Contemporary painter, Clinton Deckert is renowned for his ongoing series of oil paintings entitled "SURREAL MINDSCAPES." This body of work liberates the imagination, drawing the viewer into scenarios contradicting the usual. His canvas is where abstract thoughts and surreal imagery collide. Deckert has twice been awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship Grant from the Greater Hartford Arts Council. He created an assemblage for the Gala Salvador Dali event at the Wadsworth Atheneum. Deckert is past president of Artworks Gallery in Hartford Connecticut and served on the Board of Directors for fourteen years. He has also exhibited at the Senator’s Connecticut Office of the U.S. Senate and at the Steven's Gallery at the University of Connecticut . He created a fourteen-foot long wall mural for the UConn Tri-Campus Psychology Department in West Hartford , which was featured, in the first volume of ArtIs magazine. Deckert painted works for the "CowParade New York " and "CowParade West Hartford" events and Oil Drum Art, ArtSpace, Hartford where his work received Aesthetic First Prize. In New York Deckert has shown in The Monique Goldstrom Gallery in New York City and exhibited in the "Brave Destiny" International Surrealist Exhibition at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in Brooklyn , NY . His work has been featured on the cover of Art Calendar Magazine and Hartford Magazine. His work is represented by Lotus Fine Art in Woodstock, NY, and the Polonaise Gallery in Woodstock, VT, J. Whitney Gallery in Southington, CT and the White Space Gallery in New Haven, CT. Deckert‘s work is also numerous collections throughout the U.S.A. and he continuously exhibits throughout the Northeast.

Clinton Deckert has been interviewed on the television show "Beyond the Headlines" on the Fox affiliates, The WB- 20 and live on the talk radio station WTIC, Hartford, Connecticut and "Live the Journey" on WNHU at University of New Haven. He has conducted Artist Talk lectures throughout Connecticut including Connecticut Art Education Association, The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, The East Hartford Art League, Hamden Country Day School , Tolland County Art Association, The Arts Association of Meriden, Artworks Gallery in Hartford and Naugatuck Valley Community College , Waterbury , and his work is part of their permanent collection. He has served as Juror for several exhibitions. He has appeared on the cover of The Hartford Advocate representing Artworks Gallery in The Best of Hartford issue. Deckert’s work has been favorably reviewed numerous times in Art New England, The Hartford Courant and The Journal Inquirer. His work has also appeared in The Stamford Advocate, The Herald, and twice in The New York Times.

Comments from Critics, Jurors and Directors

 "His paintings are rendered without the hindrance of logic and their appeal comes from the eerie ambience of unique imagery capturing a timeless quality. Deckert seems keenly aware of the absurdities underlying the very concept of life." Jude Schwendenwien, Art New England , 1991

"The vacillating between the real and unreal world of Clint Deckert's work beguiles one's imagination and leaves the viewer with a sense of a pleasurable journey.”

Jack Lardis, President of Oil Drum Art, 2005

"Deckert’s riotous conjurings are dazzling, ingenious, provocative and injected with a sense of fun." Steve Starger, Journal Inquirer & Art New England , 1997

 " Clinton Deckert has created with and entered with mind a world of color and zaniness found just over a forbidden, towering wall." Stewart Wilson, Executive Director of Artwell, 2003

 Such courage! Such Skill! Excellent. Wish I had done this work, Doe Bartlett, Juror, 2003

"Deckert challenges us to step beyond our assumptions and expectations of what is familiar to a fresh look at associations, redefining and ultimately expanding our sense of what makes things real".

Mary Kramer, Director of The Promenade Gallery at The Bushnell 1994