Waiting in Line at the Gorilla Sanctuary Painting

Claire often uses the word “illustrative” when describing her paintings, because for her, they embody a sense of storytelling. She believes this was born out of her early love of writing as a child. With degrees in advertising and graphic design, she is fixated on the relationships of colors and shapes. Having lived in Maine, Nashville and Los Angeles, she finds herself drawing inspiration from many different landscapes and cultures. She feels that her paintings study the organic flowing design and contrast in nature and society. Hanley has said that “each painting is a recollection of a place in time, rarely drawn from the here and now.” She hopes that her work communicates a sense of inflated and often-times distorted beauty, “the kind that only takes place in a memory.” Hanley has sold and shown her work internationally in galleries and art shows. Look for her and her daily art musings on Instagram @clairehanleypaintings