Transitions in Reality

Claire Elsworth is self-taught artist and picture framer who will be exhibiting her work at Jing Jo Gallery (in the beautiful Kangaroo Valley) from January 6 to February 28, 2016. The exhibition is called “Transitions in Reality”.

“I love painting so much – it’s my life,” Claire said. “Every painting evolves from a combination of where I’m at inside myself, what I see and how I see it. Every painting becomes a world in itself – each painting is different in style. Feeling is my medium – feeling and imagination creates a unique reality which becomes the painting.

I paint recognisable real subjects and also abstracts. My real love and freedom of expression comes from the abstract.

I’ve had difficult issues to deal with inside myself and am slowly emerging from a social phobia and depression, which has dominated my life from the age of seven years old. This has caused me to eparate myself from people in general.

Now I want to ‘come out’ and make myself part of the world I live in. This exhibition is part of that emergence.”

**Wild Woman** Acrylic and modelling paste on paper; 96 x 78cm

**2nd Life Abstract** Acrylic and oil on paper; 105 x 78cm

**Brick Heaven** Dry pastel on paper; 81 x 102cm

**Panther Head** Black ink on paper; 30 x 33cm

**Controlled Scape** Acrylic and ink on paper; 52 x 41cm

**Mbuti Magic** Acrylic and ink on paper; 72 x 97cm

**Gorilla in Rain** Charcoal on paper; 100 x 74cm

**Zenotropic** Black pen, ink & acrylic on paper; 108 x 88cm

**Birdmaid** Acrylic and modelling paste on paper; 95.5 x 76cm

**Desert Fish** Acrylic and ink on paper; 89 x 69cm

**Stained Glass** Acrylic and ink on paper 89 x 69cm

**Still Life With Rockmelon** Acrylic on paper; 95 x 74cm

**Freescape** Acrylic on paper; 49 x 41cm

**Fly Left** Acrylic on paper; 49 x 41cm

**Green Hills** Acrylic and ink on paper; 52 x 44cm

**The Olgas** Oil and modelling paste on paper; 100 x 80cm

**The Eyes Have It** Acrylic on paper; 42 x 52cm

**Gutsy Pastel Abstract** Pastel and acrylic on paper; 70 x 79cm

**Bush Summer** Acrylic, ink and pastel on paper; 86 x 77cm

**Palm Trees** Acrylic on paper; 85 x 65cm

**Orange Hill - Full Moon** Acrylic and ink on paper; 88 x 72cm