Emily Clarke Studio

For the past 7 weeks, I have been teaching a beginning oil painting class at the Greenville Museum of

The start of Open Studios is a mere 4 days away. My to-do list includes things like "hang

In my continuing quest to capture the "look" of old film noir movie posters, I am trying a

Some artists copy the master painters in order to figure out how they worked. I copy vintage B movie

I'm not sure what the plot of this one would be, but I think I would like it. 24"x 36"

At first it seemed a little selfish to make myself the star of my made up movie, until I remembered

This is a small portion of the piece I am currently working on. I didn't have a totally clear

In Her Ear 4"x 4" Sides are 1" thick and painted bright green $45 To purchase, email

I now have available some beautiful prints of my Greetings From Greenville piece, and my Travel

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to see my sister and I at the West Greenville Arts Fest this

Held in the heart of the Village of West Greenville, the Second Annual West Greenville Arts Festival

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I spent most of yesterday working on the couple and adding in some color to the background. I like

I adore the piece I am working on right now. It is working out exactly as I hoped it would, which,

This was a piece that did NOT come together easily. It was pretty much a struggle from start to

Seeing as today is the first day off I have had in a while, I thought it was worth celebrating. Happy

A postcard to Greenville how it might have looked (if this bridge had been here then, that is.)

If you live in Greenville, you know that the Falls Park suspension bridge was not around during the

36"x 48" Oil on Canvas $1000 ShareThis Posted by Picasa -- Posted By Emily Clarke to Emily

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The original photos I am creating this piece from are in black and white. I have been having fun

I love vintage posters. I am sure I have mentioned it before, but there is something about them that

6"x 6" Oil on wood panel $55 To purchase, email me with the title in the subject line. The

Several years ago, I remember walking down Main St. and wondering what it would be like to have one

The wall is up and the repainting is finished. All that is left is to get the art rehung and to get

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Although I am hoping to get some painting done, the main focus of this week and next will be

Emily Clarke Studio is expanding! Join me for an ice cream social, Name-Your-Own-Price sale, and

22"x 24" Oil on Canvas This is the full painting that you only saw a fragment of on Friday.

I intended to completely finish this piece today, but I ended up having to make a major change to one