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Full Moon
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Description
Daphne McClure is well known for her beautifully naïve depictions of Cornwall life. She draws on the area’s rich artistic heritage and paints local landscapes that maintain a contemporary and painterly feel. Daphne’s love for the coastline, moorland and fields of Cornwall has been fundamental to her artistic practice. Cornwall has always provided the inspiration behind her most quintessential work.
Full Moon was a pivotal piece of McClures work resulting from her Albers fellowship. This led to her working at the Institute in America, and remains of great significance in the maturing of her work.
2005
Painted in Connecticut
Image 28.5" x 21"
Daphne McClure was born in Helston, Cornwall, in 1930. As a student in London she attended the Hornsey College of Art and then Central School of Art before working as a costume designer for the Royal Opera House. Daphne with her husband George and their two children, returned to Cornwall in 1976 to settle in Porthleven, a small picturesque village on Cornwall’s south coast. As beautiful as the surrounding landscape was, Daphne was not enticed to paint it. Several years later a friend happened to show Daphne an aerial photograph of the area, which revealed the blocks of colour and different textures created by the tilled farmland, unkempt fields and dissecting hedgerows. This photograph struck a chord with Daphne and it remained a constant source of inspiration for many years. In 1988 the McClure family moved to a small holding on Tregonning Hill near Helston. The new surroundings further influenced the artist’s colour palette and the sea blues shifted to the more muted tones of ochre, umber and sienna. Daphne began to paint in series and produced groups of paintings such as ‘Godrevy Lighthouse’, ‘Hayle Estuary’, ‘Levant Mine’ and ‘St. Ives’.
In Cornwall Daphne became a member of both the Newlyn Society of Artists and the Penwith Society of Artists. In 1994 her ‘Levant Mine’ series of paintings was exhibited by Wilson Stephens Fine Art in Park Walk, London. In 1995 she was commissioned by Tate St Ives, to paint a picture for its inaugural exhibition. In 2005 she was invited to the Albers Foundation in Connecticut, USA on a prestigious artist residency. Daphne’s work is now widely recognised and has become extremely desirable and can be found in many private collections worldwide. -
More Information
Documentation: Signed Origin: England Period: 1980-1999 Condition: Good. Creation Date: 2005 Styles / Movements: Abstract Expressionism, Expressionism, Contemporary Incollect Reference #: 578985 -
Dimensions
W. 36.75 in; H. 30.5 in; W. 93.35 cm; H. 77.47 cm;
Message from Seller:
White Court Art is based in Wales, U.K and was founded by Richard Veal after many years of collecting for himself. White Court Art specialise mainly in emerging British Contemporary Art, but we also high light artists from Europe, who we think have merit and deserve attention. We have a passion for tracking, sourcing and curating eclectic fine art from Master Copyists to Emerging European talent. We also offer decorative pieces that bring that “something else” to our gallery.
