DAVID McCLYMENT | BLEEDING DAYLIGHT
Red Head Gallery, 401 Richmond St. W., Suite 115, January 4 to 28, Wed. to Sat., 12 to 5 p.m.
“You have to kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight” – Bruce Cockburn
McClyment says: “Working primarily in charcoal, I cannot avoid charging my imagery with darkness – both physical and emotional. Appropriate for this so-called post pandemic age full of economic, cultural and political upheaval. So, darkness, yes! But also, I hope with glimmers of positive daylight leaking through.”
An installation of 14 honking big drawings.
BIOGRAPHY
David McClyment: has been obsessively drawing for almost 70 years and professionally for forty. He has exhibited primarily in the GTA, but also throughout Ontario and across Europe. His work has been the focus of many grants from all levels of government, including the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council, as well as the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. McClyment has shown his work through exhibitions with commercial co-operatives, public galleries, artist-run centres and commercial galleries, as well as organizing his own initiatives. These events have been reviewed in many major media outlets, including CBC (radio 2), Rogers TV, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Daily Star, the National Post and the Winnipeg Free Press. In becoming a member of Red Head Gallery in Toronto, he is happy to have come home to where he started in the artist-run community.
In addition to his career as an artist, he has mentored hundreds of emerging artists: first through his role as a project officer in an arts service organization, and most lately as a professor in the Fine Arts Studio program at Centennial College. In that capacity he has received a number of awards for teaching excellence.
Having now stepped away from teaching, McClyment is able to dedicate most of his waking hours to time in the studio. Ah, life is good!
He is inspired daily by his long-time reason for living, Sue Bracken, and their multi-talented son, Jaimie.
To view more of his work check out his website: www.flyingpiecreations.com
