Clara Johanssen

Strange Meeting<br />
Acrylic on canvas, 2019<br />
18 x 24 inches

Strange Meeting

Acrylic on canvas, 2019
18 x 24 inches

About

I was born in Leicester in 1976 and started painting in 2006, inspired by a trip to Latin America where I saw naive and folk art for the first time.

Since then I have developed my own distinctive style, which typically features vibrantly colourful landscapes brought to life by playful or magical details.

Although my art is deliberately childlike and free of formal constraints, each painting is created with painstaking care, gaining a richness of colour built up during several layers of overpainting.

I have exhibited across the UK and was one of 100 artists featured in the Schiffer book Contemporary Painters in 2012. I currently live in East Kent.

Harvest Fellow<br />
Acrylic on canvas, 2012<br />
12 x 16 inches

Harvest Fellow

Acrylic on canvas, 2012
12 x 16 inches

Ascension<br />
Acrylic on canvas, 2020<br />
24 x 18 inches

Ascension

Acrylic on canvas, 2020
24 x 18 inches

Carnival Day<br />
Acrylic on canvas, 2008<br />
24 x 20 inches

Carnival Day

Acrylic on canvas, 2008
24 x 20 inches

Let's Dance!<br />
Acrylic on canvas, 2020<br />
16 x 12 inches

Let’s Dance!

Acrylic on canvas, 2020
16 x 12 inches

Yee-hah!<br />
Acrylic on canvas, 2006<br />
18 x 14 inches

Yee-hah!

Acrylic on canvas, 2006

18 x 14 inches

The Christmas Unicorn<br />
Acrylic on canvas, 2011<br />
12 x 10 inches

The Christmas Unicorn

Acrylic on canvas, 2011
12 x 10 inches

 

Once Upon a Story<br />
Acrylic on canvas, 2011<br />
48 x 36 inches

Once Upon a Story

Acrylic on canvas, 2011
48 x 36 inches

Oh Wild Girl<br />
Acrylic on canvas, 2007<br />
12 x 9 inches

Oh Wild Girl

Acrylic on canvas, 2007
12 x 9 inches

Safe Harbour<br />
Acrylic on paper, 2020<br />
11.7 x 16.5 inches

Safe Harbour

Acrylic on paper, 2020
11.7 x 16.5 inches

Snowy Games<br />
Acrylic on canvas, 2009<br />
16 x 20 inches

Snowy Games

Acrylic on canvas, 2009
16 x 20 inches

 

Dawn Chorus<br />
Acrylic on canvas, 2014<br />
20 x 24 inches

Dawn Chorus

Acrylic on canvas, 2014
20 x 24 inches

Almost Home<br />
Acrylic on paper, 2018<br />
11.7 x 16.5 inches

Almost Home

Acrylic on paper, 2018
11.7 x 16.5 inches

Aurora<br />
Acrylic on canvas, 2019<br />
20 x 24 inches

Aurora

Acrylic on canvas, 2019
20 x 24 inches

The Association of British Naïve Artists,
c/o Noah’s Ark,
Abbey Place, Mousehole,
Cornwall, TR19 6PQ

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