Figure Paintings – Arts by Jodee Clifford

Posted on January 20, 2020October 25, 2020 by Jodee Clifford, Oil Painter — Leave a comment

Work in Embodiment

Jodee Clifford, 2006, Oil Painting: Embroidered Flowery Linen, Oil on Linen / Mixed Media — 2006, Oil Painting: Flowered Linen Dress, Oil on Linen / Mixed Media

Jodee Clifford, 2019, Oil Painting: Linen Dress with Pocket, Oil on Linen / Mixed Media — 2006, Oil Painting: Flowered Linen Dress, Oil on Linen / Mixed Media

I delivered two oil paintings to 3rd Street Gallery in Philadelphia yesterday. They’re going to be in the show, Embodiment: Figure In Art. It feels good to have work out on display in the world.

Two 30×30″ figurative oil paintings on stretched clothing are in this show. Both from my series of Figures on Clothes, Flowered Linen Dress was completed in 2006, Linen Dress with Pocket was painted in 2006 and reworked in 2019.

Drop off day just so happened to be on the last night of Freedom Swing. It was nice to get some long overdue dancing in while in town. The same thing happened in Boston. I kind of love this trend of galleries being in close proximity to good dancing.

Posted on December 5, 2019October 17, 2020 by Jodee Clifford, Oil Painter — Leave a comment

Primary figure on gray sweater dress

Primary figure on gray wool sweater-dress

Continue reading for a video of details and a WIP photo or two.

Posted on September 26, 2019March 9, 2020 by Jodee Clifford, Oil Painter — Leave a comment

First Impressions

A series of figurative oil paintings

First Impressions Jodee Clifford — 4 First Impressions 10×10″ oil on wood, 2018

Since early 2018, I started painting slow oil paintings from the information from fast croquis. I’ve been exploring ideas about connection so much lately, First Impressions have been a huge part. Here I’ve been fascinated with painting something equivalent to overthinking details about someone who makes a strong first impression, based mostly on intuition and energy like a gesture drawing. Continue reading First Impressions

Posted on March 18, 2018October 25, 2020 by Jodee Clifford, Oil Painter — Leave a comment

First Impression 5

First Impression Croquis Painting — First Impression

First Impression 5,
12×12″ Oil / wood, 2018
Nude female figure model
Series: https://wp.me/p7nsjR-Gq

Posted on March 17, 2018October 25, 2020 by Jodee Clifford, Oil Painter — Leave a comment

Figurative paintings on clothes

Figures on Clothes, Oil / Mixed Media / Jodee Clifford

Figures on Clothes
Figures on Clothes was one of my first series of paintings around 2003. I painted them with relationship ideas between clothing and the human form explored between subject matter and material. I painted nude female figures directly onto the surface of stretched and prepared clothing as I would on primed canvas.

In 2003, I started painting nude women onto the surface of stretched and prepared clothing as though it were canvas.

In revisiting the series, I’m bringing in some intimate and emotional elements. I plan to continue these.

Unzipped Linen Dress, 2018 oil / mixed media 16x24" — Unzipped dress. Jodee Clifford, 2018, Oil Painting: Embroidered Flowery Linen, Oil on Linen / Mixed Media

Jodee Clifford, 2004, Oil Painting: Green Sweater, Mixed Media

Figures on clothes, 2004, Oil painting. Mixed media, Jodee Clifford — Figures on clothes, 2004, Oil painting. Mixed media. Jodee Clifford

Linen Skirt, 2018 oil / mixed media 12x12" — First Impression: Linen Skirt, 2018 oil / mixed media 12×12″

Blue Suede Pants Figurative mixed media — Jodee Clifford, 2004, Oil Painting: Blue Suede Pants, Mixed Media

Jodee Clifford, 2004, Oil Painting: Night Shirt, Mixed Media

Plaid Dress, Jodee Clifford, 2004, Oil Painting, Mixed Media

contemporary figurative oil painting — Overalls, Jodee Clifford, 2004, Oil Painting, Mixed Media, 2004

2004, Figures on clothes. Jodee Clifford

Posted on March 12, 2018October 25, 2020 by Jodee Clifford, Oil Painter — Leave a comment

Unzipped Linen Dress

Completed in March of 2018, this personal painting is the first of some of my new work exploring relationships.

Figures on Clothes

Figures on Clothes was my first series of paintings starting c. 2003. To me, they began with the relationship between clothing and nudity using the human form explored between subject matter and material. I painted these nude female figures directly onto the surface of stretched and prepared clothing as I would on primed canvas.