Details

First Name

Claire
Last Name

Beattie
Username

clairebeattie
Website

http://www.clairebeattie.com
Region

Scottish Borders
Disciplines

Drawing, Painting
Themes

Botanical, Landscape

Statement

Statement

I’m a painter and freelance creative practitioner based in the Scottish Borders.  My painting is based on my experience of the landscape around me and almost always features a solitary motif.  Often this is a tree or group of trees.  I am interested in the possibilities surrounding the focal point of trees, their presence and sculptural form, and their role in our lives and imaginations especially as a vehicle for pause and reflection.  More recently my work has started exploring singular clouds or the outline of the hills that I see everyday. I am interested in the constancy of these familiar images in our very turbulent world.

As a creative practitioner I work with groups of people of all ages and I am a huge advocate of creativity having a positive impact on people’s lives.  Both sides of my practice greatly influence and enrich the other and give what I do real purpose and grounding.

Biography

Biography

Claire has shown her paintings professionally throughout the UK since 2008.  Her work, inspired by the landscape where she lives and works from her home studio, is in many private collections in the UK and across the world, and has been shown several times at the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute. She is a member of the Society of Scottish Artists and Visual Arts Scotland.  Claire is represented by Cameron Contemporary Art with whom she has had four successful solo exhibitions in London, Brighton and Edinburgh since 2013.  Cameron Contemporary also regularly represent her work at the Affordable Art Fair.  Claire is represented in Edinburgh with Morningside Gallery in Edinburgh and also shows regularly with the Albany Gallery in Cardiff.

Born in Ayrshire, she grew up on the Moray coast, before graduating with an MA in Fine Art from the University of Edinburgh with distinction in painting.  In addition to her painting practice she also works as a creative practitioner with schools and community groups.  She was awarded the first artist residency at Marchmont House Creative Spaces in the Scottish Borders in February 2020 and last year received a VACMA award to develop new work created as a result of this residency.