Marc Clamage · Representational ARTIST
Painted
From
Life
“I paint what I see” reflects my personal approach to painting, representation. I paint what I see, only what I see, only in its actual presence with it there right in front of me, only while I’m looking right at it. I do not work from photographs, or imagination, or memory, or even from sketches. I paint exclusively from life. The essence of representation is that every choice, every brushstroke is made in direct response to the artist’s experience of his visual surroundings. My goal as an artist is to carve a bleeding chunk of reality out of its surroundings and slap it down on a scrap of canvas for all to see.
Please click the links below. I’m especially proud of my “Panhandlers” project, a series of oil portraits of the homeless in Harvard Square. This project was featured in a Boston Globe Magazine piece.
Featured Story
Panhandlers
Portraits from life of the panhandlers and street people of Harvard Square. One of Mr. Clamage’s most recognized projects.
Selected Work
Recent Paintings
Landscapes, portraits, figures, and still lifes—all painted directly from life.
The Presidentials
Sara
Ferguson
Glacial Erratic
Hazel
Daffodils
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About the Artist
Marc Clamage
Marc Clamage is a representational painter who works exclusively from life, responding directly to the people, places, and objects before him. His work has been exhibited throughout New England, and his Panhandlers of Harvard Square series was featured in The Boston Globe Magazine.
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