CLARE BROWNLOW, BEHIND THE FEATHERS
Clare has been drawing and painting since she was old enough to hold a pencil and brush. She was an Art Scholar at Uppingham and went on to study art at Edinburgh College of Art and Leith School of Art where she specialised in atmospheric oil paintings.
After the birth of her first son in 2009, in a quiet moment at her parent’s kitchen table in Norfolk, Pheasant Feather Art was born. She picked up a pheasant feather from her father’s stash, dipped it in his fountain pen inks and started “doodling”.
PHEASANT FEATHER ORIGINALS
“Whenever I am in the countryside I’m frequently mesmerised by the scale and wonder of the ever-changing scenes around me. I have always wanted to capture it and spent a long time painting landscapes. Now, I am focusing on the detail of the wildlife it gives home to with a tool that Mother Nature herself gave to me – a feather.”
PRINTS
“Like a chesterfield sofa, or a Land Rover Defender, a Clare Brownlow painting simply cannot be mistaken for anything else; the energetic splatter of vibrant ink spraying off lively subjects in perfect white space points to one person, and one person only.”
Shooting and Conservation BASC
“But it isn’t just her unique style of painting that has made Clare’s art so popular. In fact, I would argue that the thing that makes so many of her paintings so memorable is her uncanny ability to capture and convey the character and personality of her subjects, a skill that is as reflective of her talent as an artist is of her country and field sports roots and upbringing.”
Covey Rise
“Over the last few years, Clare Brownlow has gained international following for her distinctive pictures that convey a unique sense of movement thanks to the pheasant feather with which she inks them.”
Shooting Gazette
“What clients love about her work is that she so clearly loves painting it.”
The Field
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