Daphne mcclure biography

Daphne McClure is well known for her beautifully naïve depictions of Cornwall life. She draws on the area's rich artistic heritage and paints local landscapes that maintain a contemporary and painterly feel.

Daphne's love for the coastline, moorland and fields of Cornwall has been fundamental to her artistic practice. Cornwall has always provided the inspiration behind her most quintessential work.

Daphne McClure was born in Helston, Cornwall, in 1930.

As a student in London she attended the Hornsey College of Art and then Central School of Art before working as a costume designer for the Royal Opera House.

Daphne mcclure biography

Daphne with her husband George and their two children, returned to Cornwall in 1976 to settle in Porthleven, a small picturesque village on Cornwall's south coast. As beautiful as the surrounding landscape was, Daphne was not enticed to paint it.

Several years later a friend happened to show Daphne an aerial photograph of the