multidisciplinary artist and visual storyteller

 

My work is influenced by folklore, myth, nature and symbolism.

It is created through visual storytelling, where image, symbol and narrative weave together to hold meaning beyond the surface.

Clare-Louise Battersby

I work across painting, drawing and mixed media, creating pieces that hold narrative rather than simply depict an image.

This is not decorative work. Each piece is built as a contained world, designed to reveal itself over time and shift depending on the viewer.

Much of my work explores duality. Growth and decay. Light and shadow. Presence and absence.

Themes and influences

This work exists to reconnect people with story, symbol and the deeper rhythms of the natural world.

Much of my work explores duality. Growth and decay. Light and shadow. Presence and absence.

Influences such as The Morrígan, Persephone and Spandaramet run through the work as echoes of older ways of understanding cycles, transformation and return.

Birds, fungi, flora and symbolic markings appear repeatedly, carrying meaning that is both personal and collective.

Folklore and myth were never just stories. They were ways of understanding life, death, change and uncertainty. That language has been lost, softened or turned into something ornamental.

This practice returns to that origin.

It explores:

  • The relationship between growth and decay
  • The presence of shadow alongside light
  • The idea that meaning is layered, not immediate
  • The quiet, often uncomfortable truths that sit beneath surface beauty

At its core, this work is about truth rather than comfort. It does not ask for permission and it does not require specialist knowledge to be understood.

If something resonates, that is enough.