Claire Pendrigh paints, makes and plays in lutruwita/Tasmania

ARTWORKS

Care Through Creativity at the Royal Hobart Hospital, 2021/22

Claire worked with Inscape Tas as Artist in Residence at the Royal Hobart Hospital, working with patients and staff to enrich and enliven the space and people’s experiences of hospital.

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Botanical, 2022

Paintings exploring the unique botanical environments of the Cradle Mountain national park in Tasmania.

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Tiapapata, 2019

Explore the geography of an island through colour and pattern. These works were made in Samoa during an artist residency with the Tiapapata Arts Centre.

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Blue Dot, 2018

An invitation to cloud-gaze. A room filled with hanging mobiles, drifting gently in the breeze from an open window.

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At the Bottom of an Ocean of Air, 2018

Made from simple materials, these home made barometers respond to changes in atmospheric pressure.

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Clouds of a Chaotic Sky, 2018

An exploration of the sublime, ephemeral beauty of clouds. These works were inspired by Tasmania’s beautiful, chaotic cloud-scapes.

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Some Stars Wobble, 2017

A hanging mobile made out of rocks, revolving slowly around the centre of the galaxy.

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Star Clouds, 2014-2015

We’re all made of star dust — carbon atom by carbon atom, stitch by stitch. These large knitted clouds explore the origins of our very matter.

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Tea Seas, 2015

A primordial sea contained in a teacup. These works were created during an artist residency with Studio Kura in Japan.

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The Sky and the Earth, 2012

Exploring those 2 ever-present and dominating features of the Icelandic landscape — the sky and the earth — and a community existing between them. Created during an artist residency with NES in Iceland.

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Cosy, 2012

Exploring love, knitting, home, and the spaces between us.

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Blue Blue Electric Blue, 2011

Paintings about the enigma of sound and space, and of course, the colour blue.

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