Daphne McClure
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SoldAnenomes
mixed media on paper
26 x 29cm -
SoldBeach Rules
acrylic on canvas
50 x 50cm -
SoldBird
mixed media on board
20 x 30cm -
SoldBoat in Newlyn Harbour
mixed media on canvas
26 x 36cm -
SoldBoat on the Slipway
acrylic on canvas
62 x 92cm -
SoldBoats and Buoys
mixed media on canvas
100 x 100cm -
SoldChina Clay Hills
mixed media on board
28 x 36cm -
SoldClocktower and Pier
mixed media on board
40 x 50cm -
SoldCornish Harbour
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SoldFields
mixed media on canvas
48 x 117cm -
SoldFishing Boats and Trees
acrylic on canvas
51 x 62cm -
SoldFishing Boats from Newlyn Harbour
mixed media on canvas
46 x 61cm -
SoldFishing Boats Sailing By
mixed media on canvas
61 x 46cm -
SoldFree Rangers
mixed media on canvas
40 x 30cm -
Green and Trees
mixed media on board
30 x 40cm £2250 -
SoldGrey Day in Porthleven
mixed media on canvas
40 x 51cm -
SoldHarbour Light, Newlyn
mixed media on paper
26 x 36cm -
SoldHayle Estuary
mixed media on paper
56 x 76cm -
SoldNewlyn
acrylic
46 x 56cm -
SoldNewlyn Wash Day
acrylic
46 x 56cm -
SoldNewlyn Watchtower
mixed media on canvas
36 x 26cm -
SoldOn the Way to St Ives
mixed media on canvas
45 x 61cm -
SoldOpen Window
mixed media on canvas
46 x 61cm -
SoldPoppies in Newlyn
mixed media on canvas
41 x 56cm -
SoldPorthleven
mixed media collage on board
48 x 62cm -
SoldPorthleven
mixed media on paper
48 x 74cm -
SoldPorthmeor Beach V
acrylic on canvas
38 x 38cm -
Post Office and Savings Bank
mixed media on board
44 x 51cm £2850 -
Rowing Boat
artists proof linoprint
28 x 40cm £1250 -
SoldSummer Flowers
acrylic on canvas
40 x 30cm -
SoldThe Albers Foundation
mixed media on canvas
52 x 76cm -
SoldThe Island
mixed media on board
40 x 50cm -
SoldThe Lugger
mixed media on board
28 x 36cm -
SoldThe Old Harbour
mixed media on canvas
31 x 41cm -
SoldThe Roofs
mixed media on canvas
62 x 77cm -
SoldThrough the Trees
mixed media on canvas
50 x 60cm -
SoldTrees at the Albers Foundation
acrylic on board
20 x 25cm -
SoldTregonning Hill
acrylic on canvas
82 x 82cm -
SoldTwo Boats
artist proof linoprint
21 x 30cm -
SoldTwo Boats and Fish Crates
mixed media on board
26 x 30cm -
Yellow Boats
mixed media on paper
29 x 41cm £1800 -
Yellow Tulips
mixed media on canvas
41 x 51cm £2850
Ken Howard OBE, RA: Daphne and I studied at Hornsey School of Art albeit at different times but under the same tutors including Alan Braund who helped drag the School kicking and shouting into the 20th century.
Since her return to Cornwall in the mid seventies, Daphne has fine-tuned her language. Whether dealing with boats, mines, fields or currently jugs, she is about revelation; the key element in the visual arts.
Kenneth Clark wrote “Above all else art should be life-enhancing” and Daphne’s installations and series of paintings fulfil this criterion. I have been fortunate enough to live with a painting by Daphne McClure and my life is the richer for it.
Daphne McClure was born in Helston, Cornwall, in 1930. She attended the Hornsey College of Art and the Central School of Art before working at the Royal Opera House in 1976. After a brief spell there she returned home to Cornwall where she now paints full time from her studio.
In 1995 she was commissioned by the Tate Gallery in St Ives, to design a piece of work to exhibit for its first exhibition. Her work is now widely recognised and has become extremely desirable and found in many private collections worldwide. In 2005 she was invited to Connecticut, USA, for an artist’s residency at the Josef Albers Foundation.
Daphne’s paintings display an expressive handling of the subject and its emotional intensity. Her work draws on the rich artistic heritage of Cornwall whilst still maintaining a contemporary and painterly feel. Her current home is in Penzance and provides the inspiration behind her latest and in many ways her most quintessential work.