About Claire Wills

Claire graduated from the University of Humberside in 1996 with a degree in Fine Art after which she travelled extensively, gaining inspiration from a wide variety of different cultures and locations such as Tanzania, Budapest, Germany, Jamaica, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and also Cornwall and rural Herefordshire.

In her paintings Claire aims to create engaging contemporary interpretations of land and seascapes through abstract ideas of places or scenes, and she particularly enjoys making paintings of wide-open spaces, which give a feeling of calm isolation where ‘one can become lost in thought’.

Claire uses mixed media; layers of delicate papers are often used to create a surface with a variety of patterns and textures as a base on which to work.

Most recently Claire has been focusing on landscapes and seascapes, often inspired by the many pretty towns and villages of Scotland.