Clare Woods

Southampton, United Kingdom

Art Medium

Painting

Art Style

Abstract Contemporary

About the Artist

Clare Woods is a prominent British painter celebrated for her distinctive, large-scale canvases that bridge figuration and abstraction with a raw, visceral energy. Her artistic process typically involves translating photographic source material—ranging from landscapes and still lifes to medical imagery—into highly expressive paintings using a bold, almost sculptural application of paint. Woods's work explores themes of vulnerability, mortality, and the uncanny, creating unsettling yet compelling visual experiences. Her art is characterized by its vibrant palette and an aggressive beauty, inviting viewers to confront the uncomfortable realities of the body, nature, and the fragmented nature of perception.