RJ Clark is an award winning artist residing in Virginia Beach. He began producing and exhibiting art in the 70's and since that time has explored a variety of drawing and painting techniques always incorporating intense detail and exacting composition. His work is realistic, often photorealistic, and ranges from finely detailed pencil sketches and watercolors to large format oil paintings on linen and canvas. His work has been exhibited in national shows up and down the east coast and resides in collections from Texas to New York. He is represented by Somerhill Gallery in Durham, NC.
During the 80's and 90's RJ traveled extensively and lived in the South Pacific, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Philippines. He is a signature member of the Southern Watercolor Society.
Recent Exhibitions:
2006
-Touchstone Gallery 8th Annual Exhibition, Washington DC
-Watermark National Juried Art Exhibition, Whiteville NC (Honorable Mention)
-Southern Watercolor Society 29th Annual Exhibition
-Rocky Mount 48th National Juried Art Exhibition
-16th Mid Atlantic Art Exhibition, Norfolk Va.
-New Waves 2006 Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia (Honorable Mention)
-Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News Va. Biennial Art Show
-30th International North East Watercolor Society Annual Exhibit, Kent CT
-"A Show of Heads," Limner Gallery, Hudson NY
-RJ Clark Drawings and Paintings, Whiteville, NC
-Holiday Art Exhibition, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2007
-Prince Street Gallery National Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
-2007 Nansemond-Suffolk Academy Art Show and Sale, Suffolk Va.
-"Things that are Blue," Sommerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
-National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, 12 12 Gallery, Richmond, VA (Best in Show)
-Southern Watercolor Society 30th Annual Exhibition, Moultrie, GA (Experimental Art Award)
-New Waves 2007 Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia
-17th Mid Atlantic Art Exhibition, Norfolk Va. (Carson Award)
-"Treemendous," Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit MA
-16th Annual National Exhibit, Art Institute and Gallery, Salisbury MD
2008
-"Contemporary Virginia Painters: Process Unveiled," Rawls Museum Arts, Courtland Va.
-Southern Watercolor Society 31st Annual Exhibition, Quincy, Florida
(Potomic Valley Watercolorist Award)
- New Waves 2008 Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, April-June (Honorable Mention)
-"Travelogue," Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA. April-June
-Annual Juried Exhibition, Rawls Musuem Arts, Courtland Va.
-"Virginia Painters:Process Unveiled" Mary Washington University, Fredricksburg VA, September 2008
-Finalist Artist's Magazine 25th Annual Art Competition
2009
-New Waves 2009 Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Jan.-Mar. 2009
-19 th Mid Atlantic Art Exhibition, Norfolk, VA, Mar.-Apr. 2009
-Drawings and Prints by Tidewater Artists, Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton Va
-Article, Artist's Magazine, July issue.
Education: Bachelor of Design and MS degrees from NC State University and post graduate studies at Duke University.
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