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William H. Clarke
Folk Artist
William H. Clarke was born in Nottoway County, Virginia. He narrates his rural African-American heritage with old tobacco farming, old country stores, baptisms, funerals and the daily life of his childhood. His honest depictions have resulted in a strong national following. His folk art is in numerous private and museum collections throughout the United States and has been featured in television and film locations.
“I paint what I have lived. I am not ashamed of the hard, honest labor of those Black and white laborers that made it possible for us to advance our life with their labor. I try to paint the untold stories of those laborers and their labor of love.”
Works offered here are from the existing Blue Leaf inventory only. New print orders are not being taken. To purchase, email info@blueleafinternationalarts.org.
Reflections On A Life: The Window Series
Offset prints on rag paper from the original acrylics. Limited edition of 25, 14 × 11 in. One of each available, $60 each.
Company Is Coming
Offset print on rag paper, from the original acrylic
14 × 11 in.
Limited edition of 25
$60
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Day Dreaming
Offset print on rag paper, from the original acrylic
14 × 11 in.
Limited edition of 25
$60
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First Day of School
Offset print on rag paper, from the original acrylic
14 × 11 in.
Limited edition of 25
$60
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Fishing Stories
Offset print on rag paper, from the original acrylic
14 × 11 in.
Limited edition of 25
$60
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Here Comes Mama
Offset print on rag paper, from the original acrylic
14 × 11 in.
Limited edition of 25
$60
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Ride of Love
Offset print on rag paper, from the original acrylic
14 × 11 in.
Limited edition of 25
$60
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Snow and Flowers
Offset print on rag paper, from the original acrylic
14 × 11 in.
Limited edition of 25
$60
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Snow Memory
Offset print on rag paper, from the original acrylic
14 × 11 in.
Limited edition of 25
$60
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The Look Out
Offset print on rag paper, from the original acrylic
14 × 11 in.
Limited edition of 25
$60
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Wash Day Blues
Offset print on rag paper, from the original acrylic
14 × 11 in.
Limited edition of 25
$60
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Original paintings
Red Dress and Orange Dress, 2003
Oil and acrylic on watercolor paper
23 × 11 in.
$750
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Hog Killin', 2000
Acrylic on illustration board
18 × 26 in.
$1,000
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Tobacco Harvest, 2006
Oil and acrylic on watercolor paper
18 × 24 in.
$1,200
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Up to Bat, 2001
Oil and acrylic on watercolor paper
24 × 18 in.
$900
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Water from the Well, 2003
Oil and acrylic on wood
15½ × 11 in.
$400
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Winter Funeral, 2001
Oil and acrylic on illustration board
24 × 22 in.
$1,500
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Lumber Yard Workers, 2003
Oil and acrylic on illustration board
22 × 27 in.
$1,450
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Mailbox Gossip, 2002
Oil and acrylic on illustration board
30 × 22 in.
$2,100
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Baptism in the Pond, 2003
Oil and acrylic on watercolor paper
16 × 20 in.
$1,400
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Back Porch News, 2001
Oil and acrylic on illustration board
22 × 22 in.
$1,400
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By the Sea
Details on request
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Also available (photographs to come on request)
Winter Snow Funeral, 2002
Oil and acrylic on illustration board
24 × 18 in.
$1,400
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Oil and acrylic on watercolor paper
18 × 24 in.
$750
Email to purchase: Playing CheckersWash Day Monday, 2007
Oil and acrylic on illustration board
36 × 29 in.
$2,500
Email to purchase: Wash Day MondayBaptism Day, 2000
Oil and acrylic on illustration board
24 × 30 in.
$1,400
Email to purchase: Baptism DayBaptism Reflections, 2002
Oil and acrylic on illustration board
24 × 36 in.
$1,500
Email to purchase: Baptism ReflectionsMilitary Funeral, 2002
Oil and acrylic on illustration board
10 × 32 in.
$2,000
Email to purchase: Military FuneralBarnyard Snow, 2003
Acrylic on watercolor paper
21 × 29 in.
$1,500
Email to purchase: Barnyard SnowMama Playing Victoria, 2003
Oil and acrylic on watercolor paper
22 × 18 in.
$1,600
Email to purchase: Mama Playing VictoriaDipped in the Water, 1998
Oil and acrylic on illustration board
22 × 28 in.
$2,000
Email to purchase: Dipped in the WaterWinter at the Well, 2003
Oil and acrylic on illustration board
18 × 28 in.
$1,800
Email to purchase: Winter at the WellComing In from the Fields, 2003
Oil and acrylic on illustration board
12 × 20 in.
$1,500
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Oil and acrylic on illustration board
15 × 12 in.
$850
Email to purchase: Hangin' Clothes on LineGranny on the Steps, 2003
Oil and acrylic on watercolor paper
16 × 12 in.
$1,300
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Limited-edition signed prints
Moaning Mama, 2003
Signed print on archival watercolor paper
3/55
$500
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Hymn 31, 2003
Signed print on archival watercolor paper
4/55
$500
Email to purchase: Hymn 31Birthplaces, 2003
Signed print on archival watercolor paper
21 × 25 in.
2/55
$500
Email to purchase: BirthplacesSmoking Grandma's Pipe, 2000
Signed print on archival watercolor paper
4/30
$500
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Permanent collections
- Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
- Capital One Corporation, Richmond, VA
- McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina
- Meadow Farm Museum, Glen Allen, VA
- Afro-American Cultural Center, Charlotte, NC
- Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA
- Art Museum of Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach, SC
- State Capitol Building, Richmond, VA
- Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN
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