portfolio
LIFE
Inspirational Word Clock.
28 inch diameter clock.
Oil & Acrylic
BEGIN
Symbols of the Essence of the Universe
12 spiritual symbols are at each time segment on the clock.
26 inch diameter clock Acrylic
Lamb With Lions Tails
22 inch Diameter clock.
Oil and Acrylic.
Abstract symbol of the power of peace in man.
Symbol of the Ankh
Oil & Acrylic.
22 inch diameter clock.
Likeness of the ancient spiritual symbol.
LOVE ON FIRE
30 inch Diameter Clock
UNIVERSAL LOVE
Abstract Clock
Inspirational, Motivational clock
26 inch diameter clock
Oil & Acrylic
"TOGETHER IN LOVE AT WAR" (Commissioned Art)
During World War II Professor Thomas Palaima’s Uncle, Mother and Father took a picture before they headed off to war in Europe. I was commissioned by him to paint this from the photograph.
"FATHER & SON C.O.A.T."
A portrait clock of the artist and his son Keith.
C.O.A.T. is an acronym foe "Cosmic Omnipotence Actualized Transference"
"A FEW OF THE BAVE" (Harlem Hellfighters WWI)
Painted from a picture of the Harlem Hellfighters from the famous 369th Regiment of all African American soldiers. In this painting the nine are all wearing the French medal Croix De Guerre. African American’s served in segregated units and were not allowed to fight along side caucasian Regiments. The French requested them and they fought valiantly earning more medals for bravery than any regiment in modern warfare history.
"A FEW OF THE BRAVE" with Artist -HADU-
Glenn Towery paints under the name of -HADU-. He is an artist filmmaker, writer and entrepreneur. He is also a Vietnam Combat veteran and founder of the Veterans Suicide Prevention Channel.
www.vspchannel.com
This year he is the chair of the Austin Veterans Art Festival 2019.
www.avafest.org
HEROES of the BATTLE OF THE BULGE: SAVIORS OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
This clock is painted from a picture I found online of a 761st Tank Crew assembled victoriously outside of their tank. The circumstances were not given, however, I surmised that it was after a battle, the Battle of the Bulge.
COME OUT FIGHTING "761st Tank Battalions Insignia"
Historic Hand painted commemorative clock
"COME OUT FIGHTING: the All Black 761st Tank Battalion"
This battle scene clock is of the Battle of the Buge in WWII when the famed 761st Tank Battalion known as “Patton’s Panthers” single handedly rescued the all white 101st Air Borne unit which had been surrounded by the Germans. The 761st Tank Battalion was the first unit to fight its way into German territory.
One Cool Matriarch
Likeness of my mother
28 inch diameter clock
Oil & Acrylic
"VOTE"
This clock painted from an old Black & White photo taken in the 1960’s during the Civil Rights movement in the Jim Crow south
STONEWALL #2
26 inch diameter clock, Oil & Acrylic Clock
A likeness of my Baby Brother.
-Hadu- and STONEWALL #2
The artist holds the clock after he completed it.
"Joy Us"
Abstract likenesses of myself and my wife Juanita.
Oil . 24 inch diameter clock.
REMEMBER THE LOVE
Message to all lovers. When things go wrong. Always remember the love that binds you as one.
30 inch diameter clock, Oil and Acrylic
When 'Nita Smiles
Oil. 24 inch diameter clock.
Abstract likeness of my wife Juanita
From Out of the Fire
Likeness of the artist. A Biographical Clock.
24 inch diameter clock.
Oil and Acrylic.
Stonewall #1
Likeness of My Baby Brother.
24 inch in diameter clock.
Oil & Acrylic.
WILLIE MAE: "Painful Complexity"
Abstract Oil and Acrylic Clock
30 inch in diameter
-Hadu- and WILLIE MAE: "Painful Reality"
Glenn Towery, -Hadu- displays his clock after completing it.
BELOVED BANQUI: "Family Rasta"
LIKENESS OF MY FIRST COUSIN BANQUI (ROY LEE PARKER)
26 inch diameter clock.
Oil and Acrylic
-Hadu- with Beloved Banqui
Glenn Towery holds his clock after painting it.
Powerful I EYE
Oil and Acrylic
22 inch Diameter clock.
Ancient Egyptian Symbol of All Seeing God.
Conchita's "Our Lady of Guadalupe"
Painted for my friend Conchita.
24 inch diameter clock, Oil and Acrylic
GLENN< CONCHITA & HER CLOCK
22 inch diameter Clock.
Our Lady Of Guadalupe. Painted for her for supporting my wife with prayer while she under went therapy for breast cancer.
Oil, Glitter and Acrylic
Choose
Sculpted Clock 24 inch in diameter.
Oil and Acrylic
WHO ART IN HEAVEN
Abstract
26 inch diameter clock
Oil & Acrylic
HOW THE UNIVERSE MAKES LOVE
Abstract Clock
Oil & Acrylic
They Will Emote The Power Called Love
Oil and Acrylic.
Abstract depiction of fully evolved man.
OBAMA TIME
28 inch diameter clock
Oil & Acrylic
"O" Before the "P"
28 inch diameter clock, Oil and Acrylic
Likeness of President Barack Obama before he became president.
Sacrifice of Civil Rights "Goodman, Chaney & Schwerner"z
Likenesses of the three Civil Rights workers killed in Mississippi by the KKK
Oil and Acrylic.
28 inch diameter clock.
"NOBODY CAN STOP ME: I'll Be Back!"
Painted from an old Civil Rights photo taken in the 1950’s. The police have to lift this elder African American woman off the ground to take her to jail from a protest rally.
Dorothy Height: "In The Movement"
Portrait of Dorothy Height in her later years.
Oil and Acrylic. 26 inch diameter clock.
-HADU- and his Dorothy Height Clock
Art Exhibit at the Downtown VA facility.
Charles Hamilton Houston: "NO JIM CROW"
Likeness of legendary Civil Rights attorney, Charles Hamilton Houston
24 x 24 Oil and Acrylic Clock
Jordan & Chisholm
Portrait of the two historic African American politicicians
Barbara Jordan & Shirley Chisholm.
28 inch diameter clock. Oil and acrylic.
Marshall Law: Thurgood Marshall
Likeness of legendary Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall
24 X 24 Oil and Acrylic Clock
"Timeless Personality" Oprah Winfrey
26 inch diameter likeness of Oprah Winfrey painted from her early years.
Oil and Acrylic.
Fighting The Horror "Ida B. Wells"
Ida B. Wells was one of the founders of the NAACP and the first person to hold marches to stop the lynching of African Americans.
28 inch Diameter clock. Painted by combining the portait of Ida B. Wells with a still picture of an actual lynching.
Douglas, Martin, Marcus & Malcolm "Knights of the People"
26 inch diameter clock.
Oil & Acrylic.
Likenesses of 4 iconic black leaders preserved in time on a clock.
COURAGEOUS CORRETTA
26 inch Diameter clock. Portrait of Coretta Scott King
Oil and Acrylic
Glenn with Corretta Scott Kings Clock
Just after painting it.
Content of Character
Likeness of Martin Luther King ,jr.
Portrait.
Oil and Acrylic Clock.
Jackie Robinson clock and -Hadu-
So much fun to paint these historic clocks
Remebering The Cause: Bill Cosby
Likeness of Bill Cosby
24 inch diameter Clock
Oil and Acrylic
-Hadu- and his Cosby Clock
Likeness of Bill Cosby
24 inch diameter clock.
Oil and Acrylic
Harry Bellafonte "Before We March"
20 inch diameter clock.
Portrait.
Oil and Acrylic.
Likeness of the historic Civil Rights Activist.
Panthers At The Ready!
Painted from an historic Black & White picture of a Black Panther gathering in the 1960's, in Oakland, CA.
36 x 36 inch clock.
Oil on wood Clock.
Santa Baby "Eartha Kitt"
Likeness of legendary performer Eartha Kitt. The clock is inside the heart that reads "Santa Baby".
16 x 48 inch clock.
Oil and Acrylic
Mississippi Goddam "Nina Simone"
Likeness of legendary singer and pianist "Nina Simone"
Part of the "Black Diva Trilogy" of clocks
16 x 48 inch clock.
Oil & Acrylic
American Terrorists, 1963
24 x 48 inch clock.
Painted from a Black and White image taken during the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama.
A 17 year old boy is terrorized by racist police for trying to exercise his constitutional right of free assembly. The only thing in color on this clock is the boy and the tarnished badges of the Birmingham police officers.
Oil on wood.
Jackie Wilson "Say You Will"
16 X 48 inch Clock
Oil & Acrylic
Try A Little Tenderness "Otis Redding"
Likeness of Legendary Soul Singer OTIS REDDING.
Part of the Men of Soul Trilogy of clocks. His clock is in his heart.
16 x 48 inch clock
Oil & Acrylic
James Brown "Please! Please! Please!"
Likeness of legendary performer JAMES BROWN
Part of the Men Of Soul Trilogy series. His clock is in his raised foot.
16 x 48 inch clock.
Oil & acrylic.
The artist and the Men of Soul Clock Series
Glenn Towery AKA -Hadu- takes a photo with his Men of Soul Trilogy of hand painted clocks.
Banana Dance "Josephine Baker"
Likeness of legendary performer and french national heroe
Josephine Baker.
Part of the "Black Diva Trilogy" of clocks.
16 x 48 inch clock.
Oil & Acrylic
The "Black Diva Trilogy" Together
Eartha Kitt, Josephine Baker & Nina Simone
LOVE SUPREME
26 inch diameter clock.
Oil & Acrylic.
Sacred Spiritual Sunshine
20 inch diameter Clock.
Oil & Acrylic
HERE COMES LOVE TO SAVE THE DAY!
Abstract symbol clock
18 inch diameter clock
Acrylic
CARE
A Motivational Word Clock.
24 inch diameter clock.
Oil, Acrylic other.
CROSSED LOVE
Inspirational, motivational word clock
26 inch diameter clock
Oil & Acrylic
"What" At The Center of the Universe! (A healing Clock)
48 inches in diameter.
Oil & Acrylic.
NEW EARTH
Abstract of planet Earth in the future outlined in gold.
24 inch diameter clock.
Oil & Acrylic
"Me", As A Galaxie
(Self Portrait)
18 inch diameter clock.
Acrylic
Hearts Behind the Cure
Breast Cancer Awareness clock.
24 inch diameter clock.
Oil & Acrylic
RADIATION
A Breast Cancer Awareness Clock
24 inch Diameter clock.
Oil and Acrylic
LAW OF ATTRACTION
26 inch diameter clock
Oil & Acrylic
Truth As A Comet
Abstract creation of truth hurtling through space.
26 x 26 inch clock.
Oil & Acrylic
CELESTIAL JUDGEMENT
18 inch diameter Clock
Acrylic
LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE
First clock I painted was Laws Of The Universe.
Each symbol represents an important principle on Earth.
24 inch diameter clock
Laws of the Universe
Abstract depicting symbols of the laws of the universe.
20 inch diameter clock.
Acrylic
Spark of life
Abstract depiction of the very moment life is created.
26 x 26 inch clock.
Oil & Acrylic
Minister of the Butterflies
A rare creature indeed.
22 x 22 inch diameter Clock.
Acrylic
THEN THE SUN SMILED AT ME
Abstract Clock
26 inch diameter
Oil & Acrylic
POUNCE
A Playful Cat ponces on a string.
26 inch diameter clock
Oil & Acrylic
My Neighbor Juanita and her clock
For being a good friend and neighbor and lover of cats.
ALICE'S NUTCRACKER
24 inch diameter clock
Oil & Acrylic
Alice for Supporting my wife during her surgery
Christmas
TRY
A Motivational Word Clock
20 inch diameter Clock.
Acrylic
The Snowman Says...
26 inch diameter clock for christmas,
Oil, & Acrylic Sculpted with clay.
HO! HO! HO!
Christmas Clock 24 inch diameter.
Oil and Acrylic
The Christmas Star
18 inch diameter clock.
Acrylic
Christmas Tree on a Hill
14 inch diameter clock.
Oil & Acrylic
Rudolph Knows
Christmas Clock 14 inch diameter.
Oil & Acrylic
A Christmas Wreath Clock
26 inch diameter clock
Acrylic, Oil and assorted materials.
A Penguin Christmas
14 inch diameter clock.
Acrylic
VETERANS IN PROGRESS
4 foot in diameter Mosaic Tile Seal
2015 Gold Medal Winner National Veterans Creative Arts Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Veterans Art Show
30 inch diameter clock of the American Flag waving in the wind.
Oil & Acrylic
PTSD TIME BOMB
Depiction of 6 wars in which America's Veterans participated and may have returned with PTSD.
Exhibited at the "Institute of Texas Cultures Museum" a Smithsonian Institute Affiliated museum in 2014.
4 foot diameter Clock.
Oil and Acrylic
PTSD Time Bomb And -HADU-
Taken at exhibit at the Institute of Texans Cultures, November 2014
Honor, Valor PTSD,,,, Ty Carter
24 inch diameter clock
Oil and Acrylic frame.
Likeness of Medal of Valor Recipient Ty Carter receiving the medal from
President Barack Obama.
AMERICA'S RAINBOW ARMY
A Patriotic Clock
28 inch diameter clock.
Oil and Acrylic
The Evolvolutionary -Hadu-
Oil Painting.
Likeness of Glenn Towery -Hadu-
-HADU- and his works
Posing with his hand painted clocks.
Glenn Towery
UNSADU: Return To Forever as I AM
Likeness of character in -Hadu- parable.
40 x 30
Oil & Acrylic on canvass.
Art Instiute of Texans Exhibit photo
Glenn Towery (-Hadu-) with two of his clocks which were on exhibit for 2 months. The Art Institute of Texans Cultures is a Smithsonian Institute affiliated museum.
November 2014
I AM LIGHT
Self likeness Clock
26 inch diameter clock.
Oil and Acylic
Glenn Towery at Art Exhibit in Texas
Institue of Texan Cultures Veterans Art Exhibit 2014
Stealing Home, Hearts & Respect: JACKIE ROBINSON
Hand Painted Historical Clock:
Part #2 of three clock trilogy for:"Black Athletes That Changed The World" JACKIE ROBINSON.
Artist & "Stealing Home, Hearts & respect: "Jackie Robinson"
Muhammad Ali: Knocking out Hatred and Fear
Hand Painted Clock #1 of Trilogy "Black Athletes Who Changed The World"
Artist and Muhammad Ali Clock
JESSE OWENS: BROAD JUMP OVER EVIL
A hand painted clock part of the Black History Collection of hand-painted clocks done by -HADU- Glenn Towery
CU JESSE OWENS: BROAD JUMP OVER EVIL
JOHN LEWIS: LEGITIMATE FREEDOM FIGHTER
Hand Painted clock for the Black History Series of Civil Rights icon John Lewis. The black and white part of this painting is taken from a Booking picture years ago.
CU JOHN LEWIS: LEGITIMATE FREEDOM FIGHTER
A close up of the color image painted on this hand-painted clock.
The Artist and his John Lewis hand-painted clock
Artist Glenn Towery, -HADU-, and his hand painted clock
"JOHN LEWIS: LEGITIMATE FREEDOM FIGHTER"
"VOTE"
Painted from a Black & White photo taken from the Civil Rights era.
These African American Men were marching to get out the VOTE in the deep south. The ypung man in the middle smeared his face with ash and wrote the word “VOTE” on his forehead
"JACKIE ROBINSON: Stealing Respect and Home"
Legendary Baseball player Jackie Robinson steals home in the 1954 world series.
Insignia of the HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS (AKA Harlem Rattlers)
This is the Insignia of the famouse Harlem Hellfighters who served and fought for France during WWI