Clare Thatcher
www.clarethatcher.com
@clare_artist
Statement:
These paintings are part of a large ongoing body of work I began in 2019 titled Spirit of Place, address the effect climate change in particular global warming is having on the natural world. They are specifically about the North Cornish Coast a place I continue to revisit, where I discover a new world of such vast beauty. A place that is constantly shifting. In my works I make reference to transition and the consequences of perpetual flux, which have a profound impact on me. I find myself in front of monumental rock formations gradually eroding. These works are considered, immediate, compelling and highly relevant, subsequently made during the transition from our experience in the pandemic to the reopening up of our lives. A conversation began between an immersion of memories and observational drawings made on location transporting me back to place, the coast and capturing what I was feeling emotionally at the moment of making here in my studio, drawing on both personal and universal narratives. Painting helped me understand and make visible what I was experiencing, a cross over of two unquantifiable experiences in my life, helping me through the extreme emotions I was feeling at the time of making. Paintings that sing hope after so much anguish and suffering in the time we live. The sea, the coast a place of tranquility where I can really feel, connect and be myself whilst remaining strong and resolute, reflecting on the enormity and power of the natural world.
www.clarethatcher.com
@clare_artist
Statement:
These paintings are part of a large ongoing body of work I began in 2019 titled Spirit of Place, address the effect climate change in particular global warming is having on the natural world. They are specifically about the North Cornish Coast a place I continue to revisit, where I discover a new world of such vast beauty. A place that is constantly shifting. In my works I make reference to transition and the consequences of perpetual flux, which have a profound impact on me. I find myself in front of monumental rock formations gradually eroding. These works are considered, immediate, compelling and highly relevant, subsequently made during the transition from our experience in the pandemic to the reopening up of our lives. A conversation began between an immersion of memories and observational drawings made on location transporting me back to place, the coast and capturing what I was feeling emotionally at the moment of making here in my studio, drawing on both personal and universal narratives. Painting helped me understand and make visible what I was experiencing, a cross over of two unquantifiable experiences in my life, helping me through the extreme emotions I was feeling at the time of making. Paintings that sing hope after so much anguish and suffering in the time we live. The sea, the coast a place of tranquility where I can really feel, connect and be myself whilst remaining strong and resolute, reflecting on the enormity and power of the natural world.
Threshold of Strength
200 x1 50cm Oil on canvas 2022 |
Ocean Full of Song
140 x 300cm Oil on canvas 2022 |