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Scorched Field Stiffkey 30.08 Claire Cansick
A painting I made after discovering this field in my beloved Stiffly on the North Norfolk coast. The field had suffered a wild fire after the devastating heatwave in the Summer of 2022- reaching 40 degree heat for the first time. This is a place I know well, and seeing the effects of climate change first hand was a poignant moment for me. I have since returned to the site many times, and watched it slowly regrow. The gorse bushes revived quickly but the Hawthorn trees are much slower, with some inevitable casualties.
oil on gesso primed braced wood panels, 30 x 40 x 2cm, with clean natural wood edges, ready to hang
It was painted as part of a project I undertook in 2022 to paint a year of reportage images on the effects of climate change. I painted 46 works in 12 months. You can read more about the project in my News section. From October 2023 – April 2024 the entire project titled You And I Are Earth was exhibited at Firstsite Museum and Gallery in Colchester, Essex, Gallery East in Suffolk, and Anteros in Norwich.
My aim in painting the project was to put a pause on these dramatic images, which are fed to us through our televisions and phones, and can pass us by in under a second. I wanted to see what an entire year of my edit of these images would look like. Spending time with each had a profound effect on me.
10% of this sale will be donated to Greenpeace.
