by Claire Cansick | Jul 21, 2022 | News Archive
I do a lot of research reading and searching for stories and images of climate change and it’s affect on nature and human life. Some things I’d like to make work about are difficult to translate into an image, such as coral bleaching and loss of...
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 | 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...
