EDUCATION
2010 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2002 BFA The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

SOLO EXHIBITS
2012 The Brutal Labor, Sour Thoughts, Lucid Exploits, and Eventual Addictions of the Hollow (Calloused Geist Settles for Less Than) . Humid Projects - Knoxville, TN
2009 The Bleak Diaries, Dreaded Dreams, and Beatified Visions in Our Lives(or: las maneras paternales barbaras de la osa mayo) .
Fluorescent Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2008 The Broken Show . Abode - Knoxville, TN
2007 Power Lines, Plagiarism, Parables . The Tomato Head - Knoxville, TN                                                 2007 Recent Drawings . F-Art Gallery - London, UK
2003 Close-Captioned Elegy to the Spiritually Impaired . Comixchange Gallery - Knoxville, TN         
 

GROUP EXHIBITS
2012 1 in 91 Autism Fundraiser . The Artery - Costa Mesa, CA
2011 Keep Up The Good Work Guys! . Art Center College of Design - Pasadena, CA
2009 Pop! Pop! . Pink Ghost Gallery - Hollywood, FL
2009 Darker Drawings . Sara Jane and Co. - Sacramento, CA
2007 Summer Crush . 1010 Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2006 Phine Art Photo Show . Sapphire Modern Bar - Knoxville, TN
2006 Paint-A-Blank . 24 Hour Gallery at Yee Haw Industries - Knoxville, TN
2006 Humidity . 1010 Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2006 Visual Residue . CB's 313 Gallery at CBGB's - NYC
2005 Werewolf Bongo Party . DvA Gallery - Chicago, IL

PERFORMANCE ART
2012 Black Licorice Blues . Humid Projects - Knoxville, TN
2009 Honey, Honey, Honey . Fluorescent Gallery - Knoxville, TN
2000 Hit Me, Kiss Me, Pour Me a Drink . The Black Box - Knoxville, TN
1999 The Hum of Her Prize . The Upper Room - Knoxville, TN

RELATED
2008-2010 Media Coordinator Community Television of Knoxville - Knoxville, TN
2007 Performance, Installation, and Media Art Summer Workshop . Garden Montessori School - Knoxville, TN
2005 Design Committee for The Knoxville Skatepark
2004 Set Design for The University of Tennessee Opera Company and the Bijou Theatre Production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1999- 2003 Experimental Video Youth Summer Workshops Community Television of Knoxville - Knoxville, TN

TELEVISION
2010 Background art for Cisco Wireless Router Commercial
2010 Background art for McCormick Spice Commercial
2010 Background art for Home and Garden Television

AWARDS
2011 Art Center College of Design Graduate Fine Arts Scholarship
2010 Art Center College of Design Graduate Fine Arts Scholarship
2009 TransWorld Skatebording Payday - Leo Romero/Toy Machine Design 
2007 Toy Machine/Active Sports - Johnny Layton Deck Design 
2004 Best Animation/Experimental Video - Secret City Film Festival
2002 Best In Show - Quixotica
2001 Best In Show - Knoxville Watercolor Society
2001 Best Lithograph - Treva Yates Memorial Award
2001 Michael Gardener Memorial Scholarship
2000 Best In Show - Knoxville Watercolor Society
1999 Charles Pfitzer Watercolor Scholarship

Born in Hubbard Springs, VA in 1925.  Growing up on a farm, Clyde recalls having much time to "Enjoy the presence of God".  Clyde states, "I was blessed to be deposited in this rich valley just acrost from that Cumberland Gap and near'to the Dan'l Boon trail.  I saw God everyday in those beautiful mountains in the trees and flowers and all creatures great and small.  I'd drink from those springs everyday - don't think a feller can do that any more."
Clyde's parents were rooted in a deep faith in God that seems to echo through this whole region.  
Clyde's faith grew when hiking alone to the sand caves in Ewing, VA.  He recounts the following:  "It took all mornin' to get up to the caves.  I'd been once before when I was much younger, but I was 17 now and had been wrestlin' with the Lord for some time. I thought that would be a good place to get some fightin' done with God.  I had'nt remembered how brilliant the different colors of sand were and it was just about like standin' in a rainbow.  Now it's hard for me to say that it was like you and me a'talkin', but it was pretty clear in my head.  I heard, "Clyde, what are you doin' piddlin' around Hubbard Springs?  You know I've been tellin' you this for a long time.  You just sit here and push your hands deep in this sand then let it fall out back to the ground.  That's your life.  That's everybody's life.  Now get goin' - where you go I don't care, but you are not needed 'round here.  You have some hurtin' to help me heal in this world."  So I packed my bags and felt called to Tennessee.  I ministered all over the Northeast region of this state until I finally settled in Maynardville in ninteen and seventy six and I've been here ever since doin' the will of the Lord."
In 2001 Clyde went to mow the lawn.  It was a humid Tennessee August day and temperatures were in the 90ºs.  Clyde says he remembers starting the mower and then hearing a voice say, "It's time for a new challenge Clyde.  You have giants to conquer just like Caleb. I want you to tell stories.  I want you to build stories from mud.  Tell my story from your work shed."  When Clyde 'came to' he was on the ground with the riding lawnmower about 20' away and his head was covered in blood.  The next day Clyde began to make "visions" out of Tennessee Red Clay and Tennessee Marble.  He calls these small mud heads with marble teeth The Great Cloud of Witnesses and it takes its reference from the Biblical scripture, Hebrews 12:1.  He also heard words in the wind and "captures" these phrases are painted on lawnmower drive belts.  The Messengers references Psalm 104:4.  Clyde's O, Death series references 1 Corinthians 15:55 and is a collection of wasp nests gathered from various structures on Clyde's property that are cut in heart shapes.  Clyde has this to say about the hearts:  "The grave has tried and tried to take a bite out of my hide, but he ain't never gonna win".
Clyde's newest body of work are yet to be titled but appear to be images of lambs and possibly reference the Book of Revelation.  These are paintings on reclaimed wood from the white picket fence that once surrounded his own sheep.  
We are currently documenting Clyde's body of work and it will soon be viewable and available for purchase.