“At the heart of my work lies a belief that within every person exists an untamed land — a vast, inner terrain where strength, resilience, and creativity move freely and instinctively.”

— Claire Gillis -

At the heart of my work lies a belief that within every person exists an untamed land—a vast, inner terrain where strength, resilience, and creativity move freely and instinctively. My work explores this primal space through a multidisciplinary practice that includes painting, stitching and book binding.

My paintings evolve in layers—both literal and metaphorical—using graphite, charcoal, botanical inks and earth pigments to echo the complexity of the human experience. Earthy tones ground the work in a sense of rawness and connection to nature, while expressive marks and textures invite viewers to navigate their own emotional landscapes.

Each painting is a dialogue between control and wildness, structure and spontaneity. Through abstraction, I aim not to depict the untamed but to evoke it—summoning the hidden, often silenced parts of ourselves and giving them space to breathe, move, and speak.

My work is an invitation to step beyond the polished and into the primal. To embrace the beauty of what is raw, unresolved and free and to use it as a source of resilience.