Hostile Butterflies: And Other Paintings

by Carroll Cloar, Guy Northrop (Introduction)

188 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1980

About the author

Carroll Cloar was a nationally known 20th century painter who focused his work on surreal views of Southern U.S. themes and on poetically portraying childhood memories of natural scenery, buildings, and people, often working from old photographs found in his family albums.

Cloar employed pointillism in his painting "Waiting up for Lettie," creating over 800 works in his lifetime.

Reviews

[Bonnie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Introduction by Guy Northrop was good and interesting. Him feeling different and alone in his big family is a common feeling a lot of people can relate to, especially those who go through a different path than that of their parents. For him, it was being an artist while being the son of a farmer. I understand why art books don't print all the works in color, but I wish they were. His work is interesting, though. It's definitely worth a read and to look into his work.


Side note...This has nothing to do with his work; I just found this little tidbit, not sure funny is the right word but funny.
Within the first paragraph of the preface explaining how his grandfather came to be in Arkansas, he describes how Thomas Jefferson Cloar got "into a situation with the daughter of a J.P. in Union City, Tennessee.That is to say, he had mistaken her minimal resistance for acquiescence and, rather unpremeditatedly, he had found himself in a statutory predicament."... Sir, please, I had no words; it stopped me dead in my tracks. What a funny way to put it. Then goes on about how the "young lady" demanded to be married, but he refused, "claiming that there had been no apparent issue from this encounter and, moreover, she had not been very satisfactory." Like, what a way to start a little bio introduction.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

He is my uncle...27 museums showcase his paintings. If you read his books or reviews you would know he was an icon.