Biography
Cliff Austin is a graduate of the Denver Institute of Technology and the Rocky Mountain School of Art. He has been painting and illustrating since 1980 when he graduated from RMSA. He has affiliations with many Colorado art organizations such as the Pastel Society of Colorado, the Plein Air Artists of Colorado, the Oil Painters of America, and the American Impressionists Society. His work can be seen at Mary Williams Fine Art Gallery Bldr. CO. The core of Cliff’s art is the relationship of light on shape using line and tone and color as it wraps and flows around the landscape and cityscape and figures. Colorful, Impressionistic, and sometimes very abstract are used to describe his work. He is an award-winning Colorado artist. He teaches online and at Curtis Center for the Arts. Landscape painting in oil, pastel, acrylic, and watercolor classes are available by contacting him at cliffaustin@comcast.net.