Claire Cansick Norfolk, United Kingdom
I make landscape paintings of poignant memories, weather and natural phenomenon 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 my experience and emotion evoked. I use a limited palette which evolves across my work and which includes a core four colours at any time.
I paint quickly to begin with, sometimes using oil sticks, 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 discarding the source material.
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
World Serpent drawings, charcoal on paper, 2021
Above Us Only Sky, oil on canvas, 2021, 3000
All Your Dreams, oil on canvas, 2021, 2600
Not A Drop To Drink, oil on wood panel, 2021, 1000
The Paroxysm Of Stromboli, oil on wood panel, 2019
Caen Meadow, oil on canvas, 2019
Man In The Sky, oil on canvas, 2019
We Look at the Same Stars, oil on canvas, 2020
Beyond Silence, oil on canvas, 2020
Shepherd's Delight, Giclee on Hahnemuhle paper, 2017, £150
Kerala Lagoon, oil on gesso board, 2018, £900
Backwater Dream, oil on canvas, 2018, 3000
The Poacher's Track, Oil on canvas, 2018, 750
Trespassing For Art V, oil on canvas, 2018, 1200
The Search, oil on canvas, 2018, 900
Gentleness Clears The Soul, oil on canvas, 2017, 3000
Upcoming events
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Trees and the Sacred : The Arborealists
The Hostry | Exhibition | 28/04/2022 to 28/05/2022
The Arborealists and invited artists mount an exhibition about trees and their sacred aspects throughout the culture from ancient to modern time.
Projects and exhibitions
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Climate Project 202201/01/2022 — ongoing I would like to introduce you to a year long project I am about to start 2022 with a view to exhibiting it in its entirety in 2023. |
Norwich | Details |
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Trees and Woodland of Exmoor and Dartmoor01/05/2020 — 04/07/2020 A group show by The Arborealists where I showed two paintings of Exmoor's Culbone Wood and Horner Wood. |
The Museum of Somerset, Taunton | Details |
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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 |