ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Clara Woods
Get to know Clara and check out her artwork available through the Positive Work Art Auction, going live January 16th, 2024!
“In Clara's world, everyone is invited to celebrate inclusion and diversity. Through her art and social media channels, Clara spreads the message that each one of us has unique gifts and talents to share. By sharing her own story, she inspires others to rise and shine.
Clara has been featured in Forbes, Grazia, ArtsLife, and other major publications. She is also the subject of two documentaries and two children's books.
Clara lives, studies and creates her art in Huntington Beach, California since Christmas 2020.”
“Clara is a painter, an artist and a model who experienced a prenatal stroke. As a result, she cannot read, write, or speak. However, she does understand Portuguese, Italian, and English.
In 2018, with the support of her family, Clara was inspired by Frida Kahlo, her muse, to make her first exhibition. This exhibition took place in Florence, Italy, where Clara was born.
Since then, Clara has made around 30 exhibitions on three continents, and in 2021, Louis Vuitton hosted Clara's art show in Art Basel, Miami. She sold over 700 paintings internationally and moved to California after receiving her American Visa as an extraordinary talent.”
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CLARA’S FEATURED ART
Freak Out
Acrylic on Canvas. 36”x24”.
“Clara woke up and wanted to paint some abstracts on a Saturday morning. When Clara paints an abstract, she puts off her emotions and things that she could not communicate or something we do not know to understand.
Freak out has some glitter to sparkle our days, blue reflecting the sky, and lots of tons of fuchsia to assure us that it is ok to be ourselves.
While Clara was doing this artwork, she danced all the time. Too bad that I could not do a video. I was trying to save the studio because of the quantity of paint Clara used and the vigorous brush strokes' stains.
It is a beautiful process to watch because you can see feelings coming out from the brush strokes, the quantity of paint that Clara is using, and from her movements. It has passion; it has joy; it has the freedom to move; it has Clara being 100% Clara.”