abstract acrylic painting

CLAIRE CHANDLER

is a London based abstract painter who explores the connection between nature and a sense of place. She spent much of her childhood living abroad, which later developed into a love of travel and experiencing new places. Claire studied at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle, graduating with a BA(Hons) Fine Art in 1997.

Her paintings start with charcoal drawings made on location, in response to the landscape. Elements from these drawings are then pared back, simplified and worked into with layers of colour emerging as abstract paintings made with energy and emotion.

Claire has worked professionally as an artist for many years in parallel with her work as a fully qualified art tutor and workshop facilitator. She has taught Drawing & Painting, Experimental Mixed Media and Abstract Painting techniques at Sutton College, The Horton Arts Centre in Epsom and in many schools and community settings across London and Surrey.

She is a green sketching ambassador, encouraging drawing outside for wellbeing, running her art classes En Plein Air during the pandemic. She is currently running creative wellbeing sessions in Croydon schools funded by the Arts Council. Claire also teaches private art classes and workshops from her home studio in Carshalton.

Claire is represented by the Tarpey Gallery & Wychwood Gallery and sells her work online through her website and Saatchi Art, Rise Art and ArtFinder.

In 2023 Claire was awarded an artist residency in the New Forest National Park and recently exhibited the resulting paintings at The Other Art Fair in Shoreditch.

Claire’ work has been selected for the ING Discerning Eye and the Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries.