Vivienne St Clair Sold at Auction Prices

Born and educated in London, Vivienne St Clair lived in Hertford, England where she worked as an archaeological illustrator producing thousands of drawings,meticulously recording various artefacts for archive and publication. It was during this period that Vivienne first began painting. Moving to Ireland in 1986 and painting professionally since 1993. Vivienne, who has held several solo exhibitions and shown in many group exhibitions, is becoming a highly-successful and regarded painter. Her subjects are often personal, such as the paintings of her son, her home, friends and children that live nearby. In these paintings she illustrates her wide range of skills, specialising in figurative work. Her painterly approach to colour and texture adds to her unique sense of style, whilst her work evokes the qualities of, and pays homage to, the work of the French, Modern English and more recently American Impressionists. She now spends time in America, and the light and colours of Washington State, Florida, Georgia and California appear in her works in a spectrum of colours, dense textures and atmosphere. Some works are built up in several layers over a period of weeks while others are painted alla prima.