Clinton Deckert

I am an American painter raised in Southington, Connecticut where I currently reside and maintain a home studio. My artwork is influenced by memories of my youth playing in tree houses, running through the woods, and splashing around in the ponds and streams of the Northeast. I have always been curious to explore what lurks just beneath the water’s surface, or what’s living under the log. My approach to painting is an extension of that early curiosity and its freedom. I think of it as a higher form of doodling without knowing what the end result will be. I have developed techniques for creating paintings that evolve from those old, blurry and abstracted memories.

The process begins as a painterly alchemy of sorts using random brush strokes. I have come to realize that if I sit around waiting for a good idea, I’ll never get anything done. Having said that, I will still get a good idea every now and then that I must bring to fruition. Either way, I usually start with thin washes of oil paints, or inks that will take place with several layers over many sessions.

The subtle implied images that are created are similar to the implied images that one may see in a clouded sky or reflections in the water. I then take a step back to see ...

Imaginary Institute of Abstract Surrealistic Studies

EXHIBITIONS – Solo & Select Group

GALLERY 66 — New Britain, Connecticut. USA, 2024
GREENWOOD GLASS GALLERY — “Remarkable Work”, Riverton, CT 2023
ALNB / Art League of New Britain, CT, — Lowe Gallery, *“Exploring the Unknown”, 2022
SoCCA! — Southington, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2021
ALNB / Art League of New Britain, CT, — B.D. Low Gallery, "Exploring the Unknown”, 2022
SoCCA! — Southington, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2021
ART PALM BEACH — International Art Fair, w/ Alvarez Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, 2019
550 GALLERY — “Beyond Reality”, Bethlehem, CT, 2019
FERNANDO LUIS ALVAREZ GALLERY — “Express Yourself”, Stamford, CT, 2018
THE UNDERGROUND GALLERY — Collinsville, CT, 2017
SoCCA! — Southington, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2017
FIREHOUSE GALLERY — Milford, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2017
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — “NEW / NOW”, *Solo Exhibition, New Britain, CT, 2016
DOROTHY’S GALLERY — “Minimenta”, Paris, France, 2016
PARIS IN PLANTSVILLE — “The Return of the Harbinger”, Plantsville, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2015
ARTSPACE HARTFORD — Jerry’s Artarama, “The YAS”, Top 9 Artists, People’s Choice Award, 2015
DOROTHY’S GALLERY — “Creation Contemporaine”, Paris, France, 2015
MAC 650 GALLERY — “The B.F.D. Show”, w/ Baylock, Firimita, Middletown, CT,...