I’m Claire, a visual artist living off-grid in Portugal, where nature is untamed, the sky is large and slowness is a practice but heck have I experienced the lows, the breakdowns, constantly feeling like an outsider. I’ve lived with chronic illness and I’ve restarted in five different countries and what I've learned is that the most interesting things happen in the spaces between: between knowing and not knowing, between who you were and who you're becoming and always, always, the power of nature is moving through us. Now I make art from it. Abstract, nature-rooted and layered with feeling.

Creativity isn't something I do. It's how I survive, how I process, how I find my way back to myself and I believe that nobody is truly lost. What we call being lost is often the feeling of being disconnected from nature, from ourselves, and from the parts of us that long to live more freely. That's why I create mixed media abstract art inspired by untamed places, shifting horizons and the quiet power of the natural world. I believe they are invitations to remember that the wild is not something outside of us. It is part of who we are and when we reconnect with it, we begin to find our way home to ourselves.