Cloe Cloherty

Barbara Stanley is delighted to be hosting Cloé Cloherty’s first solo exhibition at the Barbara Stanley Gallery.Born of Irish parents in 1964, Cloé graduated from Goldsmith’s College, London with a Degree in Fine Art and History of Art. Prior to becoming a full time artist, Cloé spent time travelling abroad where she worked on film sets which led to becoming a scenic artist on productions including Indiana Jones, Batman and Hamlet.

She has now been painting full-time for many years and has earned an International reputation which goes from strength to strength. Her work is featuredin numerous private collections in both the UK and abroad.

The works in this exhibition bring together the two main elements of Cloé’s work – Landscapes and Nudes. Although using very different techniques, they aim to do the same thing – to capture a ‘moment’ without losing the immediate intensity of a fleeting glance and with an innate knowledge of the subject. For the landscape paintings in this Exhibition, Cloé focus is Ireland and in particular the West Coast and Donegal. Working in situ, Cloé makes sketches of her response to the dramatic, ever-changing landscape. She uses colour as a means of expression, striving to convey her own emotional reaction to the beauty and magnificence around her. The larger works are completed in Cloé’s studio. Based on her sketches, she applies bold thick strokes of paint to the canvas using a palette knife which further enhances the energy, intensity and beauty of her images.

Cloé’s nude studies are an expression of the human spirit, a response to the human condition in all its forms, soulful, solitary and brooding. She always works from life as it is the dynamic of working with the model that feeds the emotional intensity. Cloé paints with great speed to retain the vitality of thepose and to engage the energy of the model. She discards the finished work if she feels that the spontaneity and essence of the pose has not been captured. The result of both techniques becomes apparent. It is to crystallise and encapsulate an emotional intensity, a clarity of feeling and an empathy with the subject – be that a dancing figure, a sleeping model or an impending storm.

GROUP SHOWS

Two Man Show, Bloxham Galleries, London
Example Art, London
The Hyde Park Gallery, London
The Gagliardi Gallery, London
Tinto Negro Gallery, Mexico
El Sindocato, Mexico
Artaeus, London
Quantum Art, London
Sothebys Contemporary, 139 Gallery, London
Hunter Gallery, Sussex
Farr Gallery, Surrey
Affordable Art Fair:London, Bath, Bristol,
Glasgow, New York
Blue Line Gallery, London
Anderson Galleries, Los Angeles
Art Expo, New York
Beverly Hills Art Fair, Los Angeles
Alternative Investment Show, Excel London

COLLECTIONS
Works in many private collections, in Europe
and USA.