by Claire Cansick | Mar 16, 2022 | Archive
I’ve reworked Twin Tornado painting as I was happier with the feel of my drawing than this painting. The drawing flowed and the painting appeared static even though I had worked its surface the contrast wasn’t enough and the movement was lost. It’s a...
by Claire Cansick | Mar 12, 2022 | Archive
I am really pleased with this painting and as soon as I saw the photo I knew I could translate it into paint. I am still feeling a pang of guilt about applying the artist’s eye objectivity to images of such weight but that is what the project is and it’s...
by Claire Cansick | Mar 5, 2022 | Archive
I have a propensity to paint water. It plays a big part in my life having grown up by the sea, being a cold water swimmer and living in the middle of the Norfolk Broads. Our house is on a small bump in the land, which can hardly be called a hill, flanked by the Bure...
by Claire Cansick | Feb 24, 2022 | Archive
I am one of those sensitive people who feel everything I read and observe, acutely aware of how my observations manifest in my body and mind. It can be a wonderful thing, something that can lead me to obsess about good stuff that comes my way and immerse myself...
by Claire Cansick | Feb 14, 2022 | Archive
In planning this project I had in the back of my mind my own personal experience of climate change and how it affects my life, which being a white middle aged woman living in Norfolk is not much so far. Norfolk however is one of the places which in 50 years time could...
by Claire Cansick | Feb 12, 2022 | Archive
I have had such an amazing response to the announcement of my Climate Project 2022 that I feel compelled to keep a diary of the experience and process of the painting, research and conversations I am having. Already the connections I am making are significant and I am...
