About

Melting Field

Claire Fearon is a successful contemporary British Painter whose widely acclaimed art works in acrylic on canvas have sold to private collections in the UK and throughout the world. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and has  been well known for her use of vibrant and often brave colour choices in her paintings.  However her new works mark a departure from her bold abstract paintings. For the first time in 11 years of working as an artist Claire is painting landscapes.

‘In the past when working on a painting I would intuitively chose colours at random, building layer upon layer, trying to keep my mind empty. I work relatively fast, attempting not to think too hard about the marks I made. It was a challenge to just let go and see where the painting took me rather than the other way round but I really enjoyed the process. Having worked in this way for over 11 years I found myself tiring of depicting the landscape of my mind in my work and I longed for a different vista. Until recently I had never had the desire to paint from life but in the last few months I have had the urge to step outside of my own imagination and depict the world around me.

I wanted to try something different, to push my creative boundaries and personal expectations. I have been drawn to painting very quite, empty and stark landscapes using predominately just a pallet knife. I love the feeling of space and stillness they evoke. I never thought it would be true but I do feel I can better express how I feel through these landscapes then I could via my abstract paintings.  Although I loved painting the abstract works and using such joyous and bright colours, I have found a deep peace in painting simple, uncomplicated and often deserted landscapes to such an extent that I can’t see myself returning to my own head for inspiration again any time soon’ Claire Fearon

In the gallery section of this site you can see the history of Claire’s work as the pages trace her development from present day to the simple circle paintings that mark the beginning of her career as an artist.