CLAIRE FOORD :: ARTIST

Original artwork available, through contact, exhibitions and via arrangement of commission - please enjoy viewing a selection of my works and feel free to get in touch with any enquiries AUS +61 438 252 848

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Permalink COLOUR THEORY - an exhibition at Urban Cow Gallery investigates chromotherapy and synaesthesia through a visual art representation of colour theory. A response to these conditions will be shown through painted works. A colour therapist on the opening night, providing a colour reading for gallery goers, will present a personal connection to the artworks and greater understanding of the exhibition. Synaesthesia is a neurological condition which triggers a sensory pathway that in one common form causes Synesthetes to see letters and numbers in individual colours. Totally intriguing is the way in which some people perceive life. Synesthetes have what to me seems to me a gift in a creative sense. Chromotherapy or colour therapy is often used as a complementary medicine where colour is used to balance energy. Trained therapists might use coloured light to aid healing or in some cases colour cards are used to read a person’s energy levels by colours they may be drawn to at any particular time. Taking reference from the above condition and treatment I have produced a visual art representation which explores these phenomena together with basic principles of colour theory; the colour wheel, colour harmony & the context of how colours are used.      View the Facebook event page here
Permalink Artwork: Sensorial Dimensions: 120 x 181cm Detail: Acrylic and Gels on linen About: Sensorial is the product of a collaboration of sight and sound between violinist Niki Vasilakis & painter Claire Foord. The work itself is a direct response to a 30 minute composition of an 8 movement violin concerto. Claire’s piece was unveiled, as part of The Adelaide Fringe show of the same name. This was through a stop motion production of over 100 hours work condensed into a digital performance throughout Niki’s live performance. The artwork was influenced by the music with movement, colours, shapes and even the way the brush was held taken into consideration as layer upon layer of shade and light danced across the canvas which saw Sensorial evolve into a beautiful mess of residual lines, still visible through the paintings surface.   What people/reviews said of Sensorial: “An artwork that has its raison d’être in the music, and the final product is beautiful.” - Kym Clayton (22Feb2013) Sensorial www.thebarefootreview.com.au “Line-work intensified, layers were applied, details obscured, new shapes outlined. Sound and vision embrace” - Ian Newton (15Feb2013) Sensorial www.ripitup.com.au “Sensorial is where music and visual art are as one” - Review Sensorial (Mar2013) www.heckler.com.au “Her exquisite eye for colour and beauty is astounding” - Friends Turn Senses Inside Out (13Feb2013) Guardian Messenger “It was just so special to see her creativity and enthusiasm for her art work” - Sue, North Adelaide “Something very special and highly original” - Daryl, Adelaide
Permalink Title: “132 Years. We can not clasp thy hand, thy face we can not see, but let this little token tell we still remember thee. There is a place for little children above the bright blue sky” Size: 91x91cm Medium: Acrylic on canvas Artist: Claire Foord   See this artwork as part of the Leafy Sea Dragon Festival 13th to 21st April 2013 @ The Jubilee Hall, Main Sreet, Yankalilla About the artwork: What a journey the Yaccatracks Art Prize for Painting has taken me on. Little did I realise that submission for this art prize would reveal to me a great family history and open new doors of discovery for myself and my family. On exploring the region I decided that the Yankalilla and Myponga cemeteries would be the location for me to respond to the theme; “capturing moments in the life of our community”. My intent, to capture the past lives of people without whom the community would perhaps not exist and maybe too, those who remember loved ones and their impact on the shaping of a more intimate community.   On a brief mention of my plans over the breakfast table, while visiting my parents, there was mention “we had family in Yankalilla”. On further discovery and after a phone call to a sister of my Grandfather Lawrie (who has recently passed) that yes, in-fact we did have family there and by some stroke of fate my great-great-grandparents George & Medora Hunt were buried right where I was planning to paint, in the Yankalilla Public Cemetery. With excited bewilderment I of course searched the registry for the plot numbers and wandered the cemetery once again in search of my community. Low and behold there it was, the location I had already chosen looked directly over their dual burial site and was centre stage in my artwork. My mother and I, keen to learn more, delved through the family tree and found that our family goes back quite a long while into the pioneering days of Yankalilla, Myponga and Wattle Flat. George & Medora had buried his parents in Myponga. His father had built a mud hut in Wattle Flat where they raised a family. George & Medora had too raised their 11 children in Myponga and sadly experienced the death of a child, twice; Florence who was 9 is buried with her sister Katie beside their grandparents in Myponga Cemetery. My mother’s great aunt had also lived out her days in Yankalilla until 1975.   The book Tuesdays with Morrie (by Mitch Albom) had in past sparked a desire for my wanting to do a “Tuesdays with Lawrie” scenario. This, I’m sad to say, did not actually eventuate but somehow in this recollection of the past and our ties with the Yankalilla community, I have been delving into the past of my Grandfathers family. As a family we have at least 132 years of history that created and captured moments in the life of this community.
Permalink Sensorial : Art that’s heard, Music that’s seen Violinist Niki Vasilakis & Painter Claire Foord Every Friday of the Adelaide Fringe, February 15th & 22nd, March 1st, 8th &15th 8pm @ The Alley, 46 Magill Road, Norwood tickets @ FringeTix More @ www.nikiclaire.com
Permalink Niki Vasilakis & I have a brand new show premiering at Fringe 2013 & tickets are on sale now… fringe2013: What do you get someone who loves art & music for Christmas? A ticket to Sensorial - the perfect Christmas stocking filler tickets on sale now!
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Permalink Current Exhibition Opens 11Nov until 9Dec 2012 click on the invitation to view the full catalogue
Permalink A few artworks showcased at ‘Q Gallery’ (High St, Strathalbyn) if your headed that way be sure to pop-in
Permalink Claire Foord Artist online store NOW OPEN! Artwork in store is specially selected and is updated regularly. If there’s a piece you’ve had your eye on…keep an eye on the store as post-exhibition works are now available.
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Permalink On Sunday 26 August 2012 The City of Unley hosted an outdoors & intimate artist market to mark to close of the SALA festival. As one of the artists in residence, I encouraged you to come along and be part of live art by painting in mixed media an organic abstract work. 125 people put paint to canvas in this collaborative abstract work; from from babies to barristers and amateurs to artists. The final work is a celebration of the vibrant spectrum formed after each person individually created by their own paint colour. In pushing the shapes around the surface of the work my desire was to feature all of these fabulous colours in various shades from small specs to large smears. Thank you to all of those who participated in collaboratively creating this work of art. Artists: Rob, Peter, Grant, Poppy, Bebe, Angelina, Matthew, Michael, Helen, Brad, Celeste, Indianna, Ashton, Asimina, Matilda, Oscar, Carey, Susan, Lyndal, Zoe, Effie, Cameron, Amelie, Mary, Eloise, Trish, Eve, Oscar, Ava, Angus, Emily, Zari, Milla, Cherica, Jasper, Ian, Dottie, Marie Louise, Ava, Ruby, Niamh, Roland, Kate, Lisa, Prabhkaran, Michaela, Eleanor, Katie, Suzanne, Joan, Madeline, Thomas, Zoe, John, Cate, Sophia, Mari, Jakob, Taylor, Jaan, Lili, Emilia, Lydia, Daria, Kate, Ben, Mihali, Zoe, Charlotte, Zoe, Lu, Anisha, Sachin, Sylvie, Isadora, Maggie, Jennie, Dengke, Si, Kelly, Cindy, Sabrina, Marian, Suzanne, Christina, Sally, Jenny, Grace, Lily Kate, B, Bailey, Nancy, Silvana, Haydn, Isabella, Ian, Ann, Tania, Rebecca, Roz, Gidgit, Ronnie, Jenneke, John, Birgit, Bonnie, Ken, Kaye, Madi, Dilber, Silvia, Rosie, Wendy, Susan, Patsy, Daniella, Jack, Antonio, Jet, Jaydon, Tania, Maya, Elena, Joar with Claire Foord Title: “The 125 KWR Collaborative” Detail: Mixed media (acrylics, impasto, flowers, wax, collage & gels) on canvas Size: 100x75cm …click here to see the a sample of the collaborative process
Permalink My #artist #colour this week is #blue…depth & stability (Taken with Instagram)