John Karl Claes
John Karl Claes was born and raised in California. He earned his B.A. in studio art at California State University, Stanislaus and his M.F.A. in painting and drawing from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Since Graduating, he has won numerous awards, both regionally and nationally and has shown his paintings and drawings regularly in many solo and group shows. He currently resides with his wife and two sons in Turlock where he also maintains his studio.
In recent years, Claes has worked primarily in California’s Central Valley and the surrounding foothills. Claes finds this landscape inspiring, and he continuously finds new visual ideas that he wants to paint and draw. He combines traditional and abstract styles. His work is not straightforward realism. It is descriptive and nature-based and is primarily formal. Each painting and drawing is completed from the demands of the work, not necessarily with accuracy to the site seen or remembered. The image created is simultaneously abstract and representational, an integrated two-dimensional pattern and an implied three-dimensional space.
 John Karl Claes, A Falling SkyOil On Panel
7 x 8 |
 John Karl Claes, A Little Big Red*SOLD* Oil On Panel
7 x 8 |
 John Karl Claes, After DuskOil On Panel
13 x 15 |
 John Karl Claes, Another Ending*SOLD* Oil On Panel
13 x 14 |
 John Karl Claes, Big TurnsOil On Canvas
44 x 54 |
 John Karl Claes, Cold WeatherOil On Panel
16 x 16 |
 John Karl Claes, Evening ClearingOil On Panel 22x28 |
 John Karl Claes, Grey's DayOil On Panel
8 x 10 |
 John Karl Claes, High SummerPastel On Paper
11 x 12 |
 John Karl Claes, Huge Late AfternoonOil On Canvas
60 x 70 |
 John Karl Claes, Jack's SkyOil On Panel
3 1/3 x 5 |
 John Karl Claes, Rainy GreysOil On Panel
12 x 14 |
 John Karl Claes, Slipping AwayOil On Panel
3 1/2 x 4 1/2 |
 John Karl Claes, Spring WeatherOil On Panel
7 x 8 |
 John Karl Claes, The Land BetweenOil On Canvas
27 x 54 |
 John Karl Claes, The Leading Edge*SOLD*Charcoal On Paper
22 x 30 |
 John Karl Claes, The Whole ShebangSOLD Charcoal And Pencil On Paper
42 x 72 |
 John Karl Claes, Thursday Afternoon CloudsCharcoal On Paper
22 x 30 |
 John Karl Claes, Warm EveningOil On Panel
8 x 10 |
 John Karl Claes, Winter WeatherOil On Panel
8 x 10 |
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