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A tranquil painting of a Norfolk mere, where tall grasses sway amongst calm waters under a vast blue sky. The scene is serene, evoking the distant call of a curlew or bittern, adding life to the serenity.
Claire is a Norfolk based artist who studied at the Norwich School of Art, and the Universities of Oxford and Lancaster. A synaesthete with a particular sense for colour and sound, she uses music as a starting point for many of her bold, abstract paintings.
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