About Albert Anderson Clymer

Albert Anderson Clymer studied at Texas A&M University and started his career as an Architect. It was through architecture that he discovered Art while experimenting with painting. He was introduced to acrylics, a water base medium which is quick drying and easy to clean. He borrowed design concepts from architecture and added an innovative touch-painting on Masonite fiberboard to create his own style. He was fascinated by the fiberboard because of its ability to draw water quickly, producing different visual effects using acrylic paint. Once Clymer realized that he liked to paint and could make a living at it, he abandoned architecture in 1967 to become a professional artist. The transition was an easy one because it fit in with his life goals: “I wanted to be self-employed-to have absolute freedom. Freedom to stay at home when I wanted to. Freedom to travel when I pleased and freedom to create something that could really be cherished.” Clymer’s dreams became a reality when art critics have his work favorable reviews. He achieved national recognition through a series of 187 one-man shows and assorted awards in California, Texas, New York, and Paris. His paintings are represented in many private, corporate and museum collections and he has been reviewed twice by La Review Moderne Des Arts, Playboy Press and numerous newspaper articles. His more recent Artwork is inspired by the historic Wounded Knee Massacre of December 29 1890. Many of his paintings of the Ghost Dancers, Cemetery Hill, Pine Ridge and Lakota Warriors refer to this tragedy. Clymer himself is of Native American descent, mainly Choctaw, which contributed to his inspiration. Clymer starts his paintings by covering Masonite hardboard with a mixture of white acrylic gesso and matte medium. This base can be controlled by varying the mixture. One of the products of his experimentation comes from brushing a thin wash of color over chosen areas of a painting to achieve unusual effect in “crazing” or dispersing a coagulation of the color wash. This is done with the board lying flat or with a slight tilt. Within seconds, the coagulation begins and can be stopped almost at once if held in sunlight. The effects can be widely varied by the dilution of the mixture, the angle of tilt while it is crazing and the moment of drying. He also likes to add interesting textures to his paintings using drywall compound. His resulting art works have not only drawn rave reviews but have also earned him inclusion in the prestigious Who’s Who in American Art and Men of Achievement.

Many of Clymer’s recent paintings are currently displayed in the Parkside Art Gallery in La Veta, CO. On Sunday August 27 2023 there will be an Art Show from 4:00pm-7:00pm at this Gallery with many of his Wounded Knee inspired paintings, some which will be offered for sale in a silent auction.