 In the 2007 journal "Siennese Shredder", Clews is the subject of an article describing his "quirky, quixotic kingdom" and is characterized as a "reclusive misanthropic sculptor".In a later travel article for the Wall Street Journal, Goodman writes that "...Clews was one of many eccentric expatriates welcomed on the Riviera in the freewheeling 1920s.