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Claire McCarthy began painting at a very young age and has found her bearings in texture, composition and colour whilst also juggling a career as a film director. 

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Her vivid large-scale paintings, often of women, are spirited explosions of colour and emotion. Each piece is richly textured, layered in colour washes, hyper-real expressive faces, scratched back glazes with glints of pure gold and rivulets of drips and runs. There is a strong contrast between the tough, naive and refined in her paintings...

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