Hi, I’m Claire 🙋🏼♀️
I burnt out after years of working in the voluntary sector, left my job and turned my spare room into the art room I abandoned years ago.
This is Completed Studios
Art made by someone who stopped creating, burnt out and then found herself again with paint stained hands instead of a job title
I’m an artist and illustrator with a background in textiles and ceramics. My work explores nature, sea life, human forms and abstraction. With freedom, curiosity and no rules. 🤪
If you’d like to see more of my work, learn a bit about me, or get in touch, my website is linked in my bio 👩🏼💻
#CompletedStudios #ArtistLife #mentalhealth #SmallBusinessArtist #SupportArtists
Didn’t expect colour to return first.
Time to talk day @mindcharity
#timetotalkday
#supportmentalhealth
#artistsoninstagram #mentalhealthart #burnoutrecovery #abstractart #creativehealing
Supporting this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week by featuring work that reflects recovery and reconnecting with life.
Supporting The Mental Health Awareness Week campaign and the reminder to see the person, not the patient.
Creativity, connection and being heard matter.
Paint. Draw. Print. Repeat.
Small steps still matter. #nomindleftbehind #mentalhealthawarenessweek #artistsupportartists #artforwellbeing
New work on A3 paper.
Colourful layers, painted marks and repeated patterns building slowly over time. Hung by washi tape.
Paint. Mark. Repeat.
#CompletedStudios #ColourfulArt #oceanart #artistlife #illustration
Thursday Truths
Visited the Textile & Fashion Museum in London and activated my chintz overdrive era. Pattern, print and colour chaos fully enabled. Well worth a visit!
#thursdaytruths #textileart #patternprint #maximalism #surfacepattern
Current work inspired by blossom overload, sharp spring light and colours becoming increasingly difficult to tone down. A bit like my mind at the moment #overthinking Plus I added some neon ‘cause why not?
#contemporaryart #springart #treescape #abstractpainting
Thursday Truths
The trees in my local park are being attention seeking again.
Spring has arrived so naturally I’ve responded by painting the blossom fluorescent pink
New work in progress inspired by local walks and the very British habit of becoming wildly optimistic the second the sun appears
Still painting while spring shows off
#thursdaytruths #contemporaryart #abstractlandscape #treescape springart
On Friday evening we welcomed Claire Piper to host her first workshop here at Maker Studio! We learnt all about different acrylic mediums and layering. We had such positive feedback from this workshop, can’t wait for the next one!
#painting #acrylic #art #paint #draw
