A post-abstract, perceptual artist, Clive Pates uses large, gestural marks in his painting, drawing and sculpting with the clarity of a realism that focuses the work, and an abstraction and emotion that keeps the viewer on edge.

 “Verde River at Dead Horse Ranch, Spring”
Oil on Linen; 28” x 28”; 2010

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