Drawn To Mind

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Included are 19 framed landscape drawings from 2019-2022 by Norfolk artist Claire Cansick, of the immediate vista on the doorstep but also unfamiliar, exotic locations depicting extreme weather events. These latter drawings fed into the idea of a climate project You And I Are Earth of 2022.

'When drawing I have a sense of complete freedom which I don’t quite get when painting. I’m able to really let go and experiment with materials and tools and the drawings are more gestural as a result. As there are no technical barriers nor pressure to succeed drawings tend flow from me in rapid succession, I have been known to make 20 in one day.'

The exhibition consists of landscape drawings; some of these have casually referenced Claire's own photos, which are quickly discarded, but many are straight from the imagination. The Ash Cloud and Stiffkey drawings are imagined from two perspectives; the fantastical volcanic eruptions she is experimenting with and, obversely, the North Norfolk salt marshes she knows like the back of her hand. Made in layers the drawings refer to ancient history and our imprint on the landscape and its impression on us.