by Claire Cansick | Jul 30, 2022 | Archive
After seeing the documentary film Fire Of Love at the cinema I discovered that Katia and Maurice Krafft answered a few of my own questions on my fascination with volcanoes and other wild extremes of nature. Why am I drawn to catastrophic weather events? The film...
by Claire Cansick | Jul 9, 2022 | Archive
I never thought I would make anything like this; a defined project is not how I normally work. Usually I drift from one though/painting/feeling to another in a state of permanent day dream so the challenge to be disciplined has been quite different. However I have...
by Claire Cansick | Jun 28, 2022 | Archive
I have been so busy with other commitments that making work on the paintings for this project has stalled a bit. However I’m still researching and finding reports I’d like to make work about, there’s a lot going on out there. I wanted to paint the...
by Claire Cansick | Jun 24, 2022 | Archive
The wall of climate project paintings is growing. More slowly than I predicted, but I am not phased, as I have to have time to make other work. In fact the small size of these paintings has had a backlash of compelling me to paint large works with expressive movement...
by Claire Cansick | Jun 18, 2022 | Archive
I have the great experience of attending Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy of Art in London, as a contributing artist to this year’s Summer Exhibition with my two paintings Shut The Windows and Not A Drop To Drink. I felt very proud to have my work validated...
by Claire Cansick | May 27, 2022 | Archive
My painting Colorado 05.01 KCNC has been featured as painting of the day by Contemporary British Painting for 27 May 2022. Many thanks to the selection team. It is one of the first paintings I created for my climate project, and I think one of the most successful so...
