Clare Jaque Vasquez

Sky Palette 

2024, Acrylic and impasto on canvas, 200cm (h) x 200cm (w)

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"I grew up knowing that every day I need to see a sunset or sunrise. To watch what the yaraay (sun) does when it rolls up or down. I understand now that the yaraay was my first ever teacher of what I can describe as an eastern context ‘colour theory/harmony’ that I still use today. When I was in school I got my hands on a moving circle pin colour wheel chart and had a moment of reflection. It was interesting to learn the english names assigned to the art of colour. I will always hold that Country was and always will be the core of all learnings."  

Clare Jaque Vasquez is an Indigenous artist from Gomeroi and Kamilaroi Nation. Born to a Gomeroi mother and Welsh father, Clare grew up in Sydney and moved back on Country in community in a small town near Tamworth. Clare now works from a studio based on Bindal & Wulgurukaba Country in north QLD. Clare’s works capture stories and weaving practices in a raised textural form leveraging natural art tools to apply texture. These tools include different natural brushes, branches and sticks through to palm tree fibres and are specifically used to connect the works with country. Clare works in layers to embed and protect stories by weaving with paint and uniquely concocted textual mediums which appear to be etched, embedded and scarred onto the canvas. The process of creating the mixed-media, textural works is timely and can take up to 7-12 weeks to complete.

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