by Claire Cansick | Feb 28, 2026 | News
Trying a night and day charcoal drawing on gesso. The skeleton arrives, it is too small, it has more to say. I’ll sleep on it and reassess. A warm oddly coloured diptych arrives. It has something, it is a little tentative, although large. Dot around several works not...
by Claire Cansick | Feb 12, 2026 | News
Continuing to work backwards through my photos of the sea, these are a selection of the 100s from 2021. I was using a dreadful GoPro at the time, which bowed the horizon line, a trope which has entered my work from time to time. I’m drawn to any kind of visual...
by Claire Cansick | Feb 5, 2026 | News
I take issue with many paintings of the sea. Sickly, twinkly seascapes are the toxic positivity of painting. Where is the truth in them? I’m not closed to the intense beauty of the sea, it is just that the unbridled happiness of such works leave gaping holes in...
by Claire Cansick | Nov 26, 2025 | News
I am thrilled to announce the Government Art Collection has acquired my painting Idai, painted in 2019. The painting will join the collection and I am excited to watch its journey. Government Art Collection The painting was the first I made using a particular...
by Claire Cansick | Nov 11, 2025 | News
In seeking the truth we must embrace both beauty and darkness. Wise words which someone probably said, and which summarise something I seek in my paintings. In colour; obviously the darker I go, the lighter the lights, it’s a simple act of contrast. But what...
by Claire Cansick | Nov 7, 2025 | News
Photos of 2022 Working backwards I am continuing to review and save the very best photos of the sea, many taken with the very worst of cameras. I now have a pile of drowned waterproof cameras, they really hate the salt and sand, and all succumbed to one or the other,...
