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A painting of a soft, bulbous white form resting on a flat surface. A hazy, red floral shape blooms from the left side, blending into the pale curves.

Brighten The Corners' great new website for intriguing painter Clare Chapman

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Date
10 May 2013

London-based painter Clare Chapman produces work that finds beguiling beauty in the dark and disturbing. Some of her subjects resemble the pus-filled pods or cocoons from which aliens and other horror film staples burst forth, others are more abstract, uncertain outlines in fleshy colours that unnerve without us quite knowing why. The ever-brilliant Brighten The Corners have just redesigned Clare’s website and by keeping the navigation nicely simple they have done a tremendous job at letting us viewers chart and enjoy Clare’s evolution as an artist over the past few years.

A painting of a pale, organic form composed of translucent, bulbous shapes. Reddish-brown masses are visible inside some of the spheres, suggesting internal organs or cells.
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Clare Chapman: Still Life

A painting of a fleshy, organic form composed of smooth, pale spheres and raw, red textures. The mass rests on a plain white surface against a neutral grey background.
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Clare Chapman: Still Life

A painting of a pale, fleshy form resting on a flat surface. Dark, ink-like streaks and a smudge of red wrap around the rounded shapes.
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Clare Chapman: Entangled #3

An abstract painting of soft, organic forms in shades of cream, ochre and burnt orange. The shapes blur together like melting wax or clouds against a muted, warm background.
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Clare Chapman: Dusk

A painting of a pale, fleshy form with dark brown mottled patches. The organic shape rests on a light surface against a deep red background.
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Clare Chapman: Sunset

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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