I love works on paper. Writing, illustrating, and binding (with tape and cardboard) my first “artist’s book” at a very young age, I have always been happiest when creating something. Initially entranced with printmaking—first silk screen and later intaglio—I also explored oil painting and sculpture. Then I discovered watercolor. Exuberance, lushness, playfulness, and perhaps awe are some of the qualities I find in nature, beloved objects, interiors and exteriors; occasionally, I attempt to capture the personalities of people and animals. All of these I try to bring forth with color, line, form, etcetera, on a flat sheet of sumptuous paper. I have been painting in watercolor for over 25 years, and my works are in a number of private collections.

Professionally, I have more than four decades of arts publishing experience, including 35-plus years at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Having retired from that career, I now focus on my own creative work, travel, and gardening in North Sandwich, New Hampshire.

Education: BA, Sarah Lawrence College; graduate work, New York University, arts administration and book publishing.

Contact: cydclark@gmail.com

IMAGES

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Four Ceramic Boxes, 20 x 26 in. (detail)

Gallery:

1) Still Life with Butterfly Box, 18 x 24 in.

2) Pool Party, 12 x 22 i/2 in.

3) Wisteria, 15 x 16 in.

4) Six Autumn Leaves, 15 x 22 in.

5) Tulips in Polka-Dot Pitcher, 15 x 15 in.

6) First Crocus, 10 x 10 in.

7) Still Life with Cookie Tin, 17 x 26 in.

8) Jorja, 8 x 8 in.

9) Iris Jungle, 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.

10) Cupcakes for Thiebaud, 12 x 12 in.

11) Azalea, 9 x 12 in.

12) Mohonk Reading, 6 1/2 x 7 in.

13) Garden Pruning, 14 x 10 in.

14) Still Life with Teapot, 15 x 8 in.

15) Peony Hedge, 14 x 20 in.

16) Ivy, 12 x 9 in.

17) Canna Lilies and Urn, 20 x 14 in.