Cornish artist launches website for logos and commissions
Melancholic sea creatures and abundant Americana capture buyers' attention as an artist from Falmouth, Cornwall launches her online collection.
Forged from the fires of a land as famous for toiling tin as tempting tourists, Claire Chamberlain's work is about as far away from the ubiquitous Hockney blues as can be. Growing up on a diet of pastiches of naive beach images, Claire worked hard to develop her own style to break away from the mass-produced tourist artwork. Her recently launched website clairechamberlain.co.uk displays examples of her wide ranging work to date.
With an impressive list of clients from authors to musicians, Chamberlain's work is the definition of fine art; with acute attention to detail, design and composition. Her collection embodies a kind of melancholia antonymous to the neon shores of tourist Cornwall, which the artist herself attributes to the harsh winters Cornwall sees annually.
As storms ravaged the landscape this winter, Claire was again reminded of her respect for the sea. She said, "Cornish people fear the sea as much as we love it. We're reminded of its power every time a wave hits a village or we see the rescue helicopters winching someone to safety." The awe inspiring feeling of the sea is captured in Claire's collection of sea creatures on postage stamps named after the book Toilers of the Sea.
Indubitably Americana features in her work, reflected in the self designed logo with a buffalo in the centre and the detailed fine line drawings of wolf and bear. Claire said "Since I was a child I've loved winter in Cornwall. It's when we get the beaches back to ourselves. I spent a lot of time sketching the sea and watching yachts drift in and out of the harbour; dreaming of sailing across the Atlantic. I always felt an affiliation with places like Maine and Vermont and the stark winters of Minnesota." Coincidentally, Maine has a port named Falmouth too.
Demonstrating her versatility, Claire has designed logos for clients from bakers to photographers and magazines to bands. Her design style is a contrast to her fine art: modern, crisp and vector based. A fan of vintage typography, Claire is not afraid to experiment with text as well as images in her logo creation. "A logo is often the first connection a brand has with its audience, so it's important to get it right", said Chamberlain. Her logo service includes a brief market research which helps her to produce a sheet of logo idea sketches. Next the client selects a choice of 3 designs which she transfers to black and white vector images. From this, the client chooses one design to use as the main logo and Claire then develops this with colour and text.
Claire accepts commissions for all aspects of her work; from illustration to fine art and design.
To see more examples of her work or to buy any of her designs, please visit clairechamberlain.co.uk
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