Claire Owen
Will You Follow., 2008
Graphite on paper
Framed under plexiglass
21" x 27"

Artist Statement

In my painting I maintain an interest narrative, by exploring cautionary tales once told to children, now carried forward in the fairy tales of children's literature. These tales, she believes, have settled into our collective imagination, remaining with us as adults. We nod with recognition at the twist of fear in the child lost in the forest. We can admire the cunning children use to see themselves safely away from the predators jaws. I often use the forest as a setting for her paintings, and as a character itself. From European folk tales to contemporary literature, the forest remains in our imagination a place where the real and fabled intersect.

Artist Statement

Claire Owen is a painter, and poet, living and working Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received degrees in illustration and printmaking from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester New York where she grew up. She moved to Philadelphia in 1977 and established her own imprint, Turtle Island Press which produced fine print, limited edition artists books. She taught studio and book arts at Drexel University and Tyler School of Art. Since retiring in 2015 she continues her studio practice in painting, as well as poetry. She is currently a docent at The Rosenbach Museum and Library.

https://claireowenart.com/

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