Grotto - Limited Edition 1 of 40 Photograph

Clare McShanag is a Sydney based artist. Clare studied Graphic Design Art at Swinburne University and staged her first solo exhibition, ‘The Character of Life” at the Solo Lounge in New York. With her passion making cemented, Clare formalized her calling with studies in Fine Art Photography at RMIT University in Melbourne. In May Clare presented another solo exhibition ‘Streets with No Names”. From that day onwards and been exhibiting throughout the world. In April 2017 Clare participated in an international exhibition for the 500th anniversary of Luther, which also focussed on the music of Bach. Her works were exhibited in the Berliner Dom and are currently in the Bachhaus Museum in Leipzig, Germany. I make my Art to channel my inner and outer awareness as an expression of creation and colour ---spilling out into image. My vision is to convert my passion into a medium that ignites a very fuelling and awakening experience for the eyes of the beholder. My inspiration is life and movement: to be able to capture life as dynamic moments a Picture conveying a vigorous story, with all its undertones, highlights and shadows. Dark and beautiful at the same time -­a mixture of surreal and the abstract. Photographs that are distorted yet still discernable. Visible, soft, natural, yet a sharp edge. Intermittent encounter between the viewer and myself. I want us to be on a rollercoaster together. Beginning the visual process is to document a moment, research my point of subject. This will then take me into how I can expand the story with 3 to 4 different angles into a photograph. Abstraction becomes apparent, my ability as a technician with a camera shines -­ I feel at my rawest state. So my artwork is of its purist form. I want to enable an interactive experience with a conscious intent to attract deeper thoughts, exposing mixed memories and imagination from a visual pleasure. “The Camera’s eyes are window to the soul”