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Clara McClenon
I create spiritual art that invites connection to the poetic meaning of the world. Using images from nature and symbolic patterns, my detailed, layered charcoal drawings can be used as simple reminders of beauty or as objects for contemplation.
As an artist, I’ve been impacted by my study of neuroscience and my work as an experience researcher. Both disciplines have taught me about the complexity of perception and the power each of us holds to shape how we see the world. I believe that we need more opportunities in our lives to pause, to reflect, to take in just how mysterious it is to be alive. My drawings provide this space.
Now, living in New York, I take poet Mary Oliver’s lines as my charge:
“Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished
Tell about it.”
Thank you for being here. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch!
Follow me on Instagram: @clara.mcclenon
