I’m Claire, an artist and illustrator based in Scotland. Originally hailing from Inverness, I’ve had a lifelong passion for art, studying it throughout school before initially training as a lawyer. Finding law creatively unfulfilling, I later transitioned into a career in marketing.

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Painting and drawing have always been a constant in my life, shaped by a creative family - my Faroese mother is an art school graduate and art teacher, and my sister is an architect, as was our late grandfather.

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My work is inspired by my Scottish surroundings, childhood summers in the Mediterranean, and the everyday moments of life - often observed in cafés, thanks to my coffee-roaster husband. I enjoy working across a range of styles and mediums, from oils, watercolours, and pastels to digital illustration in Procreate.

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Favourite artists include Matisse, Derain, Peploe, Lautrec, Lowry, and the Scottish Colourists, alongside the delicate illustrations of Beatrix Potter that enchanted me as a child. When time allows, I love wandering galleries and exploring new ideas through different forms of visual art.