About Clara Wilkinson
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Education
1999 - 2001
London Guildhall
1996 - 1997
HKU University of Arts, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1995 - 1996
Central St. Martins College of Art and Design
Awards
2023
Shortlist women in art award
I was so pleased to be shortlisted for the women in art award 2023 for the two paintings 'Rough with the smooth' oil on canvas and 'Washed in you' oil on canvas.
Upcoming events
Event: Brighton Artists Open House
Dates: 30 Nov 2024 - 8 Dec 2024
I will be exhibiting as part of the Brighton Open House winter Festival for two weekends, exhibiting new oil paintings, original works on paper and Giclee prints.
Event: 'Conceal Reveal' exhibition
Dates: 10 Oct 2024 - 12 Dec 2024
Currently exhibiting a number of oil paintings as part of an exhibition called 'Conceal, Reveal,' at Liberation Gallery in central Brighton. I was part of an exhibition at the same gallery earlier this year and was very pleased that my paintings found new collectors.
Biography
I’m a painter who grew up in South London before relocating to Brighton in 2017.
My work is inspired by nature in particular the landscapes of Andalucia, Exmoor and the South Downs where I live, but my paintings are also about memory, feelings and the passing of time.
I like painting outdoors making studies in watercolour or with a single pen on paper, before returning to the studio where I work on a larger scale using oil paint on stretched canvas, linen or large sheets of paper.
Many artists influence my practice. Early on I studied Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach from the Camden group of painters. A few current obsessions are David Hockney's pencil drawings, the impressionist paintings of Pierre Bonnard and the abstracts of the American artist Richard Diebenkorn.
I take commissions for paintings, sell limited edition giclee prints and I exhibit regularly in Brighton as part of Artists Open House and in London with the Portobello Gallery and the Affordable Art Fair. I am a member of CanArt and in 2023 I was shortlisted for the women in Art prize and my paintings are now in collections throughout the UK, Europe and the USA.
My work is inspired by nature in particular the landscapes of Andalucia, Exmoor and the South Downs where I live, but my paintings are also about memory, feelings and the passing of time.
I like painting outdoors making studies in watercolour or with a single pen on paper, before returning to the studio where I work on a larger scale using oil paint on stretched canvas, linen or large sheets of paper.
Many artists influence my practice. Early on I studied Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach from the Camden group of painters. A few current obsessions are David Hockney's pencil drawings, the impressionist paintings of Pierre Bonnard and the abstracts of the American artist Richard Diebenkorn.
I take commissions for paintings, sell limited edition giclee prints and I exhibit regularly in Brighton as part of Artists Open House and in London with the Portobello Gallery and the Affordable Art Fair. I am a member of CanArt and in 2023 I was shortlisted for the women in Art prize and my paintings are now in collections throughout the UK, Europe and the USA.
