{"title":"Claire Foord - SALA 2026","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe Spaces We Hold is a contemporary exhibition of abstract works exploring psychological space, emotional memory and the unseen structures shaped through lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThrough layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive gesture, Claire Foord creates atmospheric abstract paintings that examine the tension between softness and containment, visibility and self-erasure. The works consider how emotion, personal history and inherited expectation become embedded within both body and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDeveloped through an intuitive and materially responsive practice, the exhibition reflects on adaptation as both protection and performance. Paintings are representative of the subtle ways identity is softened, edited or reconfigured in order to belong. Influenced by contemporary interiors, feminine spatial experience and emotional perception, the works construct contemplative environments charged with stillness, vulnerability and quiet resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-light-within-claire-foord-40-x-50cm-high","title":"A Light Within | Claire Foord | 40 x 50cm High","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spaces We Hold\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary exhibition of abstract works exploring psychological space, emotional memory and the unseen structures shaped through lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThrough layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive gesture, Claire Foord creates atmospheric abstract paintings that examine the tension between softness and containment, visibility and self-erasure. The works consider how emotion, personal history and inherited expectation become embedded within both body and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDeveloped through an intuitive and materially responsive practice, the exhibition reflects on adaptation as both protection and performance. Paintings are representative of the subtle ways identity is softened, edited or reconfigured in order to belong. Influenced by contemporary interiors, feminine spatial experience and emotional perception, the works construct contemplative environments charged with stillness, vulnerability and quiet resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003cbr\u003eClaire Foord is a South Australian contemporary artist whose atmospheric abstract paintings explore psychological space, emotional memory and embodied experience. Through layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive processes, her work examines tensions between visibility and containment, softness and adaptation. Influenced by feminine spatial psychology, sensory perception and contemporary abstraction, Foord creates contemplative works that investigate the unseen emotional structures shaping identity and environment. Working from regional South Australia, her practice positions abstraction as a language for atmosphere, perception and psychological architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429174636643,"sku":"18158","price":550.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/7773\/0659\/files\/1_a3c5a043-ccff-48d0-b26b-51923c264bff.png?v=1785549610"},{"product_id":"where-the-light-settles-claire-foord-120-x-150cm-high","title":"Where the Light Settles | Claire Foord | 100 x 130cm High","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spaces We Hold\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary exhibition of abstract works exploring psychological space, emotional memory and the unseen structures shaped through lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThrough layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive gesture, Claire Foord creates atmospheric abstract paintings that examine the tension between softness and containment, visibility and self-erasure. The works consider how emotion, personal history and inherited expectation become embedded within both body and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDeveloped through an intuitive and materially responsive practice, the exhibition reflects on adaptation as both protection and performance. Paintings are representative of the subtle ways identity is softened, edited or reconfigured in order to belong. Influenced by contemporary interiors, feminine spatial experience and emotional perception, the works construct contemplative environments charged with stillness, vulnerability and quiet resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003cbr\u003eClaire Foord is a South Australian contemporary artist whose atmospheric abstract paintings explore psychological space, emotional memory and embodied experience. Through layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive processes, her work examines tensions between visibility and containment, softness and adaptation. Influenced by feminine spatial psychology, sensory perception and contemporary abstraction, Foord creates contemplative works that investigate the unseen emotional structures shaping identity and environment. Working from regional South Australia, her practice positions abstraction as a language for atmosphere, perception and psychological architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429174669411,"sku":"18165","price":4440.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/7773\/0659\/files\/8_33b8179f-75b0-45da-ac1b-efb873cb05a1.png?v=1785549611"},{"product_id":"the-path-can-change-claire-foord-40-x-30cm-high","title":"The Path Can Change | Claire Foord | 40 x 30cm High","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spaces We Hold\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary exhibition of abstract works exploring psychological space, emotional memory and the unseen structures shaped through lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThrough layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive gesture, Claire Foord creates atmospheric abstract paintings that examine the tension between softness and containment, visibility and self-erasure. The works consider how emotion, personal history and inherited expectation become embedded within both body and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDeveloped through an intuitive and materially responsive practice, the exhibition reflects on adaptation as both protection and performance. Paintings are representative of the subtle ways identity is softened, edited or reconfigured in order to belong. Influenced by contemporary interiors, feminine spatial experience and emotional perception, the works construct contemplative environments charged with stillness, vulnerability and quiet resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003cbr\u003eClaire Foord is a South Australian contemporary artist whose atmospheric abstract paintings explore psychological space, emotional memory and embodied experience. Through layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive processes, her work examines tensions between visibility and containment, softness and adaptation. Influenced by feminine spatial psychology, sensory perception and contemporary abstraction, Foord creates contemplative works that investigate the unseen emotional structures shaping identity and environment. Working from regional South Australia, her practice positions abstraction as a language for atmosphere, perception and psychological architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429174702179,"sku":"18162","price":330.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/7773\/0659\/files\/5_49d8e20e-5164-40d0-9611-1cae5ca1d4d0.png?v=1785549613"},{"product_id":"walking-in-life-lines-claire-foord-66-x-915cm-high","title":"Walking in Life Lines | Claire Foord | 66 x 91.5cm High","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spaces We Hold\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary exhibition of abstract works exploring psychological space, emotional memory and the unseen structures shaped through lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThrough layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive gesture, Claire Foord creates atmospheric abstract paintings that examine the tension between softness and containment, visibility and self-erasure. The works consider how emotion, personal history and inherited expectation become embedded within both body and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDeveloped through an intuitive and materially responsive practice, the exhibition reflects on adaptation as both protection and performance. Paintings are representative of the subtle ways identity is softened, edited or reconfigured in order to belong. Influenced by contemporary interiors, feminine spatial experience and emotional perception, the works construct contemplative environments charged with stillness, vulnerability and quiet resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003cbr\u003eClaire Foord is a South Australian contemporary artist whose atmospheric abstract paintings explore psychological space, emotional memory and embodied experience. Through layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive processes, her work examines tensions between visibility and containment, softness and adaptation. Influenced by feminine spatial psychology, sensory perception and contemporary abstraction, Foord creates contemplative works that investigate the unseen emotional structures shaping identity and environment. Working from regional South Australia, her practice positions abstraction as a language for atmosphere, perception and psychological architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429174734947,"sku":"18164","price":1110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/7773\/0659\/files\/7_75311ffe-f865-4578-8867-e9c634811f1f.png?v=1785549615"},{"product_id":"strength-in-softness-claire-foord-30-x-30cm-high","title":"Strength in Softness | Claire Foord | 30 x 30cm High","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spaces We Hold\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary exhibition of abstract works exploring psychological space, emotional memory and the unseen structures shaped through lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003eThrough layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive gesture, Claire Foord creates atmospheric abstract paintings that examine the tension between softness and containment, visibility and self-erasure. The works consider how emotion, personal history and inherited expectation become embedded within both body and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003eDeveloped through an intuitive and materially responsive practice, the exhibition reflects on adaptation as both protection and performance. Paintings are representative of the subtle ways identity is softened, edited or reconfigured in order to belong. Influenced by contemporary interiors, feminine spatial experience and emotional perception, the works construct contemplative environments charged with stillness, vulnerability and quiet resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003cbr\u003eClaire Foord is a South Australian contemporary artist whose atmospheric abstract paintings explore psychological space, emotional memory and embodied experience. Through layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive processes, her work examines tensions between visibility and containment, softness and adaptation. Influenced by feminine spatial psychology, sensory perception and contemporary abstraction, Foord creates contemplative works that investigate the unseen emotional structures shaping identity and environment. Working from regional South Australia, her practice positions abstraction as a language for atmosphere, perception and psychological architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429174767715,"sku":"18168","price":220.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/7773\/0659\/files\/11_ddaddbcc-2a68-4dda-940f-741084ff2386.png?v=1785549617"},{"product_id":"traces-that-make-you-claire-foord-915-x-1215cm-high","title":"Traces that Make You | Claire Foord | 91.5  x 121.5cm High","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spaces We Hold\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary exhibition of abstract works exploring psychological space, emotional memory and the unseen structures shaped through lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThrough layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive gesture, Claire Foord creates atmospheric abstract paintings that examine the tension between softness and containment, visibility and self-erasure. The works consider how emotion, personal history and inherited expectation become embedded within both body and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDeveloped through an intuitive and materially responsive practice, the exhibition reflects on adaptation as both protection and performance. Paintings are representative of the subtle ways identity is softened, edited or reconfigured in order to belong. Influenced by contemporary interiors, feminine spatial experience and emotional perception, the works construct contemplative environments charged with stillness, vulnerability and quiet resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003cbr\u003eClaire Foord is a South Australian contemporary artist whose atmospheric abstract paintings explore psychological space, emotional memory and embodied experience. Through layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive processes, her work examines tensions between visibility and containment, softness and adaptation. Influenced by feminine spatial psychology, sensory perception and contemporary abstraction, Foord creates contemplative works that investigate the unseen emotional structures shaping identity and environment. Working from regional South Australia, her practice positions abstraction as a language for atmosphere, perception and psychological architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429174833251,"sku":"18163","price":2220.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/7773\/0659\/files\/6_1dfe9ede-6eac-4141-99d5-c3950ca26567.png?v=1785549619"},{"product_id":"hold-yourself-before-you-hold-others-claire-foord-40-x-50cm-high","title":"Hold Yourself Before You Hold Others | Claire Foord | 40  x 50cm High","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spaces We Hold\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary exhibition of abstract works exploring psychological space, emotional memory and the unseen structures shaped through lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003eThrough layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive gesture, Claire Foord creates atmospheric abstract paintings that examine the tension between softness and containment, visibility and self-erasure. The works consider how emotion, personal history and inherited expectation become embedded within both body and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003eDeveloped through an intuitive and materially responsive practice, the exhibition reflects on adaptation as both protection and performance. Paintings are representative of the subtle ways identity is softened, edited or reconfigured in order to belong. Influenced by contemporary interiors, feminine spatial experience and emotional perception, the works construct contemplative environments charged with stillness, vulnerability and quiet resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003cbr\u003eClaire Foord is a South Australian contemporary artist whose atmospheric abstract paintings explore psychological space, emotional memory and embodied experience. Through layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive processes, her work examines tensions between visibility and containment, softness and adaptation. Influenced by feminine spatial psychology, sensory perception and contemporary abstraction, Foord creates contemplative works that investigate the unseen emotional structures shaping identity and environment. Working from regional South Australia, her practice positions abstraction as a language for atmosphere, perception and psychological architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429174898787,"sku":"18160","price":550.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/7773\/0659\/files\/3_e9621492-9313-4ca6-b016-dd6537ea96ea.png?v=1785549621"},{"product_id":"its-ok-not-to-blend-in-claire-foord-915-x-765cm-high","title":"It’s Ok Not to Blend In | Claire Foord | 91.5 x 76.5cm High","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spaces We Hold\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary exhibition of abstract works exploring psychological space, emotional memory and the unseen structures shaped through lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003eThrough layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive gesture, Claire Foord creates atmospheric abstract paintings that examine the tension between softness and containment, visibility and self-erasure. The works consider how emotion, personal history and inherited expectation become embedded within both body and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003eDeveloped through an intuitive and materially responsive practice, the exhibition reflects on adaptation as both protection and performance. Paintings are representative of the subtle ways identity is softened, edited or reconfigured in order to belong. Influenced by contemporary interiors, feminine spatial experience and emotional perception, the works construct contemplative environments charged with stillness, vulnerability and quiet resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003cbr\u003eClaire Foord is a South Australian contemporary artist whose atmospheric abstract paintings explore psychological space, emotional memory and embodied experience. Through layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive processes, her work examines tensions between visibility and containment, softness and adaptation. Influenced by feminine spatial psychology, sensory perception and contemporary abstraction, Foord creates contemplative works that investigate the unseen emotional structures shaping identity and environment. Working from regional South Australia, her practice positions abstraction as a language for atmosphere, perception and psychological architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429174997091,"sku":"18161","price":2220.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/7773\/0659\/files\/4_393aef9a-3b7e-4832-b75b-66202f1d8276.png?v=1785549623"},{"product_id":"in-the-spaces-between-claire-foord-120-x-120cm-high","title":"In the Spaces Between | Claire Foord | 120 x 120cm High","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spaces We Hold\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary exhibition of abstract works exploring psychological space, emotional memory and the unseen structures shaped through lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThrough layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive gesture, Claire Foord creates atmospheric abstract paintings that examine the tension between softness and containment, visibility and self-erasure. The works consider how emotion, personal history and inherited expectation become embedded within both body and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDeveloped through an intuitive and materially responsive practice, the exhibition reflects on adaptation as both protection and performance. Paintings are representative of the subtle ways identity is softened, edited or reconfigured in order to belong. Influenced by contemporary interiors, feminine spatial experience and emotional perception, the works construct contemplative environments charged with stillness, vulnerability and quiet resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003cbr\u003eClaire Foord is a South Australian contemporary artist whose atmospheric abstract paintings explore psychological space, emotional memory and embodied experience. Through layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive processes, her work examines tensions between visibility and containment, softness and adaptation. Influenced by feminine spatial psychology, sensory perception and contemporary abstraction, Foord creates contemplative works that investigate the unseen emotional structures shaping identity and environment. Working from regional South Australia, her practice positions abstraction as a language for atmosphere, perception and psychological architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429175029859,"sku":"18169","price":4440.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/7773\/0659\/files\/12_7fca1a4d-b8ba-4c0c-8bd8-54ef25af14be.png?v=1785549625"},{"product_id":"family-ties-claire-foord-137-x-112cm-high","title":"Family Ties | Claire Foord | 137 x 112cm High","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spaces We Hold\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary exhibition of abstract works exploring psychological space, emotional memory and the unseen structures shaped through lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThrough layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive gesture, Claire Foord creates atmospheric abstract paintings that examine the tension between softness and containment, visibility and self-erasure. The works consider how emotion, personal history and inherited expectation become embedded within both body and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDeveloped through an intuitive and materially responsive practice, the exhibition reflects on adaptation as both protection and performance. Paintings are representative of the subtle ways identity is softened, edited or reconfigured in order to belong. Influenced by contemporary interiors, feminine spatial experience and emotional perception, the works construct contemplative environments charged with stillness, vulnerability and quiet resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003cbr\u003eClaire Foord is a South Australian contemporary artist whose atmospheric abstract paintings explore psychological space, emotional memory and embodied experience. Through layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive processes, her work examines tensions between visibility and containment, softness and adaptation. Influenced by feminine spatial psychology, sensory perception and contemporary abstraction, Foord creates contemplative works that investigate the unseen emotional structures shaping identity and environment. Working from regional South Australia, her practice positions abstraction as a language for atmosphere, perception and psychological architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429175062627,"sku":"18159","price":3330.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/7773\/0659\/files\/2_7cf540f1-1c5c-4e5b-b7ba-2a08b2ffc4b4.png?v=1785549627"},{"product_id":"protection-claire-foord-30-x-30cm-high","title":"Protection | Claire Foord | 30 x 30cm High","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spaces We Hold\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary exhibition of abstract works exploring psychological space, emotional memory and the unseen structures shaped through lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThrough layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive gesture, Claire Foord creates atmospheric abstract paintings that examine the tension between softness and containment, visibility and self-erasure. The works consider how emotion, personal history and inherited expectation become embedded within both body and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDeveloped through an intuitive and materially responsive practice, the exhibition reflects on adaptation as both protection and performance. Paintings are representative of the subtle ways identity is softened, edited or reconfigured in order to belong. Influenced by contemporary interiors, feminine spatial experience and emotional perception, the works construct contemplative environments charged with stillness, vulnerability and quiet resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003cbr\u003eClaire Foord is a South Australian contemporary artist whose atmospheric abstract paintings explore psychological space, emotional memory and embodied experience. Through layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive processes, her work examines tensions between visibility and containment, softness and adaptation. Influenced by feminine spatial psychology, sensory perception and contemporary abstraction, Foord creates contemplative works that investigate the unseen emotional structures shaping identity and environment. Working from regional South Australia, her practice positions abstraction as a language for atmosphere, perception and psychological architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429175095395,"sku":"18167","price":220.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/7773\/0659\/files\/10_b2228ccd-e92b-48e0-9437-950d91ea4c8a.png?v=1785549629"},{"product_id":"your-inner-glow-claire-foord-455-x-455cm-high","title":"Your Inner Glow | Claire Foord | 45.5 x 45.5cm High","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spaces We Hold\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary exhibition of abstract works exploring psychological space, emotional memory and the unseen structures shaped through lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThrough layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive gesture, Claire Foord creates atmospheric abstract paintings that examine the tension between softness and containment, visibility and self-erasure. The works consider how emotion, personal history and inherited expectation become embedded within both body and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDeveloped through an intuitive and materially responsive practice, the exhibition reflects on adaptation as both protection and performance. Paintings are representative of the subtle ways identity is softened, edited or reconfigured in order to belong. Influenced by contemporary interiors, feminine spatial experience and emotional perception, the works construct contemplative environments charged with stillness, vulnerability and quiet resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003cbr\u003eClaire Foord is a South Australian contemporary artist whose atmospheric abstract paintings explore psychological space, emotional memory and embodied experience. Through layered surfaces, restrained palettes and intuitive processes, her work examines tensions between visibility and containment, softness and adaptation. Influenced by feminine spatial psychology, sensory perception and contemporary abstraction, Foord creates contemplative works that investigate the unseen emotional structures shaping identity and environment. Working from regional South Australia, her practice positions abstraction as a language for atmosphere, perception and psychological architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429175128163,"sku":"18166","price":440.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/7773\/0659\/files\/9_9b1bb5c6-0d72-4caa-ad17-3a8b9fd9c837.png?v=1785549631"}],"url":"https:\/\/etienne.com.au\/collections\/claire-foord-sala-2026.oembed","provider":"etienne ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}