Clark Hulings | Timeless Beauty: Not surprisingly, many western art collections proudly include Hulings’ paintings. Yet his work is set apart, not simply by masterful drawing and painting techniques that capture the textures of life, but also by the man himself. In an art world where following popular trends can be extremely lucrative, Hulings chose to listen to his own muse… “Isn’t it interesting that the art world, even in those days, was ruled by something as snobbish as whether or not it was socially acceptable to hang a particular subject on your wall,” Hulings said in our September 2006 interview.