Clare Lewis grew up on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England surrounded by countryside and coastline. She studied photography at Westminster, London before moving into her oil painting practice. After moving permanently to Australia she spent a year living and working in Kununurra in the East Kimberley.
Clare’s time is now shared between Sydney and her off grid property on bushland down south.
Her landscape works are an emotional response to immersing herself in the stunning natural bushland surrounding her property on the land of the Gundungarra and Dharawal people known as the Southern Highlands.
Clare has been a finalist in various prizes including the Doyles Art Award - Landscape, Hunters Hill Art Prize, Little Things Art Prize, the WWAS 9x5 Landscape prize and has been selected by Amber Cresswell Bell to exhibit in the NEAP ACB Selects show.
Her finalist artworks have been shown at various galleries including Saint Cloche, Cellblock - National Art School and the Garden Gallery in the Royal Botanic Gardens. She has successfully exhibited in Group shows and a Duo show at Project Gallery in their Paddington and Woollahra locations. She has contributed work to The Unbound Art Show, Incognito Art Shows and U-GO Spring Gala to assist with raising funds for Barnardo’s, The Art Factory, Studio A, We Are Studios and U-GO University.