Clarence Hunt Philbrick (born April 24, 1986 in

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) (commonly known as Clancy) is an American contemporary artist whose work includes painting, photography, sculpture, street art, and literature. Philbrick has lived and exhibited in

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, New York City,

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, San Francisco,

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, and

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. Clancy was raised in the sea-side town of

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. He attended The Williams School in New London, CT graduating alongside pop singer Cassie Ventura. In high school Clancy won a public mural award allowing him to turn one of his paintings into a large public piece in downtown New London across from Wyland's painting ''The Great Sperm Whales.'' After high school Clancy attended

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in Poughkeepsie, NY, receiving his bachelor's degree in

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in 2008. In 2009 Clancy painted a large rock into a pink brain, dubbed ''The Brain Rock'', on the Connecticut shoreline sparking local controversy after an article on the rock was published in '' The Day'' and ''

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''. Although originally arrested for the act by

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police on charges of trespass and criminal mischief, the case was eventually dropped. Later in 2009 Clancy helped create a monthly artistic and musical happening titled Art After Dark at the Mystic Arts Center in Mystic, CT. In February 2010 Clancy founded the By:Us Art Collective. The Philbrick family has a strong literary and artistic tradition. Clancy is the grandson of award-winning poet Charles Philbrick, the nephew of author

Stephen Philbrick Stephen Philbrick is an American author, poet, and licensed United Church of Christ minister. Biography Philbrick is the son of poet Charles Horace Philbrick, the father of author Frank Philbrick, the brother of master furniture maker Timothy Ph ...

, and the cousin of both bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick and former professional baseball player turned author Frank Philbrick. In late 2010 Clancy completed his first collection of poems titled ''Stealing You From Nothing: The Journals of Clarence Brick'', which remains unpublished.

References

http://calendar.denverpost.com/denver-co/events/show/125315485-tgif-gallery-tour-with-artist http://washingtonparkprofile.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1024&Itemid=49 http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=P0170

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