Works as part of ‘Colour Theory’
These works are in direct correlation to the seven chakras paired with sensory colour triggers & aromatherapy to further evoke an experience of colour healing through art.
Works as part of ‘Colour Theory’
Taking reference from synaesthesia, chromotherapy and incorporating the seven chakras, this is visual art exploration of colour created to evoke an experience of colour healing through art.
What’s synaesthesia…a neurological condition which some possess where a trigger of one sensory pathway in turn triggers another. An example synesthetes might see letters in colour & sound in scents.
What’s cromotherapy or colour therapy…a complementary medicine where colour is used to balance energy. Trained therapists might use coloured light to aid healing or in some cases colour cards are used to read a person’s energy levels by colours they may be drawn to at any particular time.
Title: “132 Years. We can not clasp thy hand, thy face we can not see, but let this little token tell we still remember thee. There is a place for little children above the bright blue sky”
Size: 91x91cm
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Artist: Claire Foord
About the artwork:
What a journey the Yaccatracks Art Prize for Painting has taken me on. Little did I realise that submission for this art prize would reveal to me a great family history and open new doors of discovery for myself and my family. On exploring the region I decided that the Yankalilla and Myponga cemeteries would be the location for me to respond to the theme; “capturing moments in the life of our community”. My intent, to capture the past lives of people without whom the community would perhaps not exist and maybe too, those who remember loved ones and their impact on the shaping of a more intimate community.
On a brief mention of my plans over the breakfast table, while visiting my parents, there was mention “we had family in Yankalilla”. On further discovery and after a phone call to a sister of my Grandfather Lawrie (who has recently passed) that yes, in-fact we did have family there and by some stroke of fate my great-great-grandparents George & Medora Hunt were buried right where I was planning to paint, in the Yankalilla Public Cemetery. With excited bewilderment I of course searched the registry for the plot numbers and wandered the cemetery once again in search of my community. Low and behold there it was, the location I had already chosen looked directly over their dual burial site and was centre stage in my artwork. My mother and I, keen to learn more, delved through the family tree and found that our family goes back quite a long while into the pioneering days of Yankalilla, Myponga and Wattle Flat. George & Medora had buried his parents in Myponga. His father had built a mud hut in Wattle Flat where they raised a family. George & Medora had too raised their 11 children in Myponga and sadly experienced the death of a child, twice; Florence who was 9 is buried with her sister Katie beside their grandparents in Myponga Cemetery. My mother’s great aunt had also lived out her days in Yankalilla until 1975.
The book Tuesdays with Morrie (by Mitch Albom) had in past sparked a desire for my wanting to do a “Tuesdays with Lawrie” scenario. This, I’m sad to say, did not actually eventuate but somehow in this recollection of the past and our ties with the Yankalilla community, I have been delving into the past of my Grandfathers family. As a family we have at least 132 years of history that created and captured moments in the life of this community.
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This artwork is a submission for the Yaccatracks Art Prize for Painting 2013
About:
Sensorial is the product of a collaboration of sight and sound between violinist Niki Vasilakis & painter Claire Foord. The work itself is a direct response to a 30 minute composition of an 8 movement violin concerto. Claire’s piece was unveiled, as part of The Adelaide Fringe show of the same name. This was through a stop motion production of over 100 hours work condensed into a digital performance throughout Niki’s live performance. The artwork was influenced by the music with movement, colours, shapes and even the way the brush was held taken into consideration as layer upon layer of shade and light danced across the canvas which saw Sensorial evolve into a beautiful mess of residual lines, still visible through the paintings surface.
What people/reviews said of Sensorial:
“An artwork that has its raison d’être in the music, and the final product is beautiful.” - Kym Clayton (22Feb2013) Sensorial www.thebarefootreview.com.au
“Line-work intensified, layers were applied, details obscured, new shapes outlined. Sound and vision embrace” - Ian Newton (15Feb2013) Sensorial www.ripitup.com.au
“Sensorial is where music and visual art are as one” - Review Sensorial (Mar2013) www.heckler.com.au
“Her exquisite eye for colour and beauty is astounding” - Friends Turn Senses Inside Out (13Feb2013) Guardian Messenger
“It was just so special to see her creativity and enthusiasm for her art work” - Sue, North Adelaide
“Something very special and highly original” - Daryl, Adelaide
New abstracts in mixed media
Figurative Works by Claire Foord
This body of work that explores the ephemeral and is both provocative and soothing. The figures in these works represent the freedom found in some of the people in Quebec; the seen and unforeseen, those who feel free to be who they choose, transformation and my own viewpoint of the form and language of a city so rich in history and those who hold on to it so dearly.
‘SUR LES QUAIS’ - a work inspired by the architecture on Montreal’s St Laurent and Expo 67
Detail: Mixed media on canvas
(acrylic, oil and metal)
Size: 60x180cm triptych
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‘PUR PLAISIR’ - is a celebration of exactly that, pure pleasure. The combination of subtle and bold tones of yellow to represent vibrancy and optimism and cerise representing that of vivid passion and happiness. Small symbols are throughout the work playing off the title.
Detail: Mixed media on canvas
Size: 152x182mm
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‘VIEUX NOUVEAU’ - inspired by the everything old is new again mentality and evidence of a bygone era in Montreal’s Old Port
Detail: Mixed media on canvas
(Acrylic, Oil & Watch parts)
Size: 17x12cm
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‘THE 125 KWR COLLABORATIVE’ - a live art work with 125 members of the public participating & putting paint to canvas
Detail: Mixed media on canvas
(acrylics, impasto, flowers, wax, collage & gels)
Size: 100x75cm
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‘BANGLES IN THE PARK’ (sold) - work inspired by the home wears, daisy’s & bangles
Detail: Mixed media on canvas
(acrylic, oils, impasto, metal & daisy’s)
Size: 30x30” or 760x760mm
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‘THE DOCKS’ - (sold) a work inspired by cargo
Detail: Acrylic on 3 canvas panels
Size: 54x30” or 1370x760mm
(panel 1 & 2 15x30” or 380x760mm & panel 3 24x30” or 610x760mm)
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‘THREADS’ - (sold) work inspired by clothing of centuries passed reappearing
Detail: Mixed media on 6 canvas squares
(acrylic, frosted glass, cigarette lighter & charcoal)
Size: 24x36” or 610x915mm
(6 panels each 12x12” or 305x305mm)
These works in mixed medium of acrylics, gels and found objects seek to delve into the androgynous elements of life. Who are you? What creates who you are and how you are perceived. What goes on behind the often closed door of your mind. Symbols often used in genetic mapping can be found in some of these works as a representation of that argued opinion of nature versus nurture.
Mixed Media
Abstracts in Acrylic
Organic Abstracts in mixed media
Cityscapes & Landscapes
The Vinyl Series
Mixed media on vinyl records
