Clare Blois
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- Biography
In the tradition of many Scottish painters, I am inspired by the physical qualities of oil paint and the endless possibilities it provides in terms of colour, movement and texture. My recent work continues to explore the patterns and spaces we see all around us in the ever-surprising weather, the rotating seasons, the abstraction of the highland landscape and the astonishing forces of nature.
I am an oil painter working from my studio near Beauly, Inverness-shire. After a previous career working for highland sporting estates, I studied textiles and then painting with the Open College of the Arts in the 1990s before beginning to exhibit my work in Scottish galleries. I have won several awards including the prestigious JD Fergusson Arts Award, presented in memory of the Scottish Colourist painter.
I ran a successful art gallery on the Black Isle before "retiring" a few years ago to concentrate on developing my own work.
I have exhibited in numerous galleries and exhibitions throughout Scotland and beyond, and have been an invited exhibitor at the Discerning Eye Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.
I ran a successful art gallery on the Black Isle before "retiring" a few years ago to concentrate on developing my own work.
I have exhibited in numerous galleries and exhibitions throughout Scotland and beyond, and have been an invited exhibitor at the Discerning Eye Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.
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