Clinton Rozelle

Clinton Lee Rozelle lives and works in the Washington, D.C. area.

Lacking any formal instruction within the arts (and quite unaware of any innate ability), Clinton Lee Rozelle pursued many and all available avenues while studying at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, including psychology, astronomy, and nuclear metaphysics.

After enrolling in a University drawing course, he discovered an advanced aptitude for creating lies; a false and imagined depiction of reality revealed through various media on flat two dimensional surfaces.

Art was the solution to occupying that void and elusive internal space...that emptiness existing deep within our consciousness...the desire and purpose we seek to feel alive and not dead.

His technique involves the combination of mixed media using both traditional and contemporary processes. Incorporating many layers (and sometimes many years), Clinton Lee Rozelle mainly utilizes acrylic paint, graphite, photography, and collage in the development of his works.

It is the idea or rather the viewers' thoughts and the resulting emotional and intellectual response that is most important:
"I think all successful contemporary art works, regardless of craft or technique, shou...