Natalia I. Clarke is Sighature Member of Oil Painters of America
Natalia Clarke was born and grew up in Moscow, Russia. From 1998 she resides in USA, on Long Island.
She has always enjoy to create art. Her true passion is for oil painting, drawing and photography.
Natalia Clarke in 2007 graduated New-York Institute of photography (America's Oldest Photography School ).
She received her training in classical drawing and painting at the Long Island Academy of Fine Art (LIAFA) and the Atelier Armetta. She has studied under Robert Armetta, Steve Forster and continued her education through workshops with Juliette Aristides, Tony Ryder, Ramiro Sanchez, Toby Wright, Jon DeMartin, Ying-He Liu, Kang Ngeow... She is also learning a lot from her favorite artists Richard Schmid (books and videos ) and David Leffel.
She has been accepted in many of East End Arts Council Juried shows and won First Place in the "Seven Deadly Sins" Show, "Color"and Second Place in "The Body in Rest Show" as well as several Honorable Mentions.
Her work was exhibited in
William Ris Gallery, Jamesport NY 2017-2018
East End Arts Gallery ( Riverhead, NY ), 2005-2017
The South Street Gallery (Greenport, NY) 12/2015, 12/2016 - 10x10 show
Randy Higbee Gallery (Costa Mesa CA) 12/2014, 12/2015, 2016 - 6x6 show
Rosalie Dimon Gallery (Jamesport, NY), 2015
Hersh Gallery (Glen Cove, NY), 2015
Town Hall of Riverhead (NY), 2014
Chrysalis Gallery (Southampton, NY), 2014
“Flowers at the Greenery” (Westhampton Beach, NY), 2012-2014
Also:
In 2015 - her painting "Indian Pottery" was accepted into EASTERN Regional Oil Painters of America Juried Exhibition and displayed in Eckert &Ross Fine Art gallery, Indianapolis, IN
In 2016 - her painting "Golden Dragon" was accepted into SALON SHOW Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils (Oil Painters of America) and displayed and sold in Castle Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
In 2018 - her painting "Still Life with Bread and Red Potatoes" was accepted into SALON SHOW Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils (Oil Painters of America) and displayed at Crooked Tree Arts Center Petoskey and Traverse City, MI
In 2019 - her painting "Still Life with Bread and Red Potatoes" was accepted into the Twenty-eighth ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION-2019 and displayed and sold in Illume Gallery of Fine Art , St. George, Utah
In 2019 - her painting "Still Life with Apples and Dry Sunflowers" was accepted into EASTERN Regional Oil Painters of America Juried Exhibition and displayed in Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
In 2020 - her painting "Still Life with Wooden Crate and water Bottle" has been accepted into 2020 year’s Virtual Salon Exhibition of Traditional Oils Painters of America Juried Exhibition
In 2020 - her painting "Apples from the Basket" was accepted into EASTERN Regional Oil Painters of America Juried Exhibition and displayed at Reinert Fine Art, located in Charleston, SC
In 2021 - her painting "Apples from the Basket" was accepted into EASTERN Regional Oil Painters of America Juried Exhibition and displayed in at Art Center Manatee, located in Bradenton, Florida
In 2022 - her painting "Red and Green Peppers in Cup" was accepted into EASTERN Regional Oil Painters of America Juried Exhibition and displayed and sold in James R. Ross Fine Art, located in Indianapolis, Indiana
In 2023 - her painting "Two Golden Onions and Water Pitcher" was accepted into the Thirty-second ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED Exhibition Oil Painters of America-2023 and displayed and sold at Reinert Fine Art, located in Charleston, SC
"Two Golden Onions and Water Pitcher" won an honorable mention in the March 2023 BoldBrush Painting competition.
Her Drawings and Paintings can be found in private collections around the country, in Mexico and in Europe .