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ARTIST'S
BIO "I just
follow my nose"Like
most schizophrenics, criminals or artists, I'm out of step. First century reverence
makes more sense to me than twentieth century sophistication. I see imagination
as a better source of art than experience. Originality seems a natural byproduct
of an artist's progress toward his potential, rather than a goal.
Since
my goal is art locked into the real universe, I believe that conforming to universal
creative principles offers a better chance for success than ignoring or opposing
them. I'm not interested in "self-expression" or "personal truth"
but in truth itself, particularly in its aesthetic and spiritual dimensions. In
fact I define art as the creative expression of truth. Because
I use the trial and error method - mostly error - I experience painting as a series
of emergencies building to a central crisis; will it be a work of art or trash
? Even a good result is a mixed blessing because it can get you half believing
that perfection is just around the corner. Not true of course; one of the beauties
of perfection is that the closer you come to it, the farther away it gets. Certain
distinctions often elude me as well; the difference between freedom and license,
success and fulfillment, and especially between willfulness and tenacity. Years
ago I approached all this with common sense, willpower and reason. These days
I prefer something more practical, like prayer. email
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"MCREYNOLDS
[IS] ASTOUNDING -- HIS WORK ABOUNDS IN UNIQUE, OBLIQUE INVENTIONS ..." Walter
Hopps, Curator of 20th Century Art, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian
"MCREYNOLDS
IS A VETERAN TRAVELER THROUGH INNER SPACE [WHOSE] VISIONARY ART IS DEFINED BY
SPIRITUAL QUALITIES AND THE ARTIST'S DAZZLING TECHNICAL SKILL." Dorothy Burkhart,
San Jose Mercury_News "...A
MASTER DRAUGHTSMAN" Marilyn Hagberg, San Diego Magazine "CLIFF
McREYNOLDS IS ARGUABLY THE BEST OF THE CALIFORNIA 'MAGIC REALISTS'." David
Tannous, Washington Star "MCREYNOLDS' STYLE IS IMPECCABLE." Fran Preisman,
Art Week "...SHEER
VISUAL VIRTUOSITY... " James Auer, Milwaukee Journal "FRAGMENTS
OF HISTORY IN CLIFF McREYNOLDS' PAINTINGS COME TOGETHER IN A DISPARATE, OFTEN
INCONGRUOUS AND WITTY PATCHWORK..." Stephen Prokopoff, Director, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago "MCREYNOLDS
[IS] A VISIONARY LYRICIST OF IMMENSE POWER, IMAGINATION AND INVENTIVENESS ...
HE MAY BE SAN DIEGO'S OWN WILLIAM BLAKE." Richard Reilly, San Diego Union "THE
PAINTINGS THAT McREYNOLDS HAS CREATED IN THE LAST DECADE ARE BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL
AND SOPHISTICATED. THEY ARE WORKS OF GREAT INTUITION AND SUBTLETY. IN VIEWING
THEIR SHARP, STRIKING CONTRAST TO HIS EARLIER WORK, WE ARE WITNESS TO A TRANSFORMATION
SO COMPLETE THAT IT MUST NECESSARILY HAVE FEW PARALLELS IN THE WORLD OF ART."
Thomas Burke, Publisher, Pomegranate Press email
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EXHIBITS
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Athenaeum,
La Jolla, CA 2013 (first prize) -
"Animals
are Us", Intersection Gallery, San Diego, CA (one person show), 1996 -
"'Social
Engagements," Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1995 -
"Veiled
Images," Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX and Traveling, 1994 -
SDTYAE, Yokohama,
Japan and Traveling, 1992-93 -
Faith
Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, CA, 1992 -
Calhoun
Gallery, San Diego, CA (three person show), 1991 -
"Works
on Paper," Messiah College,. Grantham, PA and Traveling, 1991-93 -
CIVA Exhibit,
Biola University, La Mirada, CA, 1989 -
"Fra
Elskov Til Gud," Sandvika Administration of Culture, Oslo, Norway, 1988 -
Venice Arts
Festival, Venice, CA, 1988 Sushi Gallery, San Diego, CA 1988 -
Biola University,
La Mirada, CA (one person show), 1988 -
Downey
Museum of Art, Downey, CA (four person show) 1987 -
Southwestern
College Invitational, Chula Vista, CA 1987 -
Feigen
Gallery, Chicago, IL (one person show), 1986 -
Acevedo
Gallery, San Diego, CA (three person show), -
1985
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 1985 -
San
Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (one person show), 1983 -
Illuminarium,
Mill Valley, CA (three person show), 1982 -
Gallery
Rebecca Cooper, New York, MY (one person show), 1981 -
"Visionary
Art," Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 1981 -
"Focus:
Cliff McReynolds," San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA (one person show),
1980 -
"Fourth
Triennial-India," New Delhi, India, 1978; Tokyo, Japan, 1979, Oakland Museum
of Art, Oakland, CA, 1979 -
"Drawings
of the Seventies," Chicago, IL, 1977 -
"California
Painting and Sculpture-The Modern Era," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
San Francisco, CA, 1976 -
"Mindscapes:
Five California Artists,lt Oshkosh Museum, Oshkosh Museum, 1976 -
"Alternative
Realities," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Il (five person show), 1976
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"Cliff
McReynolds: Revelation Art," Gallery Rebecca Cooper, Washington, D.C. (one
person show), 1976-77 -
Visions
Near and Far," Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA, 1975 -
"Drawing
U.S.A.," Minnesota Museum of art, Minneapolis, MN, and Traveling, 1975-77
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"California-Hawaii
Biennial," San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, 1972 (1st prize award),
1974, 1978 -
San
Diego City College, San Diego, CA (one person show), 1971 -
San Diego
Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA (one person Show), 1967 -
Sander Gallery,
San Diego, CA (two person show), 1963 -
San
Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA (one person show), 1959 email
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COLLECTIONS
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Chicago
Art Institute, Chicago, II -
Northern
Trust Co., Chicago, Il ......................................................................................... -
Edwin A.
Bergman, Chicago, Il -
Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Mollers, Chicago, Il -
Anita
Rosenblum, Chicago, Il -
Michael
Caris, Chicago, Il -
MCA
Corporation, New York, NY -
Mr.
and Mrs. Michael Waldman, New York, NY -
Warner
Brothers Studios, Burbank, CA -
United
Artists, Hollywood, CA -
A.
& M. Records, Hollywood, CA -
Biola
University, La Mirada, CA -
Rudolf
Wahlandt, Stuttgart, Germany -
Renata
Tarrago, Barcelona, Spain -
Rev.
Harvey Cox, Boston, MA -
James
Elder, Washington, D.C. -
James
Tanner, Washington, D.C. -
Jonathan
Meader, San Francisco, CA -
Thomas
Burke, San Francisco, CA -
Dr.
Stroud Connor, San Jose, CA -
Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Saikowski, Encinitas, CA -
Dr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Gott, La Jolla, CA -
Scott
Barnett, San Diego, CA -
David
Mitchell, Pagosa Springs, CO -
Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph McDaniels, Paradise Valley, AZ -
Dr.
Thomas E. Layman, Minnepolis, MN email
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PUBLICATIONS
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Pig
Out and Lose Weight , A volume of social commentary, 1998 -
"Making
Art and Eating Too," in The Forum, Cliff McReynolds, Academic Senate for
CA Community Colleges, 1993, pp.26-28 -
State
of the Arts, Dr. Gene Veith, Crossway Books, 1991, pp. 190-93 -
"Wonders
of the Visible world" in Criticue of America," Cliff McReynolds, Alden
Mills Pub., Feb. 1988, pp. 27-29 -
San
Diego Artists, Robert Perine, Artra Publishing Inc., 1988, pp. 148-151 -
"Art
Now: Give Me Liberty or Give Me License," in Hill Courier, Cliff McReynolds,
San Diego, Feb. 1985, p. 7 -
"Revelation
Art," in Format: Art and the World, Cliff McReynolds, Seven Oaks Press, Aug
1982, pp. 18-21 -
Revelation
Art: All Things New," Cliff McReynolds, an autobiography and survey of work
since 1960, Pomegranate Press, 1980 -
Who's
Who in American Art, 1978-present -
Visions
I, the work of seven visionary artists (forward by Walter Hopps), Pomegranate
Press, 1977 -
Magazines
and other reproductions: Omni, 1977, 1980, 1982 -
Graphis
Annual, 1974 -
Esquire,
1973 -
United
Artists Records, 1971, 1972, 1973 -
Warner
Brothers Records, 1970, 1973, 1977 -
CRM
Books, 1971 Psychology Today, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973 -
Pomegranate
press, Rohnert Park, CA: publisher and distributor of posters and prints of Cliff
McReynolds' work in the United States, Europe and Asia, 1974 to present Artwork
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