Claire is an artist and maker who uses paint, papers, fabric, felt, stitch, wire and found objects to create paintings and mixed media images. She has always loved painting, particularly abstracts, inspired by artists such as Kurt Schwitters, Wassily Kandinsky and Howard Hodgkin. More recently she has discovered a fascination for working with textiles, often combining textiles with paint to create multi- layered collages.

The inspiration for her work is drawn from her travels, from the world’s wilder landscapes and from her early training as a geologist. Her style is textural and colourful.

Based in Surrey, she has exhibited extensively. She is a member of Basingstoke Creative Stitchers and Wey Valley Workshop, both of which are focused on textile art, and of Surrey Contemporaries, a group of painters and printmakers. She has a degree in Geography & Geology, a City & Guilds Certificate in Machine Embroidery, and a City & Guilds Diploma in Design and Stitched Textiles.