Clare Littleton

Creating art is visual intimacy for me, it's like tasting the world with my eyes. Having spent my childhood growing up in Kenya East Africa, I am in awe of the beauty in nature and the colourful diversity of culture and my aim is to inspire others through my art to appreciate the natural world, and so be motivated to join those campaigning to protect it. I believe that admiration and respect for nature is inherent in each and every one of us, but gets buried under a mountain of consumer-orientated lifestyles.

I am mostly self-taught, and the medium of my choice is mostly oils on canvas and copper. Through studying various painting techniques handed down through history, I admire the layered Flemish technique of the old masters as well as the use of shadows and lights in chiaroscuro used to achieve the illusion of a 3D world. When I paint, I always keep this in mind with the power of suggestion of sensuality, serenity and mystery.

I lived with the Bedouin in the village of Sayhun adjacent to the caves of Petra, Jordan, riding on my camel each day to paint. Battling with the dust, chatting to passers-by and friends about the meaning of life.
Being an artist as well as working in the field as an anthropologist is an o...

Clare Littleton spent her childhood growing up on the Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa,
Having completed her education at the University of Wales graduating in environmental, social and cultural anthropology, much of Clare’s work over the years has involved field research and travel to various parts of the world including Nepal, Tibet, Ethiopia, Jordan and Jamaica, during which time creating art has been a way of life, and years later Clare returned to Jordan to live with the Bedouin in the cave city of Petra to paint.
Clare is now living her dream with passion painting full time. Currently settled during the pandemic in a most beautiful part of West Wales overlooking the Teifi River, surrounded by nature, Clare's work continues to evolve through compositions that entice the viewer into a world she shares through her captivating artistic style.

2019 London Art Biennale Gagliardi Gallery
2020 London Art Biennale Gagliardi Gallery