Clare Brady is painter and graduate of Fine Art from the world-renowned Glasgow School of Art. Over the years she has exhibited her work in many prestigious galleries from London to Inverness. Her work can be found in many private collections around the world from the USA to Japan, including the famous ‘Fleming Collection’ in London. She is also a winner of a Royal Scottish Academy’s Purchase Prize and the Glasgow School of Art travel award.  Having spent many years teaching, she recently decided to leave her position as head of Art and Design in St Aloysius college in Glasgow, to focus full-time on her painting.

About her work.

Clare has been labelled by London galleries as a ‘Contemporary Scottish Colourist’. Her work is largely about the balance and relationship between the colour she observes in her environment and her unique interpretation of that visual stimulus. She uses colour as a vehicle to express the emotions and reactions she has to a particular event or happening.

               For Clare, still life is the foundation of her creative process. Through the careful selection of still life objects, she permits herself the freedom to experiment with colour, perspective and composition. Intent on maintaining honesty and integrity to the subject matter; she creates a sense of movement and magic in otherwise inanimate and ordinary objects. This is also true of her many vibrant and sun-drenched landscape paintings.

             Clare also has a fascination with allegorical images, symbolism and ancient mythology. Her work explores how these concepts and narratives have been interpretated and conveyed throughout history. Through her exploration of this topic, she is captivated, liberated and inspired to actualise works that embrace and convey the enchantment she perceives when investigating this subject matter.