CLARE NEWBOLT

Clare Newbolt last showed at North House Gallery in 2003, shortly after her residency at the Annie Albers Foundation in the USA. Over twenty years later it is a pleasure now to present this series of her 16 quietly dancing watercolours on Japanese paper and 30 small drawings in Chinese white ink from the Ancient Sound series. Both series are ongoing and are the result of a long preoccupation with the relationship between Art and Nature.

"The dark light of the forest floor inhabited with primordial memories; archetypal trees, snakes, masks, birds, wolves, horses and deer make up an imagined world that has a fleeting serenity but menacing hints of doubt. Persian and Indian miniatures and Chinese cave paintings have for the longest time held a fascination and in these 'drawings' made with a fine brush using chinese white on Japanese 'chine colle' paper, I have tried to recreate the title of one of Paul Klee’s paintings: Ancient Sound." (Clare Newbolt)

Clare Newbolt was born in London in 1956. She attended Camberwell School of Art & Crafts (1973-1977) before living and painting in Italy for a year and in the USA for two years. In 2002 she had a three month residency at the Josef and Annie Albers Foundation, Connecticut, USA. In 2012 she was awarded a Doctoral Degree from the Prince's School of Traditional Arts, completing a thesis entitled 'Art is the Imitation of Nature in Her Manner of Operation'. She is a tutor at the Royal Drawing School and the King's Foundation School of Traditional Arts. She has exhibited in Japan, USA and England in various mixed and solo shows.