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Clinton Deckert is well known for his ongoing series of oil paintings-Surreal Mindscapes.This body of work liberates the imagination, drawing the viewer into enigmatic scenarios and contradicting the usual. His canvas is where abstract thought and surreal imagery collide. Steve Starger, writing in Art New England, has described riotous conjurings dazzling, ingenious, provocative and injected with a sense of fun. Deckert is past president of Artworks Gallery in Hartford and serves on the Board of Directors. He has twice been awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship Grant from the Greater Hartford Arts Council. His work has been exhibited widely in Connecticut and has been shown in several New York and Boston galleries as well. Deckert created an assemblage for the Salvador Dali Gala at the Wadsworth Atheneum and painted works for the CowParade New York and CowParade West Hartford events. He is a frequent lecturer in area art schools and the recipient of numerous awards. Deckert work was featured on the February 2002 cover of Art Calendar Magazine and in the September 2003 edition of Hartford Magazine, and is represented in many collections, both private and public and continuously exhibits in the North East, U.S.A.