daveclay

Coke Oven Battery, oil on panel 36” x 48”

Today’s 3-hour ish live painting at #seaf2025 @seattle_erotic festival. 30” x 40” oil on panel.
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Off to Seattle erotic art festival to paint!

The beauty of the soul is present here and now, everywhere. The human spirit is within the human body. You separate them, you kill them both. Set aside your arrogance and embrace curiosity. 60” x 36” oil on panel.

The beauty of the soul is present here and now, everywhere. The human spirit is within the human body. You separate them, you kill them both. Set aside your arrogance and embrace curiosity. 60” x 36” oil on panel.

48” x 48” oil on panel, the human figure ourself, a reminder of who we are, all of us, lest we forget and become fascists who consume beauty and excrete stupidity and exhaust cruelty.

Here we are, all of us, like this. Art attack 6p - 9p tonight at Equinox Studios, 6520 5th Ave S. @dianajeano.bsky.social

Otto’s? Now I want pizza.

Of course, you can’t see it, because technology has automated morality so we don’t have to think about it and can focus on good consumer behavior

All these different lives are beautiful. Love is beautiful. I paint the nude figure because it’s my celebration of the beauty of who we all are, what connects us. Cruelty and hate and stupidity are doing everything to destroy real human lives, silence that beauty. Fascism relies on killing empathy.

Open studio tonight, 6pm till 9pm 6520 5th Ave S!

Try not to be too hard on yourself. As I’ve grown, I spend more time looking and thinking, and it takes longer to make things. But they’re better because of it. This culture promotes to unsustainable growth and production. Don’t let it take away from the beauty you create.

Shit #iforgottotagmypost

Starting my largest painting to date - 84” x 48” - for a big show next year!

I fucking loath limited characters in social media. Bring back livejournal.

Adera, in the studio. Had a wonderful time painting from life. Things are grim right now, I’m trying to celebrate the beauty of humanity in the face of feeling overwhelmed. Help each other out there.

Some sketches for this platform

Fascists Are Incapable of Understanding Art - Writings - Dave Clay - Fascists Are Incapable of Understanding Art Figure, industrial landscape, and cityscape paintings by artist Dave Clay

Art is what connects us. It's not a mystery novel to figure out or a puzzle with some answer you need to solve. Allow yourself be curious. Let your thoughts and emotions and all that cannot be easily described take you somewhere surprising. Let it make you feel human. Don't be a fascist.