Clairre Cumming

I have been painting on and off now for over 30 years, more often now than before and am finally in a place where I can focus on getting better at what I lovf to do…I also lovf passing on my skills and have put together a workshop that has evolved from more than 10 different tutors including: John Wilson, Herman Pekel, Kathy Ellem, Jacqueline Coates, Robert Knight and Barry and Lucy McCahn. So, not only do you get me but you get the knowledge from theses tutors in a comprehensive compact workshop as well as go home with all the art materials needed to start another painting.
I don't set out to produce art about one subject or another, although my work tends to focus on landscapes, seascapes, portraits with lots of colour.
None of it is intentional - it all develops and evolves over time.
I prefer not to explain any particular piece of work - if I've made a picture and that's how I wanted it to be - hopefully it can speak for itself and whatever it says to the viewer - it becomes the right message because there isn't a wrong and a right message. when it comes to art.
Each person takes something a little different from the same picture and I'm happy with that.
My influences are first and foremost everything I see, feel and experience; I do love colour and texture and although a realist at heart, I love showing the brushstrokes in each of my paintings...
I lovf to reach a level of photo realism in my work and then once having gained that level of skill; would like to step back and once again show the brushstrokes and different tones, values and hues of colour in any further work…