this world and partly already in the next. She has since crossed over Jordan. | 15x22" | Collection of Rhonda H. Clevenger |
 March 4th | A simple wooden birdhouse hangs on a locust tree in the middle of our front driveway. On this late winter day, last year's tenants have still not returned, but soon will. | 10x14” | Collection of Joel & Carla Shank |
 Paul Dixon | President of Cedarville University. Commissioned by the Faculty and Staff of the University to commemorate his 25 years of distinguished leadership. | 15x22" | Collection of Paul & Pat Dixon |
 Pat Landers Dixon | An elegant lady, an award-winning teacher, and Paul Dixon's strong right arm. Commissioned by the Faculty and Staff of Cedarville University. | 15x22" | Collection of Paul & Pat Dixon |
 Open for Business | A converted barn serves as a craft shop on the Bob Evans Farm in Rio Grande, Ohio. The early morning sun lights up the hanging ferns and casts multicolored shadows underneath the overhang. | 15x20" | Collection of Don and Sandy Lewis |
 High Tide | This scarred but serviceable rowboat lies just above the high tide line at Oakland House Seaside Resort, Maine. The tide rises and falls about 12 feet at this point on Eggemoggin Reach, and went out while I painted the scene; Little Deer Isle, which separates the Reach from the rest of Penobscot Bay, lies in the background. | 15x22" | Collection of John and Linda Mortensen |
 Juliette | During a week in Paris, my wife and I spent some time with a delightful young couple. This painting of their little daughter was my gift to them for their hospitality. | 10x14” | Collection de Frederic e Silvie Baconnier |
 Derelict | A late November snow heightens the sense of desolation at this decaying old cottage near Coshocton, Ohio. | 11x15" | Collection of Jim & Cheryl Irish |
 Autumn Stream | Multicolored leaves float down the Little Miami River in John Bryan State Park near Clifton, Ohio. Below the shallow, tannin-tinted water, submerged rocks and last year's decayed leaves are visible. | 11x15" | Collection of Mark and Vicky Herby |
 The Pumpkin Patch | Commissioned by a friend as a Christmas gift for his wife, this is a character study of his two daughters. | 15x22" | Collection of Greg & Patty Belliveau |
 Snow Princess | My wife, Rhonda Clevenger, on a winter walk near our home. This was a value study using blue, orange, and the white of the paper. | 15x22" | Collection of the Artist |
 Keeping Vigil | Rhonda again, this time looking out the window on a sunny day. | 11x15" | Collection of the Artist |
 Pep Talk for Chilly | My daughter Courtenay with Chilly. The horse had been balky during the first round of showing; tearful and deeply embarassed, Courtenay took him "out back" for a stern talking-to. They came out and won the blue ribbon. I was proud of her achievement, but prouder still of the character she showed in going back out there to face the judges and the crowd. That's my girl. | 15x22" | Collection of the Artist |
 The Visionary | In the field and laser-focused on his subject, this is my father, the "real" Charles Clevenger -- philosopher, poet, and man of vision. He sees things that others miss. When he is in this mode, he is the embodiment of quiet intensity. | 22x30" | Collection of the Artist |
 Chasing the Light | My Dad again, this time at Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. Surrounded by pink-tinted desert rocks and bathed in peach-colored light, he is squinting to deliberately reduce the scene to pure values, in order to judge whether it will make a good composition. I was amused by the idea of painting a highly-colored picture of someone who was trying so hard to see in black-and-white. | 22x30" | Collection of the Artist |
 Precious Baby | My oldest daughter with her new baby sister. Their bond of mutual love, though not genetic, is unbreakable. | 15x22" | Collection of Rhonda H. Clevenger |
 River of Time | My girls, then aged 11 and 7, at Massie Creek Falls just 1/4 mile from our home. Those were great years. But like the little river, time flows on. They are grown now. | 15x22" | Collection of the Artist |
 Inversions | Weekend warriors riding at anchor in West Dennis Marina on Cape Cod. To me, the abstract patterns of the reflections were more compelling images than the boats were. | 11x15" | Collection of Steve & Candy Winteregg |
 Mother | My incomparable Mom in her back yard, seated near her treasured pink poppies. | 15x18" | Collection of the Artist |
 Survivor | Mom again, after the hardest year of her life. She fought cancer and won, with the support of my Dad and a great team of doctors. Having achieved a serenity and spirituality that only comes when you have gone to the brink and returned, she is more beautiful now to me than ever. | 15x22" | Collection of the Artist |
 Young Family | My daughter Carla and her husband Joel hold their 1-month-old daughter, Ally Jo. As in many of my other compositions, the darks and lights intersect in a yin-yang pattern; for me, the interlocking here emphasizes their closeness and focuses your eye on Ally, the new love in my life. | 15x21" | Collection of Joel & Carla Shank |  Young Man in Sunlight | A limited-palette character study in oranges and complementary blues. The subject is my son-in-law, Joel, standing near a large terra-cotta vessel in the strong Dallas afternoon sun. He is a man of integrity who would lay down his life for his wife and daughter. I like this pose, which captures his qualities of sincerity and quiet dignity. | 11x15" | Collection of the Artist |  Blue Door | Nature is reclaiming the doorway of an old cabin just north of Chillicothe, Ohio. I have been watching this old structure fall into ruin a year at a time since I was ten years old. | 15x22" | Collection of Courtenay Clevenger |
 Ohio Twilight | Under a lowering sky full of snowflakes, two abandoned barns fall slowly into ruin just east of Jamestown, Ohio. | 15x22" | Collection of Taylor and Laura Ferranti |
 Mt. Pleasant Bridge | On a recent concert tour, a friend took me to this newly restored covered bridge on Mt. Pleasant Road in Lancaster County, PA. During the 3 hours I spent painting there, I was visited by an Amish woman who lived near the bridge, an "English" man and his young son who lived up the hill, another father-son duo on motorcycles, and a trout fisherman. That's the part about location painting that I really enjoy: meeting the people who stop to gawk...and stay to talk. | 15x22" | Collection of Mike and Pam Klontz |
 Wind Power | One of my new "Structure" series, this old windmill stands just east of Cedarville, Ohio. I was intrigued by the angular form of the windmill juxtaposed against the soft cloud-forms, and so continued the "juxtaposition" theme with complementary colors and a Chi-shaped composition. | 15x22" | Collection of Joe Cunningham |
 Bookworm | This is my first and only self-portrait. I am sitting in the light, which is the hero of all my paintings and my strongest metaphor for Truth. May I always be found there! I believe that I'm finally honest enough to paint exactly what I see, and enough in command of the medium to make it do what I want it to. My wife wanted to keep the painting, so I guess I succeeded. | 15x22" | Collection of Rhonda Clevenger |
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