Claire Milbrath
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Claire Milbrath's painting "Study (Skagit Valley)" features vibrant swathes of reds, pinks, and greens, depicting a pastoral scene with fields, rustic barns, and distant snow-capped mountains under a soft blue sky. The composition is built with broad, expressive brushstrokes typical of Naïve art, blending simplicity and complex emotional undertones. Her use of bold color contrasts and layered patterns evokes a sense of spiritual devotion and obsession. Milbrath, a self-taught artist, draws inspiration from historical Naïve painters, revitalizing their colorful tradition to convey emotional depth and personal narrative. ...
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Claire Milbrath (b.1989, based in Victoria, BC) is a self-taught artist working with painting, sewing, ceramics, and drawing. Adopting an artistic style reminiscent of the Naïve painters, Milbrath incorporates large swaths of lush colour and dense patterning to construct her compositional space, renewing the colouristic tradition with vignettes relating to obsession, emotions, and spiritual devotion.
Pangée (Montréal, QC), established in 2020, is a contemporary art gallery with a critical curatorial approach that embraces diverse expressions of art and materiality and encourages dialogue between practices. Pangée currently represents ten Canadian artists and interweaves international collaborations throughout its programming with emerging and mid-career artists. Pangée operates its gallery space and artist residency in a historic building, overlooking Mont-Royal Park. ...