| Artist Info |
| Name:
Len
Clarke and Scott Tilton |
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Brief
Bio:
Len Clarke
Working from his studio in Port Clyde, Len works in
a variety of media including etching, photographic etching
with photosensitive polymers, oil painting, watercolor
and photography. Len has traveled widely on land and
sea and endeavors to capture visual images that reveal
different patterns of living and survival. He enjoys
focusing on the emotional content of the image rather
than its realistic representation often juxtaposing
different images into a consolidated whole. He produces
bold images both in color and in form. “The Nude
Show” is a two plate etching that was conceived
initially for entry in an art exhibition having the
theme “nudes”.
Scott Tilton is a relatively new artist who draws much
of his artistic inspiration from the Sea. The Sea has
graciously provided him a way of living his entire adult
life, be it as a mussel harvester, as a lobsterman,
a clam digger or an oyster farmer. These various occupations
inspired in him a great passion to communicate the beauty
he observes in the world around him to the people around
him. Says Scott, “I love this world in which we
live, breathe and have our being. I believe it is one
of God’s great gifts to us to enjoy and for which
we are responsible.”
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Artist's
Statement:
Scott and Len both enjoy working large and bold and retain
childhood fascinations with native american art, in
particular totem poles. Scott is a participant in the working
waterfront and owns an oyster farming business; Len lives
in the active fishing community of Port Clyde. Thus, the
Atlantic Challenge "challenge" of creating art
out of surplus gear and seaside foundings quickly suggested
the creation of a totem pole constructed of local sea objects.
Our initial prototype was built out of oyster farming gear
and suggested the spontaneous creations found in Maine built
out of flotsam and jetsam washed
up along the shore. The need to have a large creation movable
then elicited the idea of using, as the pole, a stack of
plastic barrels (used by lobsterman for bait and lobster
storage) with the bottom barrel filled with water for stability,
yet empty-able for transporting. The barrels then were painted
and "sculpted" with the addition of seaside objects
- oars, fishing gear, shells, and jettisoned lids of Port
Clyde brand sardines. We chose as totems, sea species we
related to, symbolic of Mid-Coast Maine and/or are endangered.
These include salmon, a Right Whale, a shark, a sea turtle
and a cormorant.
| Description of Art Work |
| Dimensions:
15'
x 20" |
| Medium
Used: Mixed
Media |
| Title:
"Sea
Totem" |
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