Portrait of Clara Westbrook

Artist

Clara Westbrook

Portland, USA · Minimalism & Impressionism · 9 years active · 22 artworks

“I spent twelve years retouching black-and-white portraits in a Portland photo lab, and it taught me that the softest greys carry the most feeling. In 2017 I traded the darkroom for oil paint. Now I paint quiet scenes in fog, ivory and charcoal, with as little contrast as the subject allows.”
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About Clara

Clara Westbrook spent twelve years retouching black-and-white portraits in a photo lab in Portland, Oregon, and learned there that the softest greys carry the most feeling. The former photo lab retoucher holds a BFA in Photography from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and traded the darkroom for oil paint in 2017.

Westbrook paints in soft black and white: quiet scenes in fog, ivory and charcoal, laid with gentle brushwork and light palette-knife texture, with as little contrast as the subject allows. The canvases suit neutral and minimalist rooms. Below are Westbrook’s canvases in our shop, ready to hang.

Based in
Portland, USA
Style
Minimalism, Impressionism
Fun fact
Paints only by north light and stops when the afternoon sun reaches her easel

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