Alana Clumeck
Campobello, South Carolina
Artist Alana Clumeck creates contemporary animal paintings that blend bold form with symbolic meaning. “Since my discovery of art came as a form of therapy, I still use it to paint out my thoughts or feelings,” says Alana. Raised in Australia by artistic parents who ran a pottery studio from their home, Alana was surrounded by creativity from an early age. Her own journey into painting began while pregnant with her second child, when a deep need for self-expression led her to pick up a brush. What started as personal therapy soon became a passionate career. Alana now paints from her home studio, where she balances creative flow with the rhythms of motherhood. When she’s not in the studio, she’s likely adventuring outdoors with her kids.
Artist Statement
I grew up in an artist family; my parents owned a pottery for 20 years, which was attached to our house, so there was never a moment in my childhood where they weren’t throwing pots, decorating, or working on other artistic ventures. My mother also painted beautiful, vibrant, and abstract oil paintings. I have memories of her being lost in her paintings for days on end, and now I can relate! I was born to be a maker/creator, and what I love most about being an artist is living out a career I was born to do. I feel extremely blessed! I am not going to lie, my kids talk A LOT, and painting allows my brain to be quiet for hours on end, which gives this momma the mental downtime that I need!
If I am talking to you, you probably don't know it, but I am no doubt studying how the shadows and highlights form shapes on your face. I am looking at the colors of light bouncing off your expressions and I am planning in my head how I might paint that one day. I do the same when I am driving, I am looking at the shapes that the valleys and mountains form and how color has a play in creating that form. I paint in shapes, I never try to paint an entire picture, I am always trying to paint the shapes that form the entire picture.
There is a certain amount of satisfaction gained from painting all subjects. That being said I am really enjoying my wallpaper series that I am currently working on. This is a mash-up of masculine meets feminine, this way I can pick all my favorite subjects and put them together into one painting.
If I am talking to you, you probably don't know it, but I am no doubt studying how the shadows and highlights form shapes on your face. I am looking at the colors of light bouncing off your expressions and I am planning in my head how I might paint that one day. I do the same when I am driving, I am looking at the shapes that the valleys and mountains form and how color has a play in creating that form. I paint in shapes, I never try to paint an entire picture, I am always trying to paint the shapes that form the entire picture.
There is a certain amount of satisfaction gained from painting all subjects. That being said I am really enjoying my wallpaper series that I am currently working on. This is a mash-up of masculine meets feminine, this way I can pick all my favorite subjects and put them together into one painting.