Louise paints landscapes that inspire her to forever capture a moment in time. Her aim is to reflect the way the elements of nature combine to create a particular mood or energy. The light, season, weather, scenery are always changing: so her ambition is to paint my impression of that moment in a beautiful piece of art. She loves to work with oils as they are fluid but also rich in movement, texture and color. She paints en plein air or in her studio from photographs she has taken of the places she has visited. She travels extensively throughout the world and she frequently finds impactful subjects to paint.
Louise has always been interested in art but initially decided to pursue a different path that enabled her to travel and experience the world. After finishing a Bachelor of Commerce at Curtin University and qualifying as a CPA, she worked in the UK and US for 15 years. She decided to paint full time 4 years ago, following a highly successful exhibition in New York in 2013. Louise is mainly self taught but has studied with artists such as Rebecca Schweiger at The Art Studio of New York, award winning US Plein Air artist Joe Paquet and renowned Australian Landscape Artist John Wilson.
Returning to Australia has opened up a world of new landscapes, and the extremes of WA are a huge inspiration.
Surrounded, View From Hayman Island
Kathrine Gorge At Dawn
Castle Rock After the Rain
Cherry Blossoms II
View to El Questro Gorge
On the Rocks, Esperance
Morning View, Conto Springs
Conto Beach Dunes I
Opera House At Night
Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse II
My reason for choosing this artist is fairly simple. With all of the crazy artists listed, a fair bit of them being abstract, Louise really stood out to me and caught my eye. Her first painting I listed really made me like her art more than any of them. I feel her style is a simple enough to be spectacular in its own right, and if I had the money I would buy some for myself. But unfortunately, I’m a college student with no money.
(Her personal site/gallery http://www.lclarkeartist.com/gallery.html)