escolante.jpg (2011) Painting by Blaine Clayton

I was bourn In Salt Lake City in 1950. I discovered I had a talent for drawing when I was around 8. I would flip through an encyclopedia and copy interesting faces. Art was always my favorite topic. In high school I had Loran Follend as my art teacher he was a little weird but he was a good instructor and I learned about landscape painting and composition from him. I attended Collage at BYU I was going to be an art teacher, but I didn't like the way the education program and the art program were separate. So I changed my major to psychology and used my electives to take class in the Art major program. I have worked in the behavioral sciences for 30 years. Much of the time doing art on my own time. I joined the Utah Watercolor society 10 year ago and participate with them in Juried competitions and plein-air paint outs. I also participate in around 4 plein-air competitions each year. I belong to a co-op Gallery called Local Colors of Utah in Sugarhouse. I paint and work in the Gallery. In 2014 I sponsored the first Sugarhouse plein-air paint out.

• Nationality: UNITED STATES
• Date of birth : 1950
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary American Artists