Clare Rose

Professional Practice
​My fascination with people and the human condition has been the driving impetus for much of my work. My BA degree show was an exhibition of portraiture of fellow students in the School of Art. My MA developed this theme. Portraiture is an abiding preoccupation but I am also transfixed by the effects of light on any subject. I use pencil, pastel, ink and charcoal; gouache, oils and acrylics, working (ideally) directly from life, from what's in front of me. When this is not possible, I paint from sketches, memories and many photographs. I make observational drawings daily, believing that sound drawing is the 'grammer' of the visual language.
Where my earlier works were entirely representational, many of my newer paintings explore abstract approaches that enable me to reflect a deeper, and more ‘felt’ personal experience. Working in this way is complex and challenging but the outcomes are an invitation to the viewer to share and creatively reinterpret these sensations.
Painting is a constantly evolving process to which I am entirely dedicated.

BA Fine Art (First Class)
MA Fine Art (Distinction)

Exibitions
Group Shows
Atkinson Gallery Postgraduate Competition 2008
Aberystwyth School of Art Degree Show 2006, Aberystwyth UWA
Boundary Gallery Prize for Figurative Art 2006, London
Oriel Arts St Dogmaels Pembrokeshire
Taliesin Arts Centre 1995 Swansea
The Mayfield Gallery 1995, 99, 2009 Bournemouth
The Café de Paris New Arts Selection 1997, London
Country Living Fair, 1995.96.98.99, London
The Newport Collective, Newport Pembrokeshire
Custom House, Cardigan and Cardiff 2011
Chelini, Cardigan
The Anderson Galleries 96, Burford and Broadway, Oxon
University of Aberystwyth School of Art 2008,2009, 2012
Solo Exhibitions
Coach House Gallery, St Dogmaels 2016
Mayfield Gallery 98, 2000, 2010 Bournemouth
Oriel Arts – Open Art Studio, 96, 97, 98, 2000, St Dogmaels
Theatre Mwldan 1999 Cardigan