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Artists Marijke Jordens and Simon Ratcliffe are based in the county
Clare Arts Office, in conjunction with Clare Museum, are hosting ‘The return of wonder’ by Marijke Jordens and Simon Ratcliffe.
Marijke Jordens is a Belgian artist and singer living in Ennis. She studied life drawing in the Fine Art Academy in Ghent and also studied Archaeology at the University there.
Her work reflects a balance between being and doing, between the intuitive and the craft. In ‘The return of wonder’, Marijke shows her message from within about the dawn of a new way of being, rooted in the celebration of joy and wonder. She has previously exhibited in Kilkee, Ennis, Scarriff, Mountshannon and Barna.
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Since attending art school in 1993, Simon Ratcliffe has continued to practice painting and drawing while working full-time in education. He moved to Clare 20 years ago and from that moment, the Burren has been his constant artistic companion, providing a rich source of inspiration.
Walking the limestone and noticing the music of nature have been the pleasure of his life and these abstract and figurative pen and ink drawings were created in response to the surrealism of the landscape.
‘The return of wonder’ will exhibit in the Clare Museum until September 20.
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