Surf, beach, and lifestyle art prints to bring color and life to your walls.
As a kid I spent most of my time at the craft table, creating and being drawn to colorful materials. I also spent a lot of time at the beach, on a surfboard, and enjoying the outdoors in Southern California. It wasn’t long before I was drawing my ideal waves and day dreaming about surfing in the margins of my schoolwork. I’m still that little girl drawing surf scenes from my dreams and spending time playing with color. I love placing crayons and markers in pretty combinations and seeing the magic or making the perfect stylish surfer come to life.
I studied fine art at Brigham Young University- Idaho and loved learning and trying many different mediums, like printmaking, oil, gouache and watercolor, and mixed media techniques. After graduating I had two children and wasn’t able to find the creative energy to make art consistently. Every time I would paint or create something it filled me with so much joy and brought me back to myself. I’ve learned how to prioritize myself more while being a full time mother and make time for the things that give back to me and help me be the person I want to be.
I now wake up early before my kids, set up at the kitchen table, and paint every week. I enjoy acrylics and have recently been using watercolor, as it’s much easier to pause or stop if the kids need me without loosing my paint.
Art has always inspired me, brought joy into my life, and afforded me a place to dream. I am thrilled to be getting back into creating and making consistently, and opening an online shop to share my art and myself with others is affording me incredible learning and growth. It has been a dream of mine since childhood to be an artist; sharing her work, making creating a priority, and having fun art decorate the walls.
Colors of Clare is a place for others to have colorful fun art in their homes that inspires, brings joy, and helps keep dreams alive. We all deserve our dreams and a bit of color helps brighten the challenging times in all our lives.
Welcome to Colors of Clare; shine on!
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