Join us for our monthly Paint & Sip! This month Mississippi artist Cliff Speaks will be leading us in this fun fall cat painting. Each ticket comes with all materials and instruction wine delicious snacks and charcuterie and a relaxing atmosphere. Have some fall fun with friends and family and make a piece you can pull out each fall to hang on the wall or keep it out all year!
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More About Artist Cliff Speaks:
Cliff Speaks is a native of Brandon Mississippi. Cliff grew up in Mississippi and still continues to call it home. His art is reflective of growing up in Mississippi. His work has rich integrations of such art movements as the Mexican Muralists Abstract Expressionism Fauvism Cubism and Pop Art. His work draws on the approach of a variety of artists such as Jackson Pollack and Vincent van Gogh.
Cliff arrived at painting by way of graphic design. This background acts as a bridge to transmute the realm of the ear to the realm of the eye. Line form and design under the hegemony of color laid down patterns of syncopation beat rhythm melody harmony chord and scale. Instruments instrumentalists and music merge into single visual compositions that "sound" joyful notes to optic nerves. Cliff says "I am especially attracted to music. Music is often a theme of my work. I see blues punks rockabilly classical and soul."
In addition to his abstract and abstract-figurative paintings Cliff produces pure figurative works. He is a master of creating visual performance on canvas. The viewer cannot help but recognized the type: self friend family members or a universally-known stranger. Cliff's great affection for southern culture and imagery is the impelling inspiration.
Cliff's abstract depictions and his figurative representations both driven by a powerful use of color endear the archetype lift it to a joyful and soulful place and offer to the viewer as refreshment for heart and mind.
Cliff holds a Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. Cliff has created commissions for the band Three Doors Down and the Pearl River Casino. His works have appeared in galleries and exhibits from New York to Australia. Cliff works from his studio in Brandon Mississippi.
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