STATEMENT
I paint contemporary landscapes. The studies I
make in the field become the basis of paintings I develop in
the studio. Composition becomes stronger; details fall away;
brushwork becomes open and loose. What remains becomes a transition
between representation and abstraction, an arrangement of form
and color that offers a fresh encounter with the familiar. The
gestural is still evident in my painting, a suggestion that
the paint itself may be the actual subject matter. As such,
each painting becomes its own story, engaging the viewer in
a unique conversation.
BIO
Claire Haag was born in San Francisco. Raised
in the City, she discovered Howard Brodies illustrations
in the sports pages of the San Francisco Chronicle. She found
the energy in these gesture drawings more powerful, more authentic,
than photographs. So began a fascination with art that would
eventually lead to studio classes with Jerry Concha and John
DiPaolo at San Franciscos DeYoung Museum. She exhibited
at the cooperative gallery of San Francisco Women Artists, and
for a short time taught graphic design and off-set printing
for the San Francisco Community College District. Her landscape
work began much later, following a move to Yolo County in rural
Northern California. She lives and works in Esparto, California.
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