Fine Lines: Art by Cody Clark

05/03/2024

https://firstsaturdayartsmarket.com/artist-roster/

I got into selling my art mainly to meet other artist-y types. The roster at this coming First Saturday Arts Market lets me know I've found my people. I'll be there this Saturday in the Heights from 11am-6pm. Looking forward to seeing you!

06/12/2023

I love it when my favorite work goes home with my favorite people!

06/12/2023

I debuted this piece at White Linen Art Night last weekend. The original isn't for sale, but I am taking orders for prints.

02/23/2023

I love seeing my babies, all snazzy with cool frames, lovingly hung in their new forever homes! This was a commission for some good friends. Makes me happy.

Hey, if you have a piece of mine hanging in your place, I'd love it if you'd shoot me a picture!

02/22/2023

This started as a "blotter" for another watercolor painting I was working on while visiting my gracious cousin Arlene in New Braunfels last weekend. The "blotter" started to look better than what I was working on, so I went with this one too.

Arlene said I should make this into cards, so I did. You can follow the link and get this on cards, phone cases, throw pillows, stickers...

New Braunfels Feb 23 Painting by Cody Clark

02/22/2023

This piece started as one of the options I presented as a candidate for a commission. This piece wasn't chosen. Frankly I thought it was too monotonous as a large piece. But I found it had interesting bits. This series is some of the bits I selected and "enhanced" with some pen work.

Flotsam Series 1 Painting by Cody Clark

02/21/2023

Another in the "bonus" blotter series. Started out as a place to clean my brush while painting something else. I started to see something very "Joan Mitchell"-esque in my leavings and decided to go with it. Art heroes like Mitchell give me wings -- their pioneering work gives me "permission" to expand what kinds of fun I can have and put forth my fun as "real art."

Blotter Upcycle Jan 2023 Painting by Cody Clark

02/21/2023

When I work I keep an alternative support to catch my excess paint and other byproducts of my process. Then I have a semi-serendipitous first layer for a future work... perhaps.

This is one such work. A bonus so to speak.

Jan 24 2023 Jawn Drawing by Cody Clark

02/21/2023

I did this work last month, but I like it a lot personally. It's one of my "accidental" pieces that started out as a blotter I used to hold excess paint in the process of creating other works. (I try not to waste paint if I can help it.)

Blotter Jan 18th 2023 Mixed Media by Cody Clark

02/21/2023

Yikes, I'm not sure why my camera makes this watercolor paper look tan and not white. I'm not a very good photographer. Let me know if you want to see the original work.

But the other colors are pretty true. Started with watercolor then sealed. Added a layer of pastel then sealed again. Then enhanced with iridescent gel ink pens.

Not sure if this is one I care for as much as others, but I do say it makes a pretty cheery throw pillow, shower curtain, towel, or phone case. It's humbling when the merch looks better than the original work, but this may be one of those situations, I dunno.

You can check it out here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/flora-cody-clark.html

02/21/2023

Another new piece. A result of playing with abstract gel plate printing, enhancing with ink and acrylic pen. I like to lay down a (mostly) serendipitous (read: random) first layer and then "listen" to the piece to guide my enhancements. Gel plate gives some fun textures I can't get with a brush.

You can buy prints and merch with this image here:

Gelli Abstract Feb 2023 Painting by Cody Clark

02/21/2023

New mixed media piece. Acrylic and ink on watercolor paper, 8.5x11. Playing around with gel plate printing, enhanced with brush and pen.

You can buy prints, and other merch, with this image here:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/gelli-bonus-feb-2023-cody-clark.html?product=canvas-print