CLARE
JAMES
intricacies in nature, discovering worlds within worlds, of ecologies full of imperfections
ABOUT CLARE:
I'm not interested in perfection. I don't seek it out, nor express it in the work that I make. I try to take notice of intricacies in nature, discovering world's within worlds, of ecologies in their perfect balance. I look at the world with wonder and try to understand it. Creating my paintings and sculptures help fulfil my curiosity and express my love in the natural world.
I work each day in my purpose built, wonky, studio perched up the top of our back garden. It is full of things I collect, bones and feathers, plants and pressed seaweed. There are always a number of pets with me as I work. A quaker parrot chatting to me, our three-legged hound snoring and a visit from my poultry throughout the day. It is cluttered, and often quite messy, but creating my work in such chaos seems the only way I work! Radio National is always on. My potbelly stove warms me in winter and the double doors are flung open all summer. To me, it is a perfect studio.
Clare is a regular participant of Yarra Valley Open Studios.
Medium: painter, sculptor, maker
Tags: mixed media, environment, watercolour, clay, gastropods, sculpture
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Exhibition @ YAVA Healesville from 25 Jan - 25 Feb 2024
Timelapse of 35000 images of artwork in progress
Clare James - a tour of her studio and new works! Nov 2020
Clare James - I Belong Sculpture, Healesville
