'The Bluebell Wood I' by Claire Leach
'The Bluebell Wood I'
10.5 x 7.5 cm
Ink on Smooth Hot Pressed Watercolour Paper
2025
£250
Bespoke framing available for Greater London collectors only | Lead time is 8 weeks from confirmation
Claire Leach (1988) is an artist based in Hampshire, U.K. Claire graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art: Painting and Drawing from the University of Gloucestershire in 2010. In 2013 Claire undertook an MA degree at Winchester School of Art, graduating with merit. Walking in forests and being surrounded by trees has always been a contradictory experience for me, I crave the stillness of the woods and the quiet of nature and yet an expansive forest environment can also feel quite foreboding, as if something could be lurking out of sight. In my drawings I'm seeking to represent woodland landscapes, my particular focus is on the light and dark, texture and detail. How woodlands are magical, beautiful, isolating and lonely places all at once. I utilise a process of layering ink and water, allowing the ink to create marks and textures which become integral to the work. I scrub away at the drawing and then use a fine brush to draw in branches, leaves and tiny twigs. The scale is purposefully small, to draw the viewer in and to create an intimacy, the drawings are like little jewels, reminiscent of collectable playing cards, each offering their own woodland impression.
'The Bluebell Wood I'
10.5 x 7.5 cm
Ink on Smooth Hot Pressed Watercolour Paper
2025
£250
Bespoke framing available for Greater London collectors only | Lead time is 8 weeks from confirmation
Claire Leach (1988) is an artist based in Hampshire, U.K. Claire graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art: Painting and Drawing from the University of Gloucestershire in 2010. In 2013 Claire undertook an MA degree at Winchester School of Art, graduating with merit. Walking in forests and being surrounded by trees has always been a contradictory experience for me, I crave the stillness of the woods and the quiet of nature and yet an expansive forest environment can also feel quite foreboding, as if something could be lurking out of sight. In my drawings I'm seeking to represent woodland landscapes, my particular focus is on the light and dark, texture and detail. How woodlands are magical, beautiful, isolating and lonely places all at once. I utilise a process of layering ink and water, allowing the ink to create marks and textures which become integral to the work. I scrub away at the drawing and then use a fine brush to draw in branches, leaves and tiny twigs. The scale is purposefully small, to draw the viewer in and to create an intimacy, the drawings are like little jewels, reminiscent of collectable playing cards, each offering their own woodland impression.
'The Bluebell Wood I'
10.5 x 7.5 cm
Ink on Smooth Hot Pressed Watercolour Paper
2025
£250
Bespoke framing available for Greater London collectors only | Lead time is 8 weeks from confirmation
Claire Leach (1988) is an artist based in Hampshire, U.K. Claire graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art: Painting and Drawing from the University of Gloucestershire in 2010. In 2013 Claire undertook an MA degree at Winchester School of Art, graduating with merit. Walking in forests and being surrounded by trees has always been a contradictory experience for me, I crave the stillness of the woods and the quiet of nature and yet an expansive forest environment can also feel quite foreboding, as if something could be lurking out of sight. In my drawings I'm seeking to represent woodland landscapes, my particular focus is on the light and dark, texture and detail. How woodlands are magical, beautiful, isolating and lonely places all at once. I utilise a process of layering ink and water, allowing the ink to create marks and textures which become integral to the work. I scrub away at the drawing and then use a fine brush to draw in branches, leaves and tiny twigs. The scale is purposefully small, to draw the viewer in and to create an intimacy, the drawings are like little jewels, reminiscent of collectable playing cards, each offering their own woodland impression.