Clara Adolphs, Garden Path  56 x 51 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, September Pool29 x 87 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, Lawn Shadows49 x 53 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, Holiday Pool67 x 62 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, Mind Games86 x 79 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, Backyard Scene84 x 106 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, Red Umbrella80 x 75 cm, oi on linen

Clara Adolphs, Friday's Table67 x 61 cm, oil on linen — Clara Adolphs, Friday's Table
67 x 61 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, Self Inside87 x 77 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, Teen Angel88 x 71 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, Blue Lounge52 x 64 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, Midnight Man46 x 33 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, Daniel36 x 31 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, A Note51 x 59 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, Pink Cigarettes33 x 43 cm, oil on linen

Clara Adolphs, Women in Blue82 x 56 cm, oil on linen

CLARA ADOLPHS

Clara Adolphs practice explores the notion of memory and the fragile, fleeting existence of humanity. She is fascinated by the the question of what remains after a moment in time passes. Working primarily with anonymous old photographs, capturing isolated details of the past, Adolphs recreates the moment and restores life in the subject.

Using a combination of palette knife and brush, with a generous amount of paint she takes much pleasure in surrendering control and allowing the paint to take on a life of it's own

'The anonymity of the characters in my paintings is an attempt to avoid sentimentality. Being disconnected from their identity allows a focus on the indefinable, yet timeless, collective nature of the human condition.- Clara Adolphs 2016

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