Clare Money
I am a visual artist based in the North East of England
After graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 1991 with a BA (Hons) in Drawing and Painting, I went on to do a P.G.C.E in Secondary Art at Manchester Polytechnic. Over the past thirty years, I have made a career out of combining the development of my practice with teaching art in various forms.
In 2010 I returned to academic studies and studied for an MA in Fine Art at Northumbria University. Following this I continued my research through part time study and completed a PhD in 2019, entitled
My work has always been about places, not remote locations alien to me, but known spaces that I revisit often.
Over the past thirty years I have worked in a variety of forms and have produced drawings, paintings as well as more conceptual pieces that investigate and question ideas of place.
Clare Money – Working Methods
I often walk, photograph and sketch multiple times in order to understand the nature of the places that my artwork seeks to connect with. Drawing in situ provides an intense experience of the surroundings.
“The artist does not simply dwell in a place but collaborates with place. The collaboration is more than hospitality; it is a small gesture in a specific place, which bridges different lives.”
(Papastergiadis, 2006: 202)
I believe that by sitting still and absorbing all that is there, allowing the place to come to you rather than seeking out any aspect with a particular agenda, the artist makes particular and profound connections.
I have a studio in North Shields where I paint, draw and run classes for adults of all abilities keen to develop and explore their own artwork.
My current work is inspired by the post-industrial landscape of the North Pennines, in particular, the sites of previous lead mines in Weardale and Teesdale
You can also find me on the Axis Artists Register
