{"id":588,"date":"2023-03-02T08:44:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T08:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eroclark.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T02:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T02:02:11","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eroclark.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"588\" class=\"elementor elementor-588\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47eed19 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47eed19\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db865c4\" data-id=\"db865c4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-590f574 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"590f574\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 14-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-content{width:100%}@media (min-width:768px){.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper,.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{display:flex}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:right;flex-direction:row-reverse}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:left;flex-direction:row}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-top .elementor-image-box-img{margin:auto}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-top .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:flex-start}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-middle .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:center}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-bottom .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:flex-end}}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-bottom:15px}}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-title a{color:inherit}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-description{margin:0}<\/style><div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h1 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><br>A B O U T <\/h1><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><span style=\"white-space: normal;\">EROCLARK.COM : Narrative Paintings by Beth Clark<\/span><br><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c32f4f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c32f4f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-daafe35\" data-id=\"daafe35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-175c2b6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"175c2b6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-012c31c\" data-id=\"012c31c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd2935b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd2935b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 14-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>About me<\/b><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d607043\" data-id=\"d607043\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f976c7 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f976c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 14-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1201\" src=\"https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_5748-768x1201.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1401\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_5748-768x1201.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_5748-192x300.jpeg 192w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_5748-655x1024.jpeg 655w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_5748-982x1536.jpeg 982w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_5748-1310x2048.jpeg 1310w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_5748-scaled.jpeg 1637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7385ee\" data-id=\"c7385ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0e7665 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0e7665\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>I'm a former Art Director returning to my true passion, creating works of art.<\/b><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e7ea3b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e7ea3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 14-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14.4pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">With a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Wake Forest University and an additional focus on studio art at Old Dominion University, I started my career in the arts as a Graphic Designer. I soon went back to school to receive my Master&#8217;s in Graphic Design at North Carolina State University. I later worked as an Art Director, Vice President and Creative Director in advertising and marketing firms both in Richmond, VA and in Washington, DC. Furthermore I taught graduate school at Virginia Commonwealth University&#8217;s Brandcenter.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14.4pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14.4pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: normal;\">After taking a break to raise my children,<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4); font-size: 12.5pt; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0I started back in the arts by focusing on my photography.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.133333px; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">As I shoot photos, a narrative usually develops as I&#8217;m scouting for the right locations, subjects, lighting and composition.<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4); font-size: 12.5pt; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0I quickly found that photography alone was not enough to bring the story I&#8217;m envisioning to life. I missed tactile creation and began to build the storylines through a combination of mediums. My\u00a0 photography became the backbone for my move into creating collages, drawings and paintings to establish my style and tell my stories.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4); font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.133333px;\">My paintings often have an illustrative nature, with an intense emotional response from the use of color.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14.4pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4); font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.133333px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14.4pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;\">Now I am where I need to be. I am still taking lots of photos in my everyday life and in my travels, studying nature, drawing, doodling (my high school friends all surely remember), collaging, painting and most importantly, creating stories through my art to share.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'DM Serif Display'; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14.4pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: normal;\">You will notice that my work is sometimes signed &#8220;BClark&#8221; or &#8220;ERO&#8221;. I am now moving to branding all my work under &#8220;ERO Clark&#8221; as there are far too many of us BClark&#8217;s out in the world today. But only one ERO\u00a0Clark \u2014 that&#8217;s me.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14.4pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.5pt; letter-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6af843 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6af843\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-93532fd\" data-id=\"93532fd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7a2a54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7a2a54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><font face=\"DM Sans, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 5px; text-transform: uppercase;\"><b>ABOUT THE WORK<\/b> - Formerly ON EXHIBITION in \"Ode to Richmond\" at CROSSROADS ART CENTER, RICHMOND, VA. NOW SOLD<\/span><\/font><br><br><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; color: var(--ast-global-color-2); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">\u201cRVA via Train\u201d 48 x 36 in. Acrylic Canvas Wrapped \u00a9 Elizabeth Renn Oelrich Clark, 2023.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; color: var(--ast-global-color-2); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">&nbsp;<i><b>SOLD<\/b><\/i><\/span><br><br><span style=\"letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium; white-space: normal; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">When I was a child, my family moved into a \"new to us\" house in Norfolk, Virginia. I immediately thought this old historic house was haunted. Every night I heard voices speaking words I couldn't understand along with whistles and loud, vibrating metallic noises. I had a hard time sleeping. But while exploring my new neighborhood on my bike, I was quickly relieved. The noises were definitely coming from the nearby train station located a little over a block away. Norfolk Southern was a busy place, especially at night. These sounds lulled me to sleep every night of my childhood.&nbsp;<\/span><p style=\"font-size: medium; font-style: normal; margin: 0in; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; white-space: normal;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/p><p style=\"font-size: medium; font-style: normal; margin: 0in; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; white-space: normal;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p><p style=\"font-size: medium; font-style: normal; margin: 0in; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; white-space: normal;\">When I first visited Richmond, Virginia before a move here in 2001, I lunched at Bottom's Up Pizza in Shockoe Bottom. I happened to sit on the patio when the train passed overhead. Some customers found the train noise and vibrations bothersome. But for me, it felt familiar- louder, but like home. The Conductor smiled, waved and blew his whistle upon seeing us on the patio. I sent him a wave back and I instantly knew that Richmond would work out for me. The experience felt like home, but still uniquely Richmond.&nbsp;<\/p><br><p style=\"font-size: medium; font-style: normal; margin: 0in; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; white-space: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: var(--ast-global-color-2); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">After my second move back to Richmond, I brought my young kids downtown one day to swim under the tracks. It was a hot August sweaty day, and they had been begging to go explore the James River and cool off. They swung on the rope swing below the tracks, dove down to look at fish and skipped rocks. Hearing the incoming vibrations, they swam out into the River with me to get a better look at the incoming train. As the train passed overhead, I snapped some GoPro photos that reminded me of an Edward Hopper postcard that later were inspiration for this painting \"RVA via Train.\" My kids, like me, felt the trains over the James River and Richmond were a perfect pairing to also call home. #<\/span><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2); font-family: &quot;DM Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-style: inherit; letter-spacing: 1.5px; text-transform: uppercase; white-space-collapse: preserve; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\"><\/span><\/p><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7836483\" data-id=\"7836483\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c72803\" data-id=\"5c72803\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d45a064 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d45a064\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;RVA via Train&#8221; 48 X 36 in. Acrylic Canvas Wrapped \u00a9 Elizabeth Renn Oelrich Clark, 2023. <em>FOR SALE<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a0651f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a0651f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC_1520-1024x793.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-568\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC_1520-1024x793.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC_1520-300x232.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC_1520-768x594.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC_1520-1536x1189.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC_1520-2048x1585.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-fedd170 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fedd170\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d0e3bb\" data-id=\"9d0e3bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b43185 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b43185\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>What I do<\/b><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7f2ca4\" data-id=\"f7f2ca4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11768f5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11768f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"The process of creating revives my soul\u2014 <br>it's a gift to myself.\"<br><br><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-398e11f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"398e11f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/painting-photo-3-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1088\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/painting-photo-3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/painting-photo-3-769x1024.jpeg 769w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/painting-photo-3-768x1023.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/painting-photo-3-1153x1536.jpeg 1153w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/painting-photo-3-1537x2048.jpeg 1537w, https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/painting-photo-3-scaled.jpeg 1922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-36d8f1a\" data-id=\"36d8f1a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2e83fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"f2e83fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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My portraits are normally derived from multiple photos of the person and veer into fantasy and abstraction.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2542\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2542\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Abstract Art<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2542\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2542\"><p><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;Work Sans&quot;; font-size: 1rem; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">My Abstracts are inspired by nature. They may take on various styles, marks, and symbols.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2543\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2543\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Landscape Painting<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2543\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2543\"><p>My landscapes are primarily derived from visions I have seen and experienced in Virginia and North\/South Carolina as well as from Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Costa Rica. My scenes often cast a spell on me- I feel like I am discovering the magic of each place all over again when I paint the scene.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2544\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2544\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Still Life Painting<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2544\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2544\"><p>As an adamant gardener, most of my still life painting derives from the gardens I frequent and tend, as well as from the animals that live there. I take lots of pictures as reference, to be able to work in the seasons where I can&#8217;t be in the garden or in parks.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4848751 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4848751\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c10aaef\" data-id=\"c10aaef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14d5353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14d5353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Contact<\/b><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-62924d6\" data-id=\"62924d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c702476 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c702476\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contact me to discuss any of your painting needs. <\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34fe952 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"34fe952\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/eroclark.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-envelope\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">beth@eroclark.com<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">@eroclarkart<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A B O U T EROCLARK.COM : Narrative Paintings by Beth Clark About me I&#8217;m a former Art Director returning to my true passion, creating works of art. 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