Free exhibition of Clare Chinnery's landscape paintings, selected by the Visual Artists Association's OpenSpaces initiative.
Clare Chinnery is showing her landscape paintings at books on the walls this November, as part of the Visual Artists Association OpenSpaces initiative. The exhibition runs from Tuesday 3 November to Saturday 28 November, with a private view on Wednesday 4 November from 6pm to 7.30pm.
Chinnery is a contemporary British artist based on the Wirral who studied Fine Art Painting at Liverpool John Moores University. She works primarily in oils, focusing on colour, atmosphere, light and texture through an expressive approach. While she's best known for her floral still-life paintings, this show focuses on her more recent move into landscapes, inspired by her travels through the UK and Europe. The work combines thick impasto with unexpected bursts of spray paint, and she often takes her titles from quotes in books and song lyrics.
Her work has been shown nationally and internationally, with paintings in private collections in the UK, USA, China and New Zealand. This year she was shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2026 and for the Visual Artists Association's VAO 2026 Awards in London. She was selected under the VAA OpenSpaces initiative to exhibit at books on the walls, which is located at 2 City Walls, Chester, CH1 2JG.
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The private view on Wednesday 4 November runs from 6pm to 7.30pm, and tickets are free, though they need to be booked in advance through Eventbrite or directly with books on the walls. The rest of the exhibition stays open through to Saturday 28 November.
