RLPO

Yellow Harmony, acrylic on canvas, 60x60cm
String Tempo, 40x51cm
In Concert
Resonance, 40x50cm This painting is available as a print.
Blue Between Notes, 100x70cm
Blue Rest, 100x70cm
First Violins, 50x50cm
Pink Escapade, 100x70cm
String Part, 40x40cm
String Arrangement, 40x30cm
String Section
Ordered Sound, 41x30cm
Fragmented Sequence, 60x60cm
Tranquil Exchange, 100x70cm
Cellos
Double Bass Section
Cellos & Double Bass
Rachmaninov Rehearsal, 50x40cm
Vivace B, 90x90cm
Pizzicato, 70x100cm
Penetrating Tremor, 30x40cm
Cello Talk, 30x41cm
Linear Arrangement, 51x41cm
String Development Study
String Study
Bass Strings
In Unison, 51x40cm
String Pattern, 41x36cm
Violin Pattern, 41x31cm
Study for In Concert painting
Bass Strings Together
Strings
Violins Rehearsing
Rehearsal
Violinist
Warm Unison, 40x30cm
Double Bass
RLPO Rehearsing
Violin Study

Claire worked as a steward at the Philharmonic Hall, which led to her attending rehearsals and making observational drawings of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) in 2005-2006. These were then developed in the studio, incorporating sheet music donated by the Philharmonic Hall Library.

“The paintings explore the patterns that occur within the orchestra, particularly the bows, as their movements parallel the rhythms and notes of the music being played. The scale of co-ordination and organisation amazes me when watching the orchestra. The energy and emotion of the musicians intensely focussed on a common objective. These paintings express music visually while simultaneously referencing the observational drawings and studies.”