That inspirational verse, taken from his church’s sacred writings, is a rallying cry for Joshua Clare. Seldom constrained by subject matter, the Utah oil painter might choose to paint a barnyard scene, or perhaps capture the evening glow of a desert setting. In his mind, however, he is aiming beyond the elements of art to deliver a specific feeling to the viewer.

Joshua Clare (Utah)

San Juan Range
Oil
36″ x 48″
“Ridgeway, Colorado, and the surrounding area is one of my favorite places in the world. It’s incredibly beautiful. This view of the San Juan Range was painted from a neighborhood high on the hills to the north of Telluride.”

Joshua Clare (Utah)

White
Oil
48″ x 48″
“For this painting, I combined a barn that I photographed in Utah with a landscape I painted on a rainy fall day in Driggs, Idaho. Up here in Utah and Idaho, you get a lot of those days, where storms roll in and out rapidly, and the light is constantly changing. The sunlit foreground, with dark, looming clouds in the background, is something that will never cease to inspire me. In addition to being aesthetically beautiful, I think it’s a profound metaphor of life and the ‘joy that cometh in the morning’ after a night of trials.”