by Tanya Steele
The new exhibit Deep in the trees by Claire Bremner has launched at YAVA in Healesville and invites people to look closer and be with nature.
It opened on Thursday March 30 and Ms Bremner was happy to be able to hold the exhibit in a physical space.
“The majority of the time I show my work online or I’m on my website or social media and I don’t do a lot of physical shows,” she said.
People can get a better sense of scale and different feel when looking at art in real life.
“This is a really good opportunity to actually have things on the wall in a space and meeting the people is really nice, I look forward to exhibitions for that reason,” said Ms Bremner.
The main theme of Ms Bremner’s work is nature and she wanted to capture the feeling people get when they go for walks and notice things in their surroundings.
“Everything is drawn directly from the environment as far as inspiration goes,” she said.
“My work in general is always inspired by nature and I really, really enjoy landscapes and this particular series is focused a lot on more on the trees in the landscape.”
Ms Bremner’s work is colourful and vibrant, with broad brushstrokes and movement that encourages the viewer’s eye into depths of the painting.
“I don’t use realistic types of colours, I create them as I go to create a vibrant and semi imaginary dream landscape,” she said.
She hopes people will stop to take in the details and colours in her work and notice different aspects in the series.
“Look closer and get drawn into it, have a look at the different colours, the shapes and notice the details that are imaginary or real,” she said.
Her works are combined images painted from scenery all around her home and might remind people of different parts of the hills.
She encourages people to soak in the nature around them when they are out in the world.
“Just look out there and appreciate what is around you and just pay attention to your surroundings and just look at it because it’s beautiful,” she said.
Ms Bremner’s studio is located in Warburton and she has been a full time artist since 2014, prior to that she did photography and other creative forms.
For future work, Ms Bremner plans to keep changing up her style and she often moves between abstract and detailed work.
“I will keep pushing it, it’s this wave of exploring, trying new things and looking for new approaches,” she said.
The exhibit will run from 30 March to 30 April 2023 at YAVA, Healesville.
