Ice Trails 2

Claire Wiltsher’s original forestscape painting called Ice Trails 2 is a painting based on a local place in the New Forest, which inspired Claire Wiltsher to paint this scene as she says that it has “a magical sense of light.” Ice Trails 2 is an oil and mixed media painting on box canvas measuring 90 x 90 cm. The work is sold unframed and ready to hang and is signed ‘Claire Wiltsher’ on reverse.

Claire Wiltsher is the 2018 winner of the Artists and Illustrators magazine for artists of the year.

Size: H:90 cm x W:90 cm

Claire Wiltsher artist available to buy online and in our art gallery. Claire Wiltsher is the 2018 winner of the Artists and Illustrators magazine Artists of the year. Claire Wiltsher is a professional landscape painter working from her studio gallery in Lyndhurst, in the New Forest. Claire Wiltsher's paintings capture the different weather and mood of land and sea. She states that "total recognition inhibits the imagination". Claire Wiltsher has a Masters degree in Fine Art, and has exhibited in solo shows throughout Britain, as well as having been a finalist in many Competitions. She studied at Lancashire University as a mature student (1986-89). In 1988, she was a finalist in the Reader's Digest young illustrators competition, and had already secured exhibitions before finishing her degree. The art critic Edward-Lucie Smith chose her work to be exhibited at Olympia at an International Fair. Most of the work was sold, allowing her to embark upon a new journey travelling to Indonesia. Claire Wiltshire original artworks are oil and mixed media canvases combining layers of paint with fragments of collage. She scratches through sections of the painting to allow colours from underneath to emerge. “I want to create evocative paintings of land and sea that show a sense of place; different weather conditions are key elements”. Claire Wiltsher uses brushes and different size palette knives to build up layers and create depth. Paint is also flicked or carefully thrown on selected areas, evidence of this can be found all over her studio floor. The majority of Claire's canvases are square which she feels is important in creating a balance and harmony in her paintings. The work has ambiguous elements; however the work shows strong structural compositions. She feels that “total recognition inhibits the imagination” The outdoors, walking and travelling are the main inspirations for Claire's work. Poems often accompany Claire's work and can help communicate specific ideas. Claire Wiltshire has also written a book called 'Journeys.' Poems often accompany Claire's work and can help communicate specific ideas. To discuss any original paintings by artist Claire Wiltshire or to organise a commission, please contact Deborah@wychwoodart.com or call 07799 535 765 / 01869 338 155.