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Claire Milner
Claire Milner has created art for celebrity clients such as R&B star Rihanna and for many corporations and publishing companies. She originally worked as a graphic designer and illustrator and this background influences her current artworks which are in private collections around the world. Her Swarovski artwork has recently come to global attention with much international media coverage and her work is regularly published in books and magazines. Claire specialises in original artwork, exclusively made with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS and painting/mixed media images embellished with crystals. She creates art in any subject requested but is especially known for her distinctive style in portraits of people and animals. Her interest in portraiture began many years ago when she was commissioned to produce portraits of Gordon Brown and Nigel Lawson. A member of the British Association for Modern Mosaic, Claire has researched portraiture in mosaics dating back to the Greek, Roman and Byzantine eras. She expresses her own images in a contemporary Pop Art style even though they are the result of a meticulous study of ancient techniques. She tries to avoid photo-realism in her portraits believing this is best left to the realm of photography, drawing instead on her experience as an illustrator to bring an extra dimension to her artworks in order to achieve her own characteristic and individual style - a charming amalgam of realism and Italian comic book art, and variously influenced by De Lempicka, Klimt, Gaudi, Lichtenstein, Warhol and the Ruskin quote "Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth." Highly collectable and increasing in value, whatever the subject matter, one can return to Claire's work again and again and have a new experience each time. Private Commissions: 2010-2011 5ft x 5ft Portrait of Marilyn Monroe in Swarovski Crystals for R&B star Rihanna 2010 Pantheon, Roma (Private Collection, Rome) 2010 The Kiss (Private Collection, Rome) 2010 The Matriarch (Private Collection, Rome) 2009 Swarovski Crystal Portraits (Gemstone Creative, London) 2008 Portrait of Bride & Groom (Wedding in East Yorkshire) 2007 Portrait of 'Toby' a Rhodesian Ridgeback (Private Collection, North Yorkshire) 2007 Portrait of Bride & Groom (Wedding in North Yorkshire) 2007 Nine Celebrity portraits (Private Collection) 2007 Portrait of Giovanni Paolo II (Private Collection, Rome) 2007 Portraits of Ludovica & Sofia (Private Collection, Rome) Exhibitions Include: 2012 Great North Art Show, Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire 2012 Saltbox Gallery, Helmsley, North Yorkshire 2009 Banksy: Due North, John Mackie Gallery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire (largest exhibition of Banksy prints to be held in the North of England, together with original art from John Mackie and Claire Milner) 2009 London Fashion Week, Platform, Hatton Garden, London 2009 Liquorice & Allsorts, Pontefract Museum, West Yorkshire 2009 Music of the Eye, Corinium Museum, Cirencester 2008 Waterways Exhibition, Canal Museum, London 2008 Planet Earth Exhibition, in conjunction with UNESCO & IUGS Opus Mosaic Gallery Exeter, Devon 2007 Facades, Wakefield Art Gallery, West Yorkshire 2006 Symbols of Faith, York Minster, York 2005 Look Galleries, Helmsley, North Yorkshire 2005 Talents Fine Arts, Malton, North Yorkshire 2005 Wilderness, The Makers Guild of Wales, Cardiff 2005 The Elements, Museum in the Park, Stroud 2003 Affordable Art Fair, London 2002 Memories of Italy, Artistic License, London 2002 Panorama of a New Generation, Bernard Chauchet, London 2001 Sunflower Gallery, Beaconsfield, Bucks 2000 Take One Woman, The Atrium Gallery, Whiteley's, London 1999 Paintings in Hospitals, The Sheridan Russell Gallery, London 1998 The Imaginative Traveller Roadshow, London 1998 Look Galleries, Helmsley, North Yorkshire 1997 Harrods, London 1996 The Regency Gallery, Cambridge 1996 The Devizes Summer Festival 1995 Cambridge Open Studios 1995 Looking Forward, CCA Galleries, Cambridge 1994 The Lawson Gallery, Cambridge Corporate Clients Include: Anglian Water Plc Aplin King Associates Anibase CamFed Cambridge Tourist Board Caspian Publishing for the CBI Magazine Dolphin Dynamics Ltd English Tourism Council Explore Worldwide Gemstone Creative Hobson's Publishing J&B Distillers Paper Rose Powell Publishing Paul. A. Hill & Co Reed Elsevier Rodale Publishing for Men's Health Magazine (UK & South Africa editions) The Business of Illustration & Media for Artists & Illustrators Magazine The Royal Society Union Press Ltd William Reed Publishing for Wine & Spirit Magazine Wimbledon Magazine Zeneca 4C Books & Press Claire's work has previously appeared online and in the following publications: 2012 Noble and Royal 2012 Luxury Activist 2012 Yorkshire Post 2012 Beyond Magazine 2012 Global Living Magazine 2012 Beards Magazine 2012 BBC Radio York (Interview in March 2012) 2012 Poshology (luxury blog interview feature) 2012 Hello Magazine 2012 Huffington Post Arts 2012 Forbes 2012 Minster FM (Interview in February 2012) 2012 The Sun 2012 Daily Mail 2012 Perez Hilton 2012 MTV Style 2012 Capital FM 2012 Living North - Arts (interview feature) 2012 OK 2012 The Journal 2012 ELLE Slovenia 2012 Billboard 2012 Luxurylaunches (luxury blog) 2012 Haute Living (luxury blog) 2012 Ultimate Rihanna 2012 KiSS 92.5 2012 The Press (interview features - February & March) 2011 Telegraph ‘My Space’ column 2011 Sky Living HD (What celebrities spend) 2011 Quintessentially Gifts 2011 PARGY (Design Blog for applied arts) 2011 OK! Magazine 2011 Giftware Pro 2010 GRAND’OR (Luxury Romanian Magazine) 2010 EM/ME - (Luxury Italian Publication based on Economy, Marketing, and Entertainment) 2010 K Note – ‘A High Life Guide’ 2010 posh-ol-ogy – the beauty and fashion source for your posh life 2009 Elle Spain – The Most Luxurious report 2009 Newsweek Poland – A Taste of Life 2009 BBC Brasil – Culture and Entertainment Special 2009 Telegraph ‘How About That’ column | |||||
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