Discover the contemporary work of KLARA

Biography: I was born in Iceland and grew up in a small town, Gardabaer, surrounded by lava fields but still close to Reykjavik the capital. In the year 2000 big changes became in my life, as I moved to Brittany in France with my family. Few years after I decided to devote myself to my lifelong passion, namely painting and in 2008 I opened "Atelier KLARA" and since then have been working as a professional independent artist. I have held several personal exhibitions both in French and Iceland , and also taken part in many collective exhibition in both of these countries. My work is abstract and I use acrylic and mixed media. I blend the painting with various materials such as sand, stones and modelling pastes. I like to play with colours, shapes and textures in order to create different effects, have big reliefs and lots of volume. The source of my inspiration is simply nature itself, especially the amazing landscape of my homeland Iceland. Often my work reflects the motion, forces and contrasts that can be seen in the nature. In the same painting I oppose rough and smooth, thick and thin, dark and light. Or for example new volcano eruption against old cooled lava and ice-cold snow. For all further information do not hesitate to contact me.KLARA (Klara Gunnlaugsdottir-Lucas), visual artistComments:Klara's paintings are made of different “materials”, for example modelling paste, sand, stones, and gels mixed with acrylic, and lures us into the atmosphere of her native Iceland, mixing together snow and fire, the light from the sky and the blackness of the lava fields. Her universe is, mostly, at the frontier of the abstract and of the figurative.An astonishing harmony exudes from her works, a distinct calm and serenity… a bit like when looking out to the sea from the shores of Belle-Ile or when one finds oneself lost in the wild endlessness in Iceland.Patrick DEMELLIER, Manager of “Un temps pour l’Art”The paintings by Klara, an Icelandic artist, are special. I have followed her work for some time and her creative potential is very interesting in its innovation as well as her way of treating her work. Through her painting one can sense all the mystery of her Iceland which she expresses with great sensitivity. The power of fire and water is perceived in it as a complaint, as a cry and it is beautiful.She is an artist of the future and her works must emerge rapidly in order to reach beyond her own frontiers.Denis BERMOND, Official Painter for the Army