
A Walk In The Park, 2021
Based on Runnymede Park - right across the street from my studio. I spend a lot of time there. 7 panels. Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil on paper 64" x 72"
Just finished reading Robert MacFarlane's Underland. Helped me focus some thought on connectivity. Also a riff on Bosch - heaven, earth, and the nether world
Just finished reading Robert MacFarlane's Underland. Helped me focus some thought on connectivity. Also a riff on Bosch - heaven, earth, and the nether world

So, What Do You Know?
Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil, spray paint through hand cut stencils on multiple pieces of abused paper. About 6 feet x 12 feet.
Early in the summer of COVID 2020, a severe storm uprooted a massive oak tree in the park across the street from my studio. The trunk lay there for weeks, and became the focus for parents and kids. People loved to walk on it. Like us puny humans had finally conquered nature. As if!
Early in the summer of COVID 2020, a severe storm uprooted a massive oak tree in the park across the street from my studio. The trunk lay there for weeks, and became the focus for parents and kids. People loved to walk on it. Like us puny humans had finally conquered nature. As if!

The Girl In The Park, the book
Another COVID challenge between my partner, Sue, who is a poet and myself. Sue presented me with a poem, "The Girl In The Park". I responded by making three large X shaped drawings. You can see my original images (without the text) by scrolling a few screens right
This hand made book now brings the words and the imagery together into an intimate mash up. There are a number of iterations of this collaboration. In this case an actual accordian book. Although I prefer to think of it as a 3D sculptural piece. The back of the of book/sculpture is an inverted version of the front.
You can also experience a digital version by going to https://www.flipsnack.com/mcclymentbookprojects/the-girl-in-the-park.html.
This hand made book now brings the words and the imagery together into an intimate mash up. There are a number of iterations of this collaboration. In this case an actual accordian book. Although I prefer to think of it as a 3D sculptural piece. The back of the of book/sculpture is an inverted version of the front.
You can also experience a digital version by going to https://www.flipsnack.com/mcclymentbookprojects/the-girl-in-the-park.html.

The Girl in the Park, Part 3, 2020
A response to a COVID challenge from my partner, Sue Bracken, who is a poet. She gave me a poem, "The Girl In The Park", which is full of delicious visual evocation. This is the third and last installment of imagery.
Charcoal, coloured pencil on cut out paper. About 48" x 48"
Here is the complete poem by Sue Bracken,
Girl in the Park
Now
she sleeps in a stemmed halo
of light
false park protection
Near her a babyless carriage
as life cart
A red dress
billows from a rusted hanger
on an oak clothes line
a peony in the night
The wind will iron
its creases
Tomorrow
she will don that dress
it will correct her
A calla lily at dawn
she will erase herself
Charcoal, coloured pencil on cut out paper. About 48" x 48"
Here is the complete poem by Sue Bracken,
Girl in the Park
Now
she sleeps in a stemmed halo
of light
false park protection
Near her a babyless carriage
as life cart
A red dress
billows from a rusted hanger
on an oak clothes line
a peony in the night
The wind will iron
its creases
Tomorrow
she will don that dress
it will correct her
A calla lily at dawn
she will erase herself

The Girl In The Park, Part 1, 2020
A response to a COVID challenge from my partner, who is a poet. She gave me a poem, "The Girl In The Park", which is full of delicious visual evocation. This is my first response. I plan at least two more images - maybe more.
Charcoal, coloured pencil on cut out paper. About 48" x 48"
Charcoal, coloured pencil on cut out paper. About 48" x 48"

Girl In the Park, complete
All three images together. We live right across the street from a small, but beautiful urban park - a real jewel of grass and trees in a concrete, urban environment. People frequently sleep rough there. Hence the subject of the poem and these images.
The colour in the drawing is deliberately muted - mostly blacks with hints of colour. The two diamond squares - one dark blue and one dark purple - hint at the saturation of colour that the poem evokes in my imagination.
The colour in the drawing is deliberately muted - mostly blacks with hints of colour. The two diamond squares - one dark blue and one dark purple - hint at the saturation of colour that the poem evokes in my imagination.

Xcess & Ohhs, Words by Sue Bracken, Images by David McClyment
Sue, my partner a poet, and I have been challenging each other all through COVID. In this case, I presented Sue with a small book based on my series of images, "Band Aids For Worrisome Times". You can see the original images by scrolling right a few screens.
In this case, Sue responded with 12 poems. One responding to each image. The poems and the images are not meant to be captions/illustrations of each other. Rather departure points along two different but parallel paths of exploration. This book 8.5 x 11 inches.
You can also enjoy a digital version by going to: https://www.flipsnack.com/mcclymentbookprojects/xcess-ohhs.html
In this case, Sue responded with 12 poems. One responding to each image. The poems and the images are not meant to be captions/illustrations of each other. Rather departure points along two different but parallel paths of exploration. This book 8.5 x 11 inches.
You can also enjoy a digital version by going to: https://www.flipsnack.com/mcclymentbookprojects/xcess-ohhs.html