CLARE CAULFIELD

Clare Caulfield is an Artist and Printmaker who graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Surface Pattern Design from Staffordshire University in 2000. Before this Clare attended Bradford College where she completed her Foundation Studies in Art & Design.

Since then Clare has continued developing her highly individual drawing style and has exhibited throughout the country with galleries including the Crafts Council Gallery Shop and CCA Galleries at The Affordable Art Fair in London.

Clare’s work documents her travels to some of the world’s greatest cities including Venice, Florence, New York and London.

Most recently Paris has provided much inspiration for a series of new pen & watercolour paintings from compositions of Notre Dame to bustling streetscenes.

Drawing has always been a very important part of Clare’s work. She is fascinated by architecture be it the Midtown skyscrapers of Manhattan, The Grand Canal Venice or simply capturing Parisian life outside a brightly canopied pavement café, from which she strives to create spontaneous lively linework. She enjoys the scratchy line quality achieved using dip pen & ink, the weight of the line altering with the amount of pressure applied.

Clare also uses various printmaking techniques within her work. Her love of drawing and use of line have been developed into Drypoints and Screenprints.

Clare also transfers the lively drawings taken directly from her sketchbook onto paper and canvas by means of screenprinting which she combines with hand-painted acrylic. Therefore every canvas is an individual piece in itself.

Clare has also produced a range of new work on the unique Victorian ‘model’ village here in Saltaire. The United Reformed Church is one of Britain’s most precious and unique examples of Italianate architecture which Clare has interpreted in her own individual style.

Clare has also recently received a special commission from Salts Mill in the heart of Saltaire to produce a limited edition of 199 original screenprinted cards depicting the mill.

Clare sells a range of handmade screenprinted cards of Italy, London and New York, each one being an original signed print.

For further information on Clare’s work or if you are interested in commissioning a special piece, please contact her on 07717 751866 or by email clarecaulfield@hotmail.com