“The Collection ” Calendars are here!!

The new 2010 “Charleston Collection” and the first ever “West Virginia”Collection” of my Photographic Design Calendars are in stock and NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!!
These calendars showcase digitally painted photographs by Nationally recognized
and  award winning photographer……me!  ( Clayton Spangler )
If you’d like to order from my website; here’s the link:

2010 CollectionCalendars

( The 2009 “Charleston Collection” Calendars sold out within 1 month last year, so don’t get left out! Be sure and order yours today….)

New Calendars for 2010 coming soon!

I’ve just placed my initial order with the publisher  for NEW 2010 WEST VIRGINIA COLLECTION Calendars!!!!
These will be available for sale  on the website –  www.claytonspangler.com  – very soon- And the 2010 NEW CHARLESTON COLLECTION Calendars are almost complete as well…..so stay tuned for updates on their release and arrival!

(The images inside the calendar are of my digital photgraphic paintings of West Virginia and will be available for sale as well! )

Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse Exhibit update

The “Charleston Collection” has been getting a lot of attention lately- lots of great comments and interest!

Here’s a link to the RCBFC site that shows a few of the canvases that are hanging  there…………

Courthouse Exhibit

The “Voice Within”

Ever see images in your head that don’t exist in the “real world”?  This started out as a lush Green overcast color photo that I thought had potential; but just didn’t “speak” to me….
so, I worked on it some and found the “voice within” and created this one!

Charleston Daily Mail Interview

“Ladies at the Farmers Market”

I recently did an interview with the Charleston Daily Mail newspaper here in my home town.
They wrote a feature on my “Charleston Collection” exhibit I have hanging at the Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse ( until the end of August)

These are all 20×30 Canvas Gallery Wrap “Digital Paintings” that I have been working on over the past year-

Here’s a link :
Claytons Article

NEW Charleston Collection Exhibit!

NEW ARTWORK FOR  © The Charleston Collection

NEW ART-NEW EXHIBIT

It’s been almost a year in coming, but my first public showing of new “Charleston Collection” is about to go on exhibit!!

18- 20×30 Canvas Gallery Wrapped pieces of my artwork will be hanging at the Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse in Charleston West Virginia from July thru August.

The show is open to the public, keeping in mind it is a federal courthouse, so you will have to pass thru a security checkpoint to gain access thru the main doors.

If you can, I’d love for you to go and take a look- better yet, visit my online store and pick up some art for your home or office!

What is a gallery wrapped canvas?

It is a high quality print on artist canvas. 
The canvas is stretched over custom made wood supports.
Its depth is 1.5″ 

What’s so cool about gallery-wrapped canvases?

These images stand out boldly without the distraction of a frame
They appear to “float” on your wall.
You don’t need a frame for stability; the structure is inside the art.

More from the weekend…

Spooky huh? Light was fading fast and this is at the edge of an overlook with a path going down to the river below….

I’m sure there aren’t any wolves or vampires  about…but why take the chance, right?

From the weekend…

Loved the texture of the trees as soon as I saw them- and how moody an atmosphere it was..

I’ll be posting a few more from this weekend as I go- this will be be printed and framed for sale very soon as a fine art print.

FRIDAY NOTES

Gearing up for an exhibit in Charleston West Virginia -July  thru August at the Robert C. Byrd Courthouse.
Will be featuring my digital Paintings of Chrleston from “The Charleston Collection”- Several will be never seen before works that have just been finished exclusively for this exhibit!

ScotT Kelby’s WorldWide Photowalk will be held on July 18th and I’ll once again be leading 50 photographers thru the downtown streets of Charleston WV.

Here’s a link to register:http://worldwidephotowalk.com/charleston-west-virginia-wv-usa/

Books I’ve been reading- Joe McNally’s -”The Hot Shoe Diaries” and David duChemin’s -”Within The Frame”.- When I grow up; I’m gonna be like  THESE guys!

Passion, Desire, and the photoshoot…

Models Stephen Mathews and Lindsey Maddox

I’ve been a little busy with shooting and editing the last few days- Here’s one of the finished photos from a modeling shoot this past weekend . ( I’ll be posting a few more in the days to come…)
I had my wonderful assistant Tina hold a diffused flash off to camera left , and then remotely triggered it with pocket wizards.

Stephen and Lindsey were a great to work with- they are friends; but not a couple- and the fact that they were really attractive didn’t hurt the photograph either…..