Observation is the starting point for my paintings, whether it be the interplay between light and shadow in a still life set up, the relationship between an object/figure and its environment or simply the effect of one colour next to another. This usually leads to a process of inclusion and elimination as I explore the painting's possibilities, allowing the narrative or theme of the painting to emerge and for the motif to take on meaning beyond the subject’s formal structure.
Clare Haward completed foundation studies at Camberwell College of Art in 1995, graduated with a 2.1 in Fine Art from Leeds University in 2000 and a postgraduate diploma in Fine Art at the Cyprus College of Art in 2009. Since then she has attended the painting and drawing masterclass programmes at Hatahana School in Tel Aviv and the Jerusalem Studio School, as well as undertaking residencies in Germany and Italy.
Clare exhibits regularly and has had work selected for The Threadneedle Prize, the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, the ING Discerning Eye and the New English Art Club. Clare has recently been awarded a Greenshields Foundation scholarship. Clare currently lives in London, where she combines her studio practice with teaching painting and drawing to adults.
She was elected a member of the New English Art Club in June 2019.
2019
New English Art Club Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Bright Land, Tregony Gallery, Cornwall
Dulwich Open House, Curated Exhibition at 155a Artists Space
2018
Winter Art Fair, 155a Artists Space, Dulwich
New English Art Club Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
London Art Fair, Jessica Carlisle Gallery, London
2017
New English Art Club Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
London Art Fair, Jessica Carlisle Gallery, London
Echo, Crypt Gallery, St Pancras, London
2016
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London
New English Art Club Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
First Morning, Westcroft Gallery, Cornwall
Portrait of Europe, Kent University, Canterbury
Illume, Four Corners Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
2015
New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London
Drawing Intensive, Mercer Chance Gallery, London
Portrait of Europe, Europe House, London
Dulwich Open House, Dulwich, London
2014
At Home, Jessica Carlisle Gallery, London
2012
The Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
The New English Art Club is part of the Federation of British Artists
The New English Art Club is a registered charity No. 295780
Patron HRH The Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, OM
© 2016 The New English Art Club
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