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Clare Boyd-Wallis – Standing in the South Downs

12 Nov 10:00 AM 24 Nov 4:00 PM

Oxmarket are delighted to welcome Clare Boyd-Wallis to the John Rank Gallery for a solo exhibition. Initially working in watercolour and mixed media, Boyd-Wallis was encouraged to switch to oils by a fellow painter Paul Treasure.

She particularly enjoys the freedom oils give her to work with the paint over a number of days, the layers of paint helping to build depth and texture as she utilises brushes and palette knives.

Boyd-Wallis’s influences include Kurt Jackson and the landscape artist Hester Berry. She admires their ability to distil the essence of a scene, conveying drama and atmosphere in the process.

Boyd-Wallis’ work is often concerned with the natural world.  On the topic of nature, she emphasises in particular a

‘feeling of our insignificance within the landscape. A sense of our being part of an enormous space where we are also able to discover places of enclosure and calmness. In the face of nature our anxieties disappear and we are aware of our own insignificance within the natural world. A sense of time turning with the seasons without any heed to our human preoccupations’.

While she doesn’t work outside, Boyd-Wallis does visit places and scenes and take photos. These images and recollections return with her to her studio.

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12 Nov 10:00 AM
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24 Nov 4:00 PM
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https://www.oxmarket.org/exhibitions/clare-boyd-wallis-standing-in-the-south-downs
St. Andrew’s Court off East Street
Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1YH United Kingdom
01243 779103
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