I work to my emotive response to landscapes, which are of poignant memories and experiences, climate change or natural phenomenon. I use colour to express an inner narrative by concentrating on recessive colours and experimenting with limited palettes while striving to retain equilibrium. I like to paint quickly using brush and oil sticks, capturing the energy of an idea
I work to my emotive response to landscapes, which are of poignant memories and experiences, climate change or natural phenomenon. I use colour to express an inner narrative by concentrating on recessive colours and experimenting with limited palettes while striving to retain equilibrium. I like to paint quickly using brush and oil sticks, capturing the energy of an idea and then to add detail until I resolve the painting, following the its development on the surface and letting go of the original source material. I am a member of The Arborealists and ArtCan and exhibit regularly with them around the UK and Europe. My previous experience as a gallery manager has lead to my involvement with art fairs and exhibitions as a technician and curator.
Claire Cansick
BA Norwich University of the Arts 1995
Currently painting 3 metre paintings of the sea.
2023
Drawn To Mind - solo. Chappel Galleries February
Paradise Found: New Visions of the Blackdown Hills. Thelma Hulbert Gallery April - June
2022
Trees and the Sacred, The Hostry, Norwich April -May
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition June-August
British Painting 3, Bermondsey Project Space June 9
Galvanise, Sptalifields Studios June - July
Legacy The Crypt Gallery September
2021
Celebrating Trees, St Margarets Church of Art, curated by Mary Mellor 29 Oct – 14 November
Trees and Woodland of Exmoor & Dartmoor, Lanacre Barn Gallery, 13 - 28 November
Embassy, St Marys Works, Norwich curated by Liam Ashley Smith September
Summer Exhibition, The Yare Gallery, Gt Yarmouth August - September
Finalist Sir John Hurt Art Prize, Holt July-August
Crossing The Liminal, Hampstead Garden Gallery 26 June- 10 July
Somewhere Unexpected, Norwich Castle Museum May 17 - 18 September
People and Portraits in Painting, Chappel Galleries, Essex 12 April - 8 May
Shape of the New, curated by Sukai Eccleston, Online 12 March - 15 April
Being with Trees, Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery, Gibraltar 4 March - 8 May
Stay Connected, curated by Lois Emma Harkin, Online 26 February
2020
Recollection In Colour, solo at Chappel Galleries, Essex 10 October - 15 November
August Mixed Exhibition 2020 Chappel Galleries 1 – 23 August
Transient Online Exhibition. ArtCan Curated by KV Duong and Rita Carta Manias 1 – 30 June
Richard Jeffries Museum Swindon 2 – 31 May The Arborealists
Trees and Woodland of Exmoor and Dartmoor The Museum of Somerset Taunton 1 May – 4 July
Fake News, Offshoot Gallery London 5 March 2020
National Memorial Arboretum 6 December – 29 March Arborealists
2019
Art Fair East Norwich 20 November – 1 December
The Affordable Art Fair Hampstead 9-12 May Jackson’s Painting Prize finalist with Backwater Dream
Young Gallery Salisbury 2 – 24 August The Arborealists
Paint in Progress, Anteros Arts Norwich 18 – 30 March Group show curated by Andy Reeve
Spring Art Show, The Forum Norwich April Group
Collégiale Sainte-Croix de Loudun, France 8 March The Arborealists
New Year Selection 2019, Chappel Galleries, Colchester January 5 – February 24
2018
Art Fair East Norwich November 29 – December 2 St Andrews Hall Norwich
St Ives Society of Artists Mariners Gallery, Cornwall 29 September – November The Arborealists
Flatford Mill, East Bergholt Suffolk September-October The Arborealists
Black Swan Arts, Frome 21 July – 2 September The Arborealists
John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire 7 July – 4 August The Arborealists
Wells Maltings Trust: Connection. Wells, Norfolk 26 June – 30 September Gentleness Clears The Soul awarded Highly Commended.
Halesworth Gallery, Suffolk 28 April – 16 May Group
Spring Art Show The Forum Norwich 11-15 April 2018 Annual Group
2017
Spring Art Show The Forum Norwich 5-9 April 2017 Annual Group
ArtRooms, National Open Art, Melia White House Regents Park London 20 – 23rd January
Playhouse Theatre Norwich 1-30 October, Solo show
2016
Riverside Art & Glass Drawing Show 4 – 17 July 2016 Awarded honourable mention by Colin Self
Spring Art Show The Forum Norwich 7-10 April 2016 Annual Group
2015
Paint, The Undercroft Norwich November 2015 Group
Obverse, The Playhouse Theatre Norwich 1-30 August 2015 Solo
Paint, The Forum Norwich April 2015 Group
2014
Perspectives, Yallops Gallery Norwich October 2014 Claire Cansick, Brian Korteling, Helen Shepherd
Pennoyer Open Art, Diss April Group
The Weekender, The Forum Norwich 14-16 February 2014 Group
Draw, The Playhouse, Norwich 2 – 31 January 2014 Solo
Gallery Manager, Riverside Art & Glass and Gallery in the Lanes, Norwich 2014-2017
2013
1+1=11 The Forum Norwich 31 August – 6 September 2013 Group
Paint, The Forum Norwich 24-29 March 2013 Group
Gallery Assistant, Riverside Art & Glass, April 2013
2012
Paint, St Margarets Church of Art, Norwich March 2012 Group
March 29th 2013 -July 2017
Represented by Riverside Art & Glass
Contemporary Art Gallery, Wroxham, Norwich
Paintings, drawings and original prints
