Clonard Bunn Thomas
"My landscapes and abstracts express emotion through light, pattern and design in a panorama of radiant color relationships.
Watercolor is my first love, but working with collage papers in combination with experimental acrylics and inks is also exciting. I love to be surprised by my work. When the painting takes over and guides me to something completely different from what I had in mind, it is thrilling. Each painting is a challenge.
Before I begin a new painting. I think about my past work and decide where I want to go from where I left off mentally pulling out the ideas intuitively through repetition of theme shapes, symbols and color choices. Working in a series helps me stay in focus and directs my energies to one idea, experimenting and pushing the images further with each painting."
Clonard is the recipient of numerous First Places and Sweepstakes awards. She owned the Clonard Fine Art Gallery on the El Paseo for three years. Her most coveted honors are the Winsor & Newton Bronze Plaque of Excellence, CVWS Painter of the Year (twice) and the 2002 Watercolor West XXXIV, Ben & Mary Rabe Memorial Award. Her paintings and sculptures grace some of the most important collections in the country and abroad. She is listed in Who's Who in California, Architectural Digest: "Best of Ten Years" and her work is featured in the film, "Son-Rise, a Story of Love," NBC special.
She is a representative for M. Graham Paint and Connoisseur Brushes.Her clients include many major collectors, thirty-five of the Fortune 500 Corporations and two United States Presidents.
Clonard Thomas received her degrees from University of Arizona 1966- BFA, Chicago Art Institute-.1967, Otis Art Institute 1970- BFA & MFA. She teaches, lectures and heads Art in Action Tours. Clonard and Bruce Thomas own the Aerie Art Garden in Palm Desert, California.
Aerie Art Garden
71-225 Aerie Road, Palm Desert, CA 92260
(760) 568-6366
