Clare Woods

Clare Woods RA is a British painter who lives and works in Hereford in the Welsh borders in the UK.

Woods is well known for her large scale abstracts landscapes, more recently exploring themes with reference to historical art practice, including flowers in the tradition of memento mori, and increasingly figurative subjects, including her first self-portrait.

Woods’ work has been the subject of solo exhibitions including, Woods received a major commission from Contemporary Art Society/ Olympic Delivery Authority to create two permanent pieces of work, Carpenter's Curve and Brick Field, for the Olympic Park, London in 2012.

Woods most recent commission was a site-specific work title River Bend in Dallas USA (2019).

In 2014 Woods produced a poster design, Cranky, part of a series commissioned by Art on the Underground for London River Services.

Exhibition view of Clare Woods: Silent Spring at Buchmann Galerie, Berlin 2023
Exhibition view of Clare Woods: Silent Spring at Buchmann Galerie , Berlin 2023
Clare Woods Final Gesture, 2022, oil on aluminium, 150 x 200 cm
Clare Woods, Lou, 2023, Oil on aluminium, 80 x 60 cm