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Rapture in Blue | 48×60 | Claire J Kendrick available through Plum Gallery, St Augustine

“It is my practice to always work with reference. I like to buy fresh flowers and set up the arrangement and start with a strong composition. This is always my foundation. As I begin painting, each brush stroke has to say something. Putting down a mark and deciding to keep or remove, I try to ask myself if this mark adds something to the painting. The results are dynamic, energetic forms–they show the energy you put into the painting. The

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Figure Paintings Available at Modern Villa Gallery, OR

Confused | Risque | Looking Up | 12×12 each Available at Modern Villa Gallery, OR “The dialogue is something I strive for–what is spoken and what is left unspoken–it’s the tension and energy between the painting and the private dialogue–the interpretation of the viewer(s)–their need to fill in the gaps.Body language is the unspoken dialogue.” Claire paints landscape, still life and figurative paintings. Originally from Ireland, she worked in the fashion industry in Europe before she relocated to Florida in

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Private Home Fine Art Installation

View another gorgeous installation by Gardner Colby Gallery! This #seascape by Claire Kendrick makes this dining room come alive. More New Works Exhibiting shown in this short 30 sec video. @cjk_studio #artinstallation #naples #tsgnaples #gardnercolbygallery

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Landscape Paintings by Claire J Kendrick

Two new Landscape Paintings at Art on Centre Top picture | Light on a Dark Day | 30×40 | Oil Paint with Oil Pastel | CJK A Painting of the Marsh Landscape as storm moves over the Salt Marshes, a shaft of beautiful yellow light the focus that brings good news on the horizon. Lower Picture | Smooth Sailing on the Intracoastal | 30 x 40 | Oil and Oil Pastel | CJK Medium – oil and oil pastel a

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New Books from CJK-Studio

New Art Books from each of my series available through Blurb – Hardback or Softback. Landscape Series Figure Series Still Life Series Seascape Series

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Seascape Paintings Hanging in the Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples

From the Left Aqua I | 30×30 | Oil Encaustic Sand Dune Bay | 48×48 | Oil Aqua III | 36×36 | Oil Mini Abstract Ocean Diptych | 8×16 | Oil For further information on any of these paintings contact Nancy or Pamela at Gardner Colby Galleries Artist Notes Living on the east coast of the United States I look out on the Atlantic Ocean and I’m challenged as an artist to capture its vastness. The stillness and peace of

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Contemporary New Seascape Painting – “Aqua”

Available at Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples Aqua | 36×36 | Oil on Linen | CJK Artist Notes This painting is about having the bravery to paint that one heavy impasto wave in a confident stroke. The foreground fragmenting was inspired very loosely from a painting by Henri-Edmond Cross – the Golden Isles, 1891/92 Although the subject of the canvas is indeed the islands, Cross has eliminated all picturesque elements and concentrated on the effects of light on colour. The various elements in

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Selection of Paintings from Figure, Landscape, Still Life and Seascape Series

Its an ongoing process to develop each series featured. Figure | “Confused” | 12″x12″ | Available via Modern Villa Gallery, OR Landscape | “Intercoastal Symphony” | 52″x 66″ | Available via CJK-Studio, FL Still Life | “Peaceful Posy” | 24″x24″ | Available via CJK-Studio, FL Seascape | “Aqua” | 36″x36″ | Available via Gardner Colby Galleries, FL

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Modern Architecture | Contemporary Art

Home Tour – Art Installation I am delighted to share this video showing two large scale marsh paintings in a private home. The Entry – A landscape depicting Florida’s marshland is alive with color and dramatic brush work. In the Great Room – A large contemporary marsh paintings brings drama and passion to the beautiful clean lines of the crisp white interior. The fine art appears floating on a white panel which is fitted to an Auton System. The painting

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Installation | Private Residence

This painting welcomes guests in the entryway of a home in London, England. Thank you to the collectors for the photo! – Now I am feeling the need to brighten the entry of my own home, fresh flowers and a botanical painting what a lovely combination. Tulips in Red Vase | 40″ x 30″ | Oil Encaustic Painting from the Botanical Series by Claire J Kendrick

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