Summer Solstice-Clonard Thomas Watercolor West XXXV

The symbols in my paintings pay homage to our greatest star- the sun that sustains life, by providing light, warmth and power to the planet Earth. I paint landscapes and abstracts to express emotion through light, pattern, and design in a panorama of radiant color. Thinking about recent work motivates me onto the next painting in a series. "The Sun Series" has been my focus for the last four years. Mentally pulling out the images intuitively through a repetition of theme shapes, symbols and color choices makes each painting unique and individual. Working in a series helps me stay in the present and directs my creativity. I like to experiment, test and push the visions further to a new level of expression.

Clonard Thomas received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona and holds a Masters Degree from Otis Art Institute. She teaches and lectures at the Aerie Art Garden and various places around the valley. Clonard and BruceThomas own the Aerie Art Garden in Palm Desert, CA.

Clonard is the recipient of numerous First Places and Sweepstake awards. She owned the Clonard Fine Art Gallery on El Paseo in Palm Desert for three years. Her most coveted honors are the Winsor & Newton Bronze Plaque of Excellence, CVWS Painter of the Year, twice and University Woman's Sculpture Award, Long Beach Museum of Art. 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, in 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.

Southwest Arts Festival 2000 "Spring Equinox" Poster Artist, and the American Cancer Society, Invitation Artist, Desert Spirit, "Triumph" started the millennium off right. Her Aerie Art Garden was featured on HGTV's "Secret Gardens." Clonard's "Solar Celebration, Song of the Sun" one-man show was held at the Coachella Valley Museum and Cultural Center.
In 2001 she received Best of Show Non-Traditional at the International Date Festival and the Kai Jorgensen Award, Palm Springs Desert Museum. Clonard and Bruce Thomas are the Official Artists for the Tennis Masters Series, at the Indian Wells Tennis Gardens 2000-2003. Verizon picked Clonard's painting "Pincushions" for their conference, printing her cactus image on all programs, menus, room gifts and note papers.

Clonard is a Past President of the Coachella Watercolor Society and pass Secretary, and is Plein Air Chair for the Field Mice, which meet every Tuesday (November through May).

You can view her work at the Indian Wells Tennis Gardens in Indian Wells, the Studio Gallery at the La Quinta Resort, or at her Aerie Art Garden gallery in Palm Desert.

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