As Far as I Can See – an exhibition of paintings by Claire Beattie

“My painting is based on my experience of my local landscape and almost always features a solitary motif as a focus. This can often be a tree or group of trees, a cloud, a farm building, hay bales or the outline of the hills against the sky.

I am interested in the possibilities of the picture plane surrounding these elements and the idea of a distant centre point representing pause, reflection and an idea of home.

I create the images by building a myriad of layers of colour and marks until these landscape elements finally ‘settle’ into place and glow and resonate like a memory or a view that comes briefly into focus.

Recently I have completed 100 Day landscape painting projects on a small-scale exploring paint quality, colour and surface and by making images in series responding to the same view every day. As Far As I Can See includes paintings that have emerged from this research process” – Claire Beattie.