Learn from the best! Enjoy a relaxing watercolour course under the tutelage of talented South Canterbury-based artist Claire Forbes.
About Claire Forbes
Claire Forbes was born and raised in Nelson. She attended Nelson Polytechnic in 1993/94, specialising in painting.
After travelling overseas in 1996 she resettled in her home province, first living in the Mapua area and then near Wakefield. During this time she concentrated on oil painting, with still lives and landscapes predominating.
In 2003 she moved to Timaru with her husband and two children and soon after joined the local Arts Society and started painting watercolours. She has exhibited in both group and solo shows in Wellington, Dunedin and the South Canterbury area.
She has won numerous awards and merits, including First Prize at the Edinburgh Realty Art Awards in Dunedin in 2012. Claire’s local town and city scenes are well sought after by collectors and she is represented by York Street Gallery in Timaru.
Claire has a particular interest in “plein air” painting and works on location whenever possible.
