Claire Cansick Norfolk, United Kingdom
I make landscape paintings of poignant memories and places while concentrating on recessive colours created with a limited palette. I exhibit all over the UK and I am an active member of the artist groups The Arborealists and ArtCan. I paint from my studio in my garden in Norfolk.
I love to explore the infinite possibilities offered by landscape particularly by looking at recessive colours. My experimentation with colour is not a contrived exercise, rather an instinctive response to each scene, illustrating my experience and any emotion evoked. I use a limited palette which evolves across my work but includes only four colours at a time.
I paint quickly to begin with in order to capture emotion and energy and will then add detail in varying degrees. I use drawings and my own photos as starting points for paintings, taking them from life, films and TV news reports, or splicing several elements together. At some point I let the painting take over. Using memory is another starting point and I utilise my work to paint romantic imagery of the past which take on a dream like quality I enjoy.
After completing a BA Fine Art Printmaking at Norwich University of the Arts I continued to paint and draw developing my oil painting skills which are largely self taught through my own practice and experimentation.
Artwork
Gentleness Clears The Soul, oil on canvas, 2017, 3000
The Search, oil on canvas, 2018, 900
Trespassing For Art V, oil on canvas, 2018, 1200
The Poachers, Oil on canvas, 2018, 750
The Sun Blasts Your Shadow III, Pastel and pencil on gesso, 2018, 500
Days Float Through My Eyes, Oil on canvas, 2018, 900
The Poacher's Track, Oil on canvas, 2018, 750
Backwater Dream, oil on canvas, 2018, 3000
Kerala Lagoon, oil on gesso board, 2018, £900
Shepherd's Delight, Giclee on Hahnemuhle paper, 2017, £150
Beyond Silence, oil on canvas, 2020
We Look at the Same Stars, oil on canvas, 2020
Man In The Sky, oil on canvas, 2019
Caen Meadow, oil on canvas, 2019
The Paroxysm Of Stromboli, oil on wood panel, 2019
Upcoming events
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Celebrating Trees
St. Margaret's Church of Art | Exhibition | 01/11/2021 to 13/11/2021
Celebrating Trees will exhibit a spectrum of responses to how trees affect our lives. I will be exhibiting paintings of wildfires.
Projects and exhibitions
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Fake News05/03/2020 — 09/03/2020 ArtCan exhibition of works responding to the title of Fake News where I exhibited four paintings of tv news reports of climate change disasters. |
Offshoot Gallery, London | Details |
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Art Fair East 201928/11/2019 — 01/12/2019 Showed my latest paintings at this up coming art fair in Norwich 2019. |
St Anrew's Hall, Norwich | Details |
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Young Gallery Salisbury . The Arborealists02/08/2019 — 24/08/2019 Group exhibition of the Arborealists which includes my painting Backwater Dream |
Young Gallery Salisbury | Details |
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Jacksons Open Painting Prize 201908/05/2019 — 12/05/2019 The Affordable Art Fair My painting ‘Backwater Dream’ was shortlisted in the Jacksons Open Painting Prize 2019 in the top 1% of 5500 entries. Jacksons represented the painting at The Affordable Art Fair in Hampstead, London 2019. |
The Affordable Art Fair 2019, Hampstead, London | Details |
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Paint In Progress18/03/2019 — 30/03/2019 Group show of work in progress, curated by Andy Reeve. |
Anteros Arts, Norwich | Details |
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Arborealists a Collégiale Sainte-Croix de Loudun08/03/2019 — 24/04/2019 26 Arborealists exhibiting at the extensive venue in central France. |
Collégiale Sainte-Croix de Loudun, Loudun, France | Details |
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New Year Selection Chappel Galleries05/01/2019 — 24/02/2019 I was invited to submit for the New Year Selection by curators Edna and Władysław Mirecki. |
Chappel Galleries, Chappel, Essex | Details |
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Art Fair East 201829/11/2018 — 02/12/2018 Art Fair East is in Norwich and I exhibited my latest landscape paintings and drawings. |
St Andrew's Hall, Norwich | Details |
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East Anglian Arborealists01/09/2018 — 31/10/2018 Exhibition of 7 East Anglian Arborealists at the site of John Constable's The Haywain. |
Flatford Mill, East Bergholt, Suffolk | Details |
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The Arborealists21/07/2018 — 02/09/2018 Beautifully hung show which spanned all room of Black Swan Arts venue and included 40 Arborealists. |
Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset | Details |
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The Arborealists07/07/2018 — 04/08/2018 Group exhibition of The Arborealists including my paintings 'The Search' 'The Poachers' and 'Trespassing For Art V' |
John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire | Details |
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Wells Maltings Trust: Connection26/06/2018 — 30/09/2018 Open submission exhibition for the opening of Wells Maltings new venue in North Norfolk. My painting 'Gentleness Clears The Soul' selected. |
Wells Maltings, Wells, Norfolk | Details |
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Halesworth Gallery Opening Show 201827/04/2018 — 16/05/2018 Three artists, one room each, open the exhibiting season at Halesworth Gallery in Suffolk. |
Halesworth Gallery, Halesworth | Details |
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Spring Art Show Norwich11/04/2018 — 15/04/2018 A yearly event in Norwich showcasing multiple artists from the surrounding area |
The Forum, Norwich | Details |
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ArtRooms 201720/01/2017 — 29/01/2017 Included in the National Open Art room at ArtRooms 2017 with my artwork titled Chair. |
Meliá White House, London | Details |