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1 Caption: Lairds Landing 1964-95
2 View of Tomales Bay, with Hog Island in the distance
3-11 Lairds Landing (buildings include four Coastal Miwok Indian cottages and Clayton’s sculpting and painting studio)
12 View of Tomales Bay from cottages
13-15 Clayton at table
16-17 At Tomales Bay Herring Festival (Art Rodgers, photo: Point Reyes Light)
18 Launching of Rosie Boat with Miguel (built by Clayton and Miguel Winterburn)
19-20 With friends
21 Birthday Party with Richard Kirschman and Emiko Kaji (daughter-in-law), others
22 Painting envelope
23 Working on jewelry
24  Casting sculpture in foundry
25 Working on “Three Dancers” sculpture
26. Working near studio
27 California Historical Society Retrospective: San Francisco, 1983
28 In Paris for one of his art shows (Richard Kirschman, photo)
29 Art show opening: San Francisco
30 In boat at Lairds Landing
31 Helping son renovate Victorian (Peter Lewis, photo)
32 Beach seining on Tomales Bay
33 Casting net with Joe Slattery  (Richard Blair, photo)
34 Retrieving fish with Joe (Richard Blair, photo)
35 Beach seining on bay
36 Beach seining (David Roland, photo: Point Reyes Light)
37 Rowing boat (David Roland, photo: Point Reyes Light)
38 With his cat, Purfy, in 1995  (Stephen Wilkes, photo)
39 With pipe overlooking Tomales Bay, in 1995
(Stephen Wilkes, photo: Life Magazine: August, 1996)

40 Caption: The Earlier Years: California, Oregon, and Washington (1923-1963)
41 With Rosie Baldwin, in Nevada City, 1963 (his mother and the addressee for most of his envelope art)
42-43 In Nevada City (1963-64)
44 Sailing in Sausalito (1961)
45 Working on sculpture for Sonoma State Fair (1955)
46 With family in Manhattan Beach, while working at Herman-Miller
(with Eames furniture and James Weeks drawing) (1952)
47 Designing furniture for Claywood Design Products: Eugene, OR (1947-49)
(Phil Lewis, photo)
48 Lewis Family Home, Eugene, OR: Designed and Built by Clayton Lewis (1947-49)
(Phil Lewis, photo)
49 Reading in chair, 1943
50 In studio, 1942
51 On bike, Snoqualmie Falls, WA (1933)
52 With brother, Phillip, Snoqualmie Falls, WA (1923)

Editor’s Note: These photos were selected to reflect the artist’s creative life and the environment that inspired him. The photographers are credited, when known. The photographers for the art work are mentioned on the contact page.

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