Exhibition

Claire Oswalt

Abstract artwork featuring layered blue and navy geometric shapes on a light background, titled "CO-2017.
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Oswalt seeks to juxtapose spontaneity with restraint, dynamic with static, until reaching a harmonious form, largely worked over, yet clear in its intention to never show it.   Claire is an Austin based artist whose work spans various disciplines – drawing, painting, and sculpture. After two years of designing textiles with a fellow artist, she …

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Oswalt seeks to juxtapose spontaneity with restraint, dynamic with static, until reaching a harmonious form, largely worked over, yet clear in its intention to never show it.

Abstract composition featuring geometric blocks of soft pink, blue, and dark navy colors on a cream background.

 

Claire is an Austin based artist whose work spans various disciplines – drawing, painting, and sculpture. After two years of designing textiles with a fellow artist, she wanted to return artisanship and craft to her daily life in the studio.

Abstract artwork featuring a small rectangular collage of gray and black shapes on a white background.

 

She thus began to work antithetically to her older, rigorous and representational work. Redirecting the discipline towards minimal, watercolor compositions, relying on “the energy behind quick decisions, and the ruthlessness to pair the work down to the essential.” She seeks to juxtapose spontaneity with restraint, dynamic with static, until reaching a harmonious form, largely worked over, yet clear in its intention to never show it. Claire’s work has shown in Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Austin, and Marfa, Texas.

 

Abstract composition featuring two blue squares and a rectangular section with varying shades of blue and black lines.