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Even in my figurative and other representational work, I am primarily concerned with the qualities of the paint itself, with color, composition and texture rather than consciously imbuing the subjects with individual qualities and specific meanings. In that sense, my figurative paintings are more about painting than people. My most recent work pushes this idea into abstract forms. Abstract painting enhances my freedom to use color and form as a more direct medium of expression. About the artist Clifford Wilton, a Londoner by birth, has been a painter since the mid-sixties. His career as an art director, graphic designer and teacher of design at the San Francisco Art Institute took precedence over painting for many years. Now living in Ashland, Cliff is a full-time painter whose body of work in the past eight years is an exploration of the the human figure and the limitless expanse of abstract forms. Cliff’s paintings have been exhibited in the Aspen Art Museum, and in one man shows in Aspen and Denver, Colorado, in Southern Oregon University, the Rogue Gallery and University of Oregon in Eugene. In Seattle, Cliff has had one man shows at the Freisen Gallery, and is currently represented by the Daniel Kany Gallery in Portland, Maine. His work is also included in many private collections. In Ashland, Clifford is represented by the Hanson Howard Gallery.

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