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CLINTON A. DECKERT
New Britain, Connecticut
Contemporary Surrealist, Clinton Deckert is renowned for his ongoing series of oil and
alkyd paintings on canvas entitled "SURREAL MINDSCAPES". This body of work
provokes and stimulates the imagination drawing the viewer into enigmatic scenarios
contradicting the expected. Deckert is past president and current vice president of the
Board of Directors at Artworks Gallery in Hartford, CT which has been voted "Best
Gallery" the last three years in a row by The Hartford Advocate readers poll. He has
had three solo exhibitions at Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT. He has shown extensively in
Southern New England and his work is represented in private collections from coast to
coast.
"His paintings are rendered without the hindrance of logic and their appeal comes
from the eerie ambience of unique imagery capturing a timeless quality. Deckert seems
keenly aware of the absurdities underlying the very concept of life. " Jude
Schwendenwien, Art New England
"Deckert's riotous conjurings are dazzling, ingenious, provocative and injected
with a sense of fun."
Steve Starger, Journal Inquirer & Art New England
"Deckert challenges us to step beyond our assumptions and expectations of what is
familiar to a fresh look at associations, redefining and ultimately expanding our sense of
what makes things real."
Mary Kramer, Director of The Promenade Gallery at The Bushnell.
His solo exhibitions also include Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, CT, where
his work is also part the permanent collection, Pierce Street Gallery at Nutmeg
Television, Plainville, CT, Zuzu's Basement Gallery, Hartford, CT, and twice at The
Eclipse Salon Gallery, Boston, MA. His two person exhibitions include The Promenade
Gallery at The Bushnell and The Pump House Gallery both in Hartford, CT. This Surrealist
painter has received numerous awards and has been selected for many juried exhibitions
including seven shows at The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT,
including one by The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. Deckert's work has also been shown
at Kougeas Gallery, Winter Invitational, East Boston, MA, Small Walls Gallery, Hartford,
CT, Exposure Ltd. Manchester, CT, Sparrow-Gate Gallery, Simsbury, CT, Gallery on the
Green, Canton, CT, The Art Guild, Farmington, CT, The Salt Box Gallery and The Club House
Gallery both in West Hartford, CT and The Stamford Art Association Historical Society,
Stamford, CT for The National Faber Birren Color Award Show.
Deckert has been interviewed about his work live on talk radio on the Colin McEnroe Show.
He has lectured at The Arts Association of Meriden, Meriden, CT and at Naugatuck Valley
Community College where one talk is recorded on CD ROM highlighting their permanent
collection. He also has had work selected to exhibit at the Connecticut Office of the U.S.
Senate.
Clinton Deckert's work has been favorably reviewed numerous times in Art New England, The
Hartford Courant and The Journal Inquirer. His work has also appeared twice in The New
York Times, The Stamford Advocate, The Herald and numerous times as critic's choice in The
Hartford Advocate. He has also appeared on the cover of The Hartford Advocate representing
Artworks Gallery in The Best of Hartford Issue.
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