(African motif)

Irene V. Clark

A traditionally trained artist (The School at the Art Institute of Chicago) who embraced the "primitive" motifs (like Aaron Douglas and Jacob Lawrence) Irene Clark evoked the folklore she heard and read as a child and the Caribbean images she studied in Haiti.

Her later works do the same for African and diasporic folklore, such as this screenprint (serigraph) printed by the artist on a yellow window shade. Clark went back after printing this work and applied some of the colors by hand. There is no indication this was ever editioned.

Irene Clark stated about her work: "I try to project in my work a universal (embracing or comprehending) feeling or mood. It is really a truly spiritual expression that I hope will be enjoyed by all viewers."