New Masters Artist: Henrietta Clavering
Henrietta Clavering joins our Masters section.
“Drawing is the central force in my work. The preliminary sketches outside and the pencil studies done in the studio are key starting points for my paintings. Drawing is a tool to work out ideas, to learn and develop artistic skills, processes and techniques as well as a medium for finished pieces. “
Autumn II (Framed)
90 x 60 cm | 35 x 23 in
Original painting in oil on paper.
Hawthorn (unframed)
100 x 75 cm | 39 x 29 in
Original drawing in charcoal on paper.
The dripping, swirling, brushing and scraping of paint in Henrietta Clavering’s works produces textured surfaces: the surface drama of grass, fur, water. Earthy tones are tinged at times with an other-wordly glow, not unlike the ever shifting, sometimes miraculous character of the light when it dapples through nature. The distinct style the artist has carved for herself draws on harmony through elements, as well as impressionism, to convey the sense of ancient landscapes: the shapes of ridges, hills, valleys that one intuitively recognises. Her work recalls Hans Hofmann’s abstractions and Sarah Hinckley’s Colour Field paintings.
Shapes, colours, textures are both elemental and sophisticated in Clavering’s work, conveying the satisfaction – at once exhilarating and soothing – of being in nature. Her work The Walk brings to mind the Wilton diptych – the beloved 14th century image now in the National Gallery in London – which shows the elegance and tenderness of the white stag’s outline, like that of the greyhound in The Walk.
The Walk (Framed)
78 x 59 cm | 30 x 23 in
Original painting in oil on board.
The Walk VI (Framed)
Henrietta Clavering
Masters Artist
40 x 30 cm | 15 x 11 in
Original painting in oil on paper, mounted on board
The Walk XIII (Framed)
40 x 29 cm | 15 x 11 in
Original painting in oil on paper.
The Walk VII (Framed)
40 x 29 cm | 15 x 11 in
Original painting in oil on paper.
The Walk X (Framed)
40 x 29 cm | 15 x 11 in
Original painting in oil on board.
