About

I am an expressive and energetic artist who loves to explore colour and movement, combining both figurative and abstract elements.

I work in a variety of mediums from ink to iPad and am influenced most by the world around me and my experiences.

Floral imagery, dance and Romance feature in many of my pieces. My latest gallery works have been inspired by the ambiance and observations of the V festival in Essex and dancers in Las Vegas.

I have also recently worked on several fashion illustrations for London Fashion Week and have freelanced in house, creating illustrations for a high profile fashion advertising pitch in London.

I also have a secondary website Beautiful Moment which specialises in contemporary wedding art and romantic imagery and bespoke hand painted shoes

Professional artist training

1997 BA (hons) 2:1 Visual communication Design (illustration)

Middlesex University

1994 Foundation studies in Art and Design

University of Hertfordshire (St. Albans)

Arts groups/Studios

Parndon Mill Artists 2003-2008

2010-2012 Gatehouse Artists Harlow

Selected exhibitions

2012 Essex Summer of Arts Marquee - Sparks will Fly Event, Hylands Park, Chelmsford

2012 The Gibberd Open 2012 -The Gibberd Gallery

2012 SEEN at Gattehouse exhibition

2012 Life and colour joint show with Noriko Matsubara - Gatehouse Arts

2011 Gatehouse Essex open

2011 Drawn from Essex Gatehouse at the Gibberd Gallery

2011 The Gatehouse Winter Open

2010 Show One Gatehouse Arts

2010 open studios Gatehouse Arts

2008 Rhodes Centre- Bishops Stortford

2007 Courtyard Arts- Hertford

2006 Present Arts-Parndon Mill

2003-2008 Open Studios Exhibitions- Parndon Mill

1997 Cryptic- Crypt Gallery St Martin-in-the-fields London

1997 The Pastel Society- The Mall Galleries London

1994 An Image For Christmas-Grosvenor House Hotel London

Commissions/clients/published work

Arsenal Football Club

St Lukes Advertising

International womens day (Germany)

Playsafe Nursery London

Submarine records

Amelias Magazine

Harlow Festival

Private collectors worldwide

email clairejonesart@hotmail.co.uk

Studio 13 Gatehouse Studios 19 WestGate Harlow