by Clare Bowen | Feb 28, 2020 | London, Sunset
Last big painting for the Affordable Art Fair. It felt a big task and a pressure to get 3 paintings done and framed in 6 weeks! All the same size of 80x100cm. I am so relieved to have managed it and I’m pleased with the outcome! I have only painted one this size...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 20, 2020 | Bridge, Cityscape, London
Sometimes a painting doesn’t go to plan. I started a large one before this and I worked for 2 days on it and then scrapped it. Drawn out, the composition seemed to work but with paint on it was ‘thin’ and lacking. On a big canvas there is nowhere to...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 4, 2020 | Boats, London, Sunrise
Painted for the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea for this Spring. So pleased to be showing there with the London Russel Gallery, not been in it before. They have asked me to paint 2-3 large paintings (80x100cm) of London Bridges. With a tight deadline of end of this...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 31, 2019 | London, Sunset
I have painted this view before, I like the strong silhouetted shape of the Cadogan Pier and Albert bridge framing the sunset. This time I used an underpainting which I did in the daytime en plein air. But it was such a drab grey day I decided to go back to the studio...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 30, 2019 | London
Painted during a rare window of sunshine – it’s been a grey and rainy month! I stood on the Chelsea embankment right next to the bridge. When you are that close you realise how big and chunky it is, but also how elegant and lovely. I enjoyed the contra...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 29, 2019 | Christmas, London
Painted a week or so before Christmas so there was a real hustle bustle in the air. Wonderful jelly fish Christmas lights, decorating the street. There was a marine theme and saving the planet message in Soho this year.
by Clare Bowen | Dec 28, 2019 | London
I am finally catching up with my jobs, it’s been a very busy December with lots of commissions and orders for Christmas. I have several paintings I done in December and want to post over the next few days… This one I did during the ROI paint live day...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 8, 2019 | Albert Bridge, Bridge, London
I painted this back in the spring, it’s my biggest painting to date 80x100cm. I wanted a centre piece for my solo exhibition in Chelsea, London. It has since been hung at the New Ashgate Gallery for the Surrey Artist of the Year. Also it was my submission...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 28, 2019 | London, Mall Galleries, ROI
My favourite society is the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) They hold an annual exhibition each year and it’s one of my main goals to be accepted into it. This year I have been accepted in and I feel so chuffed! The quality of work showing is really high...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 18, 2019 | Albert Bridge, Bridge, London
I did this painting in June as a warm up to the Sky Landscape Artist of the Year program I was on. (See previous post) A large canvas 40x50cm done en plein air and trying to cover it as much as I could in one go, this is where I got up to outside: I decided the bottom...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 9, 2019 | Autumn, Boats, London, Seascape
Good to be home and painting on the Thames! Such a beautiful, crisp autumnal day, I really enjoyed it. I used a limited palette mainly Blue-Green (Cerulean) & Red-Orange (Cadmiums) which are tertiary complimentary colours. Useful to have a boat in the foreground...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 21, 2019 | Artist Life, London, Surrey
Voted by the public out of 300 Surrey artists down to 15 and now the top 3. I am so pleased to be awarded runner up in The Surrey Artist of the Year! Public votes means a lot as it shows people like my work (I must be on the right track) and they want to buy it...
by Clare Bowen | May 27, 2019 | Artist Life, London
The last few weeks have felt a whirl wind and I’m finally able to do a blog post about my solo exhibition! My husband Nick and I drove up on the Sunday unloaded a whole van full of stuff and started to unwrap the paintings. Monday spent all day hanging the show....
by Clare Bowen | Apr 20, 2019 | London
Painted on the same day as the previous Tower Bridge I posted, just a little later in the morning about 7am. I finished it in the studio as it was a bitter morning -1 degree! Seems a distant memory now with the lovely sunshine we are having. The cloud was actually...
by Clare Bowen | Apr 18, 2019 | Hammersmith Bridge, London, Uncategorized
I have been working hard on all the elements required to put on an exhibition in London. Only 4 weeks to go now and I’m counting down… If you are interested in my paintings and want to see a taster of the show I have uploaded some of the paintings on my...
