Claudia Schmid Artist, Illustrator

“At the centre of Claudia’s work is the expression of a world peopled with strange creatures who are mostly friendly, amusing and occasionally disturbing but all are decidedly peculiar in the most intriguing of all worlds.” Norman Young

I am interested in depicting situations where things, people, animals don’t always turn out to be what we think they are. By playing with the different qualities and characters of humans and animals alike, visual stories of their relationships or surprising situations arise.

I use a Rotering pen for her drawings, creating a network made up of hundreds of very fine lines to give the images a soft 3 - dimensional quality. Sometimes I add color using crayons or ink.
The paintings are created using Acrylics and Gesso on board or canvas.

View my website http://www.claudiaschmid.co.uk/