Author Archives: Claire

About Claire

“This space is quiet, and needs to be filled with people, noise”. And so started my brightly coloured painting, in an otherwise silent artist residence, in a sleepy town in northern Vermont. It feels like I’m surrounded by nuns and … Continue reading →

There’s a delicious freedom found, when one stops worrying about what others think. Worried concerns expressed in order to save the unsuspecting, can hinder progress and extinguish the spark… So, just go for it, and don’t look back. You’ll get … Continue reading →

My painting, “Supersize“, was a labour of love, me hours upon intensive hours to create. I had the luxury of time on my side, as I spent the entire month of February in residency at the artist retreat, Vermont Studio … Continue reading →

I’m a practiced procrastinator, but not a terrible one. I will put off to later on, what I don’t wish to do right at this moment. Life generously offers me a tantalizing selection of distractions to ensure that I don’t … Continue reading →