Craig Clements

Craig Clements is an Ohio-based painter whose work moves fluidly between abstraction and representation. Drawn to what he describes as "plastic, fluid form," disrupted pattern, and an "awkward rawness," Clements builds paintings where familiar imagery, landscape, and the figure emerge from richly layered compositions. Drawing from a wide range of historical and contemporary influences—including the Chicago Imagists, Philip Guston, German Expressionism, and beyond— his work balances structure with spontaneity. Many of his ideas begin with dreams, fleeting observations, or partially perceive