Summary by Ian McMean

Claire was born, raised and educated in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She studied Art at Newcastle University then joined my studios as a trainee designer and Illustrator, eventually becoming Head Designer, visualiser and selector, during which time she worked in the UK, Sri Lanka, Canada, the USA, South Africa, Pakistan and on accounts in Australia and New Zealand. She is a trained Illustrator, Designer and Retail Selector and now specialises as a Painter and Concept Designer. We were married in 2001 in South Africa and have a little boy called Kit hence why we have resettled in the UK.
I trained in Manchester, Italy, France and New York as a Painter, Illustrator, Designer and Engraver. I travelled extensively worldwide, especially in Europe, Africa, Canada and the Far East. Eventually became an International Art Director for many of the International Corporates, I am now concentrating  on my work as a Painter and Sculpture.

Claire McMean

'In my latest works I have become very aware of expanse and grandeur, of the power of nature, the effect that the elements have on the surfaces and environment mood, iconic to the point of sublimity. I work in isobars, the contours of the earth, with the natural erosions and protrusions, all working and moving together in harmony, each piece within the total composition maintaining it's own identity and sovereignty. Roads have a power as do the streams and water forces, albeit they have been put there by man, but they are needed in our environment. Mists add to the sublimity, creating voids which are bottomless. The skies are an entity, not a backcloth to the landscape, changing by the second, dominating the mood of the enviroment, the elements physically changing the landscape. My work is a total movement.'

 

Ian McMean