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Debra Clemente's boldly graphic and energetic oil paintings
express her colorful, luminescent, and optimistic views of life. No painting leaves my studio until it sings!
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This large palette knife, which could be mistaken for a "pie server," becomes an extension of Clemente's right hand as she orchestrates a musical movement of oil paint back and forth from the palette to the canvas.
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Artist Debra Clemente featured in the winter issue of Lawrence Magazine.
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Her painting process is as unique as each work of art she creates.
Wielding one tool, a large sturdy palette knife, Clemente paints:
Wielding one tool, a large sturdy palette knife, Clemente paints:
mixing, smoothing, layering, pushing, scratching
and scraping oil paint on canvas.
The resulting work retains the evidence of her energy and passion,
delighting the eye from a distance as well as upon close study.
delighting the eye from a distance as well as upon close study.
