Kentucky Foundation for Women Art Meets Activism grant recipient.
2009 - 2014
Co-developer, Art for Health.
Art for Health programs involved creating community artwork based on themes of healthy food and sustainable agriculture. Artmaking brought awareness through experiential learning.
2004
Waterfront Park Place commissioned public lobby murals.
These murals are inspired by the Ohio River. The charcoal underdrawing plays a critical role in the surface of the final piece. It is a technique I have continued to explore and develop ever since this first endeavor.
2001
Abiocor Heart illustration was published on the front page of The New York Times.
I originally intended at least a side career as a medical illustrator, but eventually fully devoted to painting.
1996 - 2015
Multiple commissioned interior decorative murals, often scenic in nature.
“American Arboretum” 7’ x 30’ acrylic on canvas.1992
Seeking out natural environments on a 6-month cross-country camping/plein-air painting expedition.
1990 - 1991
Modeworks, mural painting, and design, New York, NY, where I first learned the fundamental mechanics of working large-scale.
1990
The Graduate School of Figurative Art at The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY. Masters of Fine Art, Painting and Drawing.
“Portrait of Gaia”, 4’ x 4’, egg tempera.
My thesis painting was inspired by James Lovelock’s Gaia Principle, which describes the earth as a single, living organism with the atmosphere, biosphere, and oceans influencing one another.
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Clare Hirn’s Studio
1635 Story Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
502.802.4744
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