Controlled Accident Paintings

A listing of paintings created by Alan M. Clark using techniques he refers to as “Controlled Accidents.” Click on thumbnails to view full listings and larger images of the artwork.

Controlled Accident techniques are methods for generating interesting, spontaneous shapes and textures in which painting subject matter may be discovered instead of being predesigned. Some of the paintings are compositions that mix preliminary design and Controlled Accidents. Some are wholly accidental.

Let’s see what’s washed up on the foreshore today..

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Steeps (original painting)
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The Double-Jointed, Nocturnal Mule-Dragon Contentedly Camouflaged within Her Habitat (original painting)
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Religious Zealots Shouting Past Each Other (original painting)
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Panes (original painting)
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Indian Corn (original painting)
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Bad Neighborhood (original painting)
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Trees, Wind, and Sun (original painting)
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A Neglected Garden (original painting)
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A Concerning Forecast (original painting)
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The Rollercoaster on Jupiter (original painting)
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A Long Nap (original painting)
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Sex Burning and the Venal Step Stool (original painting)
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The Yaw and Pitch of the World (original painting)
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Watcher at the Crossroads (original painting)
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Her Sister’s Miles at Night (original painting)
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She would be His Undoing (original painting)
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Lake Bottom Ranger (original painting)
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A Constructive Impulse (original painting)
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Her Broken Toys (original painting)
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Swimming Hole (original painting)
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Swing Voter (original painting)
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Kissing Cousins (original painting)
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Metathetical Widnow (original painting)
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Sir Hamish Lawdermilk, Explorer Insect (original painting)
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Out of Her Depth (original painting)
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The Ghost of Billy the Biter (original painting)
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Beyond the Threshold (original painting)
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Locked In (original painting)
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Where Angels Fear to Tread (original painting)
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The King in Yellow (original painting)
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In the Ship, the Eye (original painting)
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And Much Smaller Notions (original painting)
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Writhe (original painting)
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Chrissy (original painting)
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Weather Worn Fossil Arches (original painting)
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Under Maritime Law (original painting)
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A New Dawn (original painting)
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Off the Grid (original painting)
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Stellar Event (original painting)
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Waterfall Inversion (original painting)
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Well Below the Ceiling (original painting)
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The Ghost of Why Not (original painting)
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Can Heads in the Forest (original painting)
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Waiting in the Wings (original painting)
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Zooplankton in the Ocean of Paint (original painting)
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Halflight (original painting)
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Vast Artifact (original painting)
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Cheese Hammer (original painting)
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Warm Wooden Toys (original painting)
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Zombie Riff (original painting)
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Fresh Organelles (original painting)
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Beloved (original painting)
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A More Perfect Union (original painting)
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Stalking Eyes (original painting)
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The Darkness (original painting)
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Edible Landscape (original painting)
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Shifting Ice (original painting)
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Shipwreck Formation #2 (original painting)
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Pelagic Soup (original painting)
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The New Hoboes (original painting)
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The Creeps Inside (original painting)
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The Beginning of the End (original painting)
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Web and Stars (original painting)
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Just Beneath the Surface (original painting)
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Wildman (original painting)
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Dangers of Life and Self (original painting)
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Shades (original painting)
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Mile High Balloons (original painting)
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King Crossroads (original painting)
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Weeds (original painting)
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Disease (original painting)
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Slivers of Bone (original painting)
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Self Respect (original painting)
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Sahalie Falls Trail (original painting)
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Keys of the King (original painting)
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Nursery Larder (original painting)
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Terminal (original painting)
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The Playa (original painting)
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The Attraction (original painting)
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She’s Pregnant (original painting)
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Scholar and Goose (original painting)
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Locked in the Angel Closet (original painting)
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No Chance to Think (original painting)
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No Bones will be Found (original painting)
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Mean Sheep (original painting)
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Hornets & Others (original painting)
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Frozen Blood (original painting)
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Frontispiece for “Midnight Tour” (original painting)
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Frontispiece for “The Devil’s Day” (original painting)
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Family Curse (original painting)
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Deep Sea Profanity (original painting)
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Deep in the Darkness (original painting)
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Dead Like Me (original painting)
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Cover for “The Indifference of Heaven” (original painting)
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Censorship (original painting)
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Antag/Protag (original painting)
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An Illusion of Safe Sex (original painting)
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Controlled Accident Paintings

A listing of paintings created by Alan M. Clark using techniques he refers to as “Controlled Accidents.” Click on thumbnails to view full listings and larger images of the artwork.

Let’s see what’s washed up on the foreshore today..

Steeps (original painting)

The Double-Jointed, Nocturnal Mule-Dragon Contentedly Camouflaged within Her Habitat (original painting)

Religious Zealots Shouting Past Each Other (original painting)

Panes (original painting)

Indian Corn (original painting)

Bad Neighborhood (original painting)

Trees, Wind, and Sun (original painting)

A Neglected Garden (original painting)

A Concerning Forecast (original painting)

The Rollercoaster on Jupiter (original painting)

A Long Nap (original painting)

Sex Burning and the Venal Step Stool (original painting)

The Yaw and Pitch of the World (original painting)

Watcher at the Crossroads (original painting)

Her Sister’s Miles at Night (original painting)

She would be His Undoing (original painting)

Lake Bottom Ranger (original painting)

A Constructive Impulse (original painting)

Her Broken Toys (original painting)

Swimming Hole (original painting)

Swing Voter (original painting)

Kissing Cousins (original painting)

Metathetical Widnow (original painting)

Sir Hamish Lawdermilk, Explorer Insect (original painting)

Out of Her Depth (original painting)

The Ghost of Billy the Biter (original painting)

Beyond the Threshold (original painting)

Locked In (original painting)

Where Angels Fear to Tread (original painting)

The King in Yellow (original painting)

In the Ship, the Eye (original painting)

And Much Smaller Notions (original painting)

Writhe (original painting)

Chrissy (original painting)

Weather Worn Fossil Arches (original painting)

Under Maritime Law (original painting)

A New Dawn (original painting)

Off the Grid (original painting)

Stellar Event (original painting)

Waterfall Inversion (original painting)

Well Below the Ceiling (original painting)

The Ghost of Why Not (original painting)

Can Heads in the Forest (original painting)

Waiting in the Wings (original painting)

Zooplankton in the Ocean of Paint (original painting)

Halflight (original painting)

Vast Artifact (original painting)

Cheese Hammer (original painting)

Warm Wooden Toys (original painting)

Zombie Riff (original painting)

Fresh Organelles (original painting)

Beloved (original painting)

A More Perfect Union (original painting)

Stalking Eyes (original painting)

The Darkness (original painting)

Edible Landscape (original painting)

Shifting Ice (original painting)

Shipwreck Formation #2 (original painting)

Pelagic Soup (original painting)

The New Hoboes (original painting)

The Creeps Inside (original painting)

The Beginning of the End (original painting)

Web and Stars (original painting)

Just Beneath the Surface (original painting)

Wildman (original painting)

Dangers of Life and Self (original painting)

Shades (original painting)

Mile High Balloons (original painting)

King Crossroads (original painting)

Weeds (original painting)

Disease (original painting)

Slivers of Bone (original painting)

Self Respect (original painting)

Sahalie Falls Trail (original painting)

Keys of the King (original painting)

Nursery Larder (original painting)

Terminal (original painting)