Clare Conrad English, b. 1948
"I have loved St Ives ever since I first sighted it, aged 18, from the train as it approached Carbis Bay. I remember it so well - a brilliant, sunny day, the 'Island' spread out with sea all around it… breath-taking. The colours, light, and textures have been a major influence in my work: the subtle colours showing through shallow water; tonal gradations of sand and pebbles as they change from wet to dry; dramatic chiaroscuro lighting; and the effects of sun, wind and salt spray on harbourfront paintwork. I try to evoke these features in the surfaces of my pots."
Born in 1948, Herefordshire-based ceramicist Clare Conrad graduated from the University of the West of England, Bristol in 1987. Her innovative ceramics have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the UK and internationally since 1989.
Conrad's works have been featured in many ceramics publications and are in many public and private collections in the UK and abroad, including Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery; Lotherton Hall, Leeds City Art Galleries; and Keramiek Centrum, The Netherlands. She is a Fellow of The Craft Potter's Association and has been represented exclusively in Cornwall by the Porthminster Gallery since 2008.
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WINTER SHOWCASE
Anne Barrell, Clare Conrad, Sasha Wardell, and Ian Harrold 14 Dec 2024 - 28 Feb 2025Read more -
SHOWCASE | NEW WORKS BY JOANNE LAST AND CLARE CONRAD
11 Oct - 2 Nov 2024Read more -
CHRISTMAS SHOW online
22 Dec 2022 - 7 Jan 2023If summertime in St Ives now seems a distant memory – with the recent cold snap – you can now enjoy reliving those happy memories of summer by the sea...Read more -
PENWITH RHYTHMS: ANCIENT AND SACRED LANDSCAPE
Cornwall’s Prehistoric landscape is the focus of this exhibition of guest artists’ works 23 Oct - 27 Nov 2021The dramatic landscape of west Cornwall has captured the imagination of writers and artists for three centuries, and now this ancient and sacred landscape is explored and celebrated anew in...Read more -
RELOCATION
11 Sep - 24 Oct 2020The opening collection at our new premises at 22 Fore Street is a changing showcase of artworks by some of the many established and emerging British Artists whom we represent,...Read more -
RENEWAL
28 Mar - 30 Jun 2020After a long winter of being battered by seemingly constant storms and now the Coronavirus-19 lockdown, Porthminster Gallery begins its 2020 season of specially-curated seasonal shows with an online exhibition...Read more -
COASTAL RHYTHMS
PAINTINGS & CERAMICS BY FOUR ARTISTS 28 Apr - 9 Jun 2018A selling show of new paintings by Angela Charles and Sara Dudman, and new ceramics by Clare Conrad and Sarah Perry, inspired by Cornwall’s changing coastline. The show explores both...Read more -
COAST 10: EIGHT ARTISTS AND THE SEA
13 May - 10 Jun 2017We are very excited to announce our tenth coastal-themed exhibition 'COAST 10', celebrating the wonderful Cornish coastline through the eyes of eight of your favourite established painters and ceramicists:Read more
