Claire Howlett

Claire's initial inspiration is derived from the mainly natural world- a tone of light, a tumultuous sea, an early morning walk, sometimes joy or melancholy, a mood.

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Claire follows the emotion created when applying paint, letting the painting evolve, intuitive more than planned. The paintings can take days or weeks to complete.

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The aim is to capture the evocative elements that can transcend the materialistic and harsh world we can find ourselves in today and transport the viewer to a perhaps more spiritual place.

The paintings are mostly acrylic and mixed media on board or canvas.

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Van Gogh mentioned that he strived to capture the ‘eternity’ of things. I emphasise with this statement.

The Artist is inspired by the work of Turner, Rothko, Maggie Hambling and Joan Eardley amongst others.