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    ABOUT ME

    My recent paintings express the joy of spending time spent amongst flowers and foliage. Sources of inspiration include tropical plants in palm houses, subtropical gardens, and the paintings of female Victorian explorers, particularly Marianne North. The local Dorset landscape from country gardens, meadows and woodland glades, also provides rich subject matter. I aim to create a sense of lushness and overabundance in the painting with vivid mark making and expressive use of colour.

     

    I work from a combination of observation, memories, archival sources and art historical references. Plein air painting is an increasingly important aspect of my paintings, I enjoy the immediacy of working directly from nature. 

    EDUCATION

    MFA University for the Creative Arts 2019

    HND Fine Art, Weymouth College, 2016

    PGCE Art and Design, Institute of Education, 2006

    BA History of Art, University of Bristol, 2003

    EXHIBITIONS

    DIY Art: Gavle Kunstrgrafiker, Gavle, Sweden. September 2022

    Dorset Art Weeks, June 2022

    We're Back, Group Exhibition with The Salon Collective. Lighthouse Gallery, Poole. September 2021

    Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, 2020

    Royal West of England Open Exhibition, 2018

    Town Mill Gallery, group exhibition selected artists, 2018

    Weymouth Colllege artists in residence, Summer 2018

    B-side Arts Festival, bursary artist. 2016

     © Claudia Dharamshi 2023

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