Avy Claire

Avy Claire has lived in Maine, on and off, since the early 1970s. In addition to shows around the country, she has shown at the Portland Museum, Cove Street Arts and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art among others in Maine where a variety of expressions, including installations and video have been seen. Her paintings are rhythmic layers of mark making, a physical process mimicking the energy and dynamics found in nature. Claire explains, “My time in the studio is a process of reaching. I search through layers of gesture with a goal of landing somewhere I haven’t yet been. I feel tasked to make things visible, to re-present and share the subtleties.”