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Claire Henley Art
@clairehenleyart.bsky.social
Artist and occasional illustrator.
www.clairehenleyart.co.uk
So sorry for neglecting
Bluesky. I’m busy preparing for a solo show at Broadway Contemporary Art. Here are some offerings!
August 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Just a little corner of a recent painting.
June 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Pigeons!
May 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I’ve been blown off course a bit this week with lots of admin, a book cover rough and a commission rough, not to mention mounting 76 prints for the Scillies.

This means the summer teasels have had to be patient. Nearly there now - here’s a little corner away from the last section I showed you.
May 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Summer teazles are very pretty before they go all brown and spiky.
I do like that incarnation too, except when they’re turned into miniature hedgehogs with googly eyes and little hats, which is an affront to all teazles.
May 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I've just finished this 60x60cm painting of our (almost) daily walk .

At the moment there's waist high cow parsley that must be wriggled through to emerge into the field. This was early evening, and that's Stratford-upon-Avon in the distance.

It's always nice, even in the rain.
May 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Part of the start of something new. A familiar view for us, as it features in our (almost) daily walk.
May 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Hopefully this painting should be arriving in Portscatho today, at @theharbourgallery.bsky.social

It’s the well trodden footpath that links the village with Porthcurnick beach. Can’t wait to be there again soon. 😁
May 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
This painting of #portisaac will also be heading to a new home from the exhibition at Padstow Gallery.
April 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I hope you’re all enjoying a lovely sunny day.
Jobs in the garden for us, before the family arrive.

Anyway - this was the first painting of mine to find a new owner from the exhibition at Padstow Gallery. 😁
April 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The joint exhibition has begun at Padstow Gallery. Every day 10.39-5 until May 5.
April 19, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Something big and bold for the upcoming exhibition at Padstow Gallery.

I'll be setting off very early on Thursday to deliver my paintings, then it's over to Liz to hang them all while I slope off to go for a pasty. She wouldn't want me getting in the way now, would she?
April 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is part of a painting I started on Thursday. I’ve always loved this farm, glimpsed from the M40 not far from Oxford services.

The different parts on the farm look as if they’ve grown like branches over time and I love the angles of the roofs.
April 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Padstow Gallery exhibition April 18 - May 5
April 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Old Town, St Mary’s - a favourite spot on St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly.

Harold Wilson is buried in a very simple grave in the churchyard off to the right, so he must have liked it too.

Thank you to Tamarisk Gallery for selling this little painting yesterday.
April 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I saw my first (very few) woodland bluebells yesterday. I love this time of year when the blackthorn blossom is rampant and there are primroses too, then the all the bluebells are still to come. Smashing. 😁
April 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I saw my first (very few) woodland bluebells yesterday. I love this time of year when the blackthorn blossom is rampant and there are primroses too, then the all the bluebells are still to come. Smashing. 😁
April 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
'The New Hawaiian Shorts' (a brave and bold statement piece for one's wardrobe) has set off to a new home, with thanks to Montpellier Gallery.
April 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Here's another painting that'll be in the exhibition at Padstow Gallery starting on Good Friday. Happy memories of an early spring walk to Daymer Bay
#daymerbay #camelestuary #RockCornwall @bsky.art
March 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Busy, busy @bsky.art
#scillies
March 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
What a lovely day! Lots to do, but I sneaked out into the garden for some random snipping with my secateurs.

Here’s a similarly lovely day in Portscatho. Beyond the poppies on the left is a gelato place. Mango, please. 😁
@theharbourgallery.bsky.social #portscatho #poppies #roselandpeninsula
March 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I spy with my little eye that this painting has set off from @theharbourgallery.bsky.social Thanks, team!
@bsky.art
March 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Anyone in Cornwall at Easter?
The Spring Exhibition at Padstow Gallery is kicking off on Good Friday and the artists will be in attendance on the first day, trying to keep away from the fizz so they can chat to visitors in a sensible manner. Cough.
March 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I’ve been finishing off the painting I started at Saturday’s demo. Nearly there!
#art #painting #acrylicpainting #ukart #fineart
March 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Workshop day today! Teaching some collage techniques to thirteen artists from Stratford-upon-Avon Art Society.

#art #painting #acrylicpainting #ukart #fineart
March 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM