Young And Alive

At the tender age of 20, this creative lady has already learned not to worry about other people’s perceptions while embracing her career. Nobody else’s expectations are suppressing her potential while she continues to grow and develop.

- Trevor Lang

Claire Foxton wasn’t brought up in an artistic household. She believes, however, that she was born with a passion for art – and she is grateful to her parents for nurturing the seeds of her creativity.

Claire has developed an amazing talent throughout her youth with the encouragement of her family.

“Apart from a few folk art classes as a grommet, I developed skill on my own – always observing with my eyes and my imagination and mixing the two,” she explains. “Mum tells me that when all the kids were still drawing stick figures, I was drawing full figured people and chairs and tables in 3D perspective! Mum has kept every scribble I have done since I was old enough to hold a pencil. I love going back through all my stuff – it’s awesome to see how I’ve progressed.”

This artist has always been fascinated with color. Even as a two-year-old, she would dress in gaudy hues. She recalls the yellow T-shirt teamed with red tracksuit pants, a red bow in her hair and a pair of gleaming yellow gumboots.

“All through primary school I’d cover each and every page of my school books with color. I’d even line my crayons up in the color spectrum before starting my work,” she reveals. “I entered every coloring-in competition known to man; and when I got too old for those, I started on the art competitions. These won me and my family around $10,000 in cash and prizes!”

Claire painted her first portrait when she was 13, and she fell in love with the possibilities of paint.