Claire’s inherited desire to paint sees her produce striking visual art inspired by the people, places, and spaces in her everyday life. She achieved a Ph.D in Environmental Engineering from Queen’s University Belfast in 2013, an unusual path for such a creative spirit but one to which she credits many of her ideas. Claire’s more recent work has focused on the straight lines and architecture of her beloved Belfast and Northern Ireland, whilst retaining a fluidity of movement in her brush and knife work that gives each piece its own character and unpredictability.

27. Rue Lighthouse, Rathlin Island by Claire Burns

30. St john’s Point Lighthouse by Claire Burns

29. West Light, Rathlin Island by Claire Burns

The Belfast Giants

A House by the Sea in Donaghadee

Bearnagh Slabs

28. Fanad Head by Claire Burns

Queen’s Island Giants

St Malachy’s Mirror (Hillsborough Lake)

Lough Hyne (West Cork)

The Albert Clock

Gap of Dunloe

The Dark Hedges

Pims Avenue

The Road to Errigal

Up from the river

Silverbirch

Evening Encounter

Doan Summit

Supermoon

Belfast Lough

Barn owl

Reflections in Tollymore

Little Robin

The Drinns

Dusk on the Broadwater

The Brandy Pad