Claire lives in Norfolk and studied at the Norwich School of Art and the Universities of Lancaster and Oxford. A synaesthete (which, in Claire’s case, means that colour and sound are experienced interchangeably), she uses environment, music and seasonal rhythms as a starting point for many pieces. Following a vibrant tradition of Modernist painters such as Matisse, Van Gogh, Klee, Gilman (a distant relative), Diebenkorn, Nash and Ravilious, shifting hues and patterns are at the heart of her works.

Claire Oxley’s work is distinctive through its colour intensity and rhythmic mark-making. Taking inspiration from surrounding landscapes, her starting point is often the passing seasons and wide, changing moods of her East Anglian home. ‘I make paintings that chart and describe the seasons, skies, seas, moons, fields, flowers, and foliage of the area: canvases of energy and flux. These works are felt and heard as much as seen, stirring memories and experiences from these vast counties. Unexpected colour combinations stimulate and bring energy to interior spaces.’ She is, above everything, a composer of colour.

Claire regularly exhibits in Norfolk and Suffolk, London, and across the UK. Her work is held in private collections worldwide.

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