Clare Caulfield - Solo print exhibition

Saturday 1st Nov 2008 - Until end f Feb 2009

The Craft Centre and Design Gallery is delighted to showcase the wonderful work of this celebrated local printmaker Clare Caulfield. Combining the processes of drawing, painting and various printmaking techniques Clare captures the excitment, life and vibrancy of many of the world's most enticing cities including Paris, New York, Venice, London and Prague. The magic of each location being recreatd in Clare's very distinctive and appealing illustrative style of working.

Clare Caulfield is a local artist living and working from her studio in Bingley. Drawing has always been a very important part of Clare's work. She is fascinated by architecture, be it the midtown skyscrapers of Manhatten, the Grand Central in Venice or simply capturing Parisian llife outside a brightly canopied pavement cafe. Closer to home Clare has turned her attention to the Historic shambles of York and the beautiful architecture to be found within Saltaire village: Salts Mill, the Untied Reformed Church, the shop fronts of Victoria Road and the cobbles of Albert Terrace have all been interpreted in Clare's instantly recognisable style.

Saltaire Albert Terrace

NYC Taxi

Saltaire Victoria Road

Clare's love of drawing and use of line lend themselves perfectly to her work as a printmaker. Screen-printing allows Clare to transfer the lively original drawings often taken directly from her sketchbook produced whilst on her travels, onto both paper and canvas enabling her prints to maintain this great sense of spontaneity. Within many of her screen prints Clare combines elements of hand painted acrylic and watercolour resulting in each print being an individual piece in itself. Clare also produces drypoint prints, a method of intaglio printmaking, as she enjoys the rich velvety line it acheives. Some of these drypoints also combine elements of chine colle allowing Clare to introduce subtle areas of colour and texture into her compositions.

Pavement Cafe Paris

Prague Tram

Royal Albert Hall London

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photographs of the Exhibition