From Engineering to Art

Hi, I’m Claiborne.
It’s pronounced Clay-burn, like fire. You’re also welcome to call me Clay.
I live, and paint, and write in Arlington, Virginia.

I have degrees in both environmental science and water resources engineering. I’ve spent most of my working life in the environmental field, either directly or tangentially. I know how to study, map, manage, market, and sell nature, but nowhere have I found a place to love nature.

Art offers that opportunity.

Much of my artwork comes from a desire to connect more deeply with the natural world—the flowers, the trees, the flamingos, the Earth herself—to learn their ways, to hear their whispered messages. And to share it all through images, and whatever words might want to go with them. It’s also a way to give my own form of beauty and support back to the world.

My blog, like my artwork, is ever evolving. I’m currently editing it—removing some posts, revising others, turning some into series—to clarify the message I want to share moving forward. I’ll provide a description here once I’ve finished.

I hope you enjoy what you find here.  

xo,

Clay