Clare’s mixed media murals are composed of layers: charcoal, acrylics, and oil. Texturing elements include sand, dirt, glitter, leaf metals, and more. For centuries painters have worked over monochromatic paintings or drawings for a variety of reasons. Clare often completes an under drawing in black charcoal before applying paint to keep the inherent energy of drawing alive in the painting process, and as a way of keeping the process visible. Washes and layers of acrylic color are applied before oil paint. Areas of the painting may have many layers and some only two. Dimensional textures and abstract or loose areas are juxtaposed with highly detailed areas. This creates a surface and a composition that viewers can interact with and see something new each time they return. Read the article from UofL Today.

	Integral Spaces Urban Bike Riders (center panel of Integral Spaces)
		Cliff and Wood progression. Charcoal underdrawing, Preliminary painting phase & Final painting