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Copyright <strong>2023</strong> Clint Herring<br />

Copyright <strong>2023</strong> Clint Herring<br />

Copyright <strong>2023</strong> Clint Herring<br />

Copyright <strong>2023</strong> Clint Herring<br />

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When he was around 10, Clint began<br />

drawing mostly in graphite and became<br />

interested in painting in different media,<br />

including oils and watercolors. In the<br />

eighth grade, he took classes from an art<br />

teacher, retired Col. Tom Immler, at Scott<br />

Preparatory School. The teacher encouraged<br />

Clint and introduced him to painting<br />

watercolors in a formal style.<br />

Since then, Clint has only painted in<br />

watercolors, predominantly using chiaroscuro,<br />

with strong contrasts between<br />

light and dark. He doesn’t use them in<br />

pastel hues that are often associated with<br />

watercolors.<br />

While Clint studied visual arts at Auburn<br />

University in the early 80s, he never took a<br />

watercolor class. “I looked at the class one<br />

day, and there were 30 paintings that all<br />

looked the same.” He found figurative and<br />

portraiture classes to be helpful in what he<br />

wanted to paint.<br />

He began displaying his work in sidewalk<br />

and artwork shows around the Southeast.<br />

At that time, he would arrange a stilllife<br />

to paint in watercolors, and people<br />

often thought it was an oil painting. He<br />

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