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With many years experience working in the Design and Illustration industry Claire Milner has a large number of high profile clients in advertising, publishing and business. Her work regularly appears in books and magazines in the UK & abroad and is in private collections in Australia, France, Ireland, Italy, Trinidad, U.K. & the U.S.A. Claire also exhibits her work on a regular basis.

Claire is also a professional mosaic artist and a member of BAMM (British Association for Modern Mosaic). Examples of her mosaic work have been published in Grout, Mosaic Yearbook 2007 & 2008, Funds Europe, Diana in Art (Caxton Publishing), The Complete Mosaic Handbook and also The Art of Mosaic (both Quintet Publishing). Claire specialises in portraiture in this medium which demands patience, skill and a huge investment of time. The end result is a dramatic and impressive combination of ancient and modern techniques and a contemporary work of art which is steeped in tradition.

Claire says of her passion for mosaic:

"Mosaic is an ancient art & has a rich history dating back to the third century BC, from the Greeks, Romans and Byzantine mosaics, to the Art Nouveau movement and is now enjoying a huge renaissance in the 21st Century. Mosaics are at once a functional form and a decorative art making them both versatile and striking. The medium of Mosaic has the added advantage of longevity above other art forms due to its enduring physical properties. This is borne out by the many beautiful examples which still survive today from the distant past.

In my own work I strive to have an eye for minute detail and the big picture simultaneously. Each of my mosaics are made up of hundreds, sometimes thousands of individually hand cut tesserae. The choice of materials and techniques are critical to the outcome of the project."

Claire's most recent portrait subjects have included: Michael Faraday, Sir Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Diana, Audrey Hepburn, Gordon Brown, Sir Nigel Lawson, Sir Terry Leahy, Sir Martin Sorrell, Lord Browne and numerous politicians, central European bankers and private portrait commissions.

Commissions

Claire is very flexible in her approach to completing a commission. She will either work from a selection of good quality supplied photographs or visit the site/subject to gather her own reference material. Her prices largely depend on the specific nature of the commission. Costs are assessed according to the requirements of each individual project, depending upon: materials, size, complexity of design and schedule/lead time.

Claire undertakes many commissions for companies and private individuals on any subject matter requested, from life size mosaic portraits to handmade paper illustrations of favourite places such as family homes, foreign travel and architecture.

Einstein

2006
Mosaic
30 X 30

Giovanni Paolo II

2007
Mosaic
30 X 30

Another Fine Mess: Diptych

2007
Mosaic
60x30

Audrey

2007
Mosaic
30 X 30

The Man in the Mirror

2007
Mosaic
30 X 30

Satchmo

2007
Mosaic
30 X 30

Diana

2006
30cm x 30cm

Sir Winston Churchill

2005
30cm x 30cm

Cowgirl Diva

2007
30cm x 30cm

Hope

2009
Paper on canvas
60cm x 60 cm

Silent Quotes

2009
Mosaic
30cm x 30cm

Ludovica e Sofia

2008
Paper on wood
40cm x 40cm

Wedding Portrait

2008
Mosaic
52cm diameter

Diana

2009
Paper on canvas
60cm x 60 cm