Clare Reilly
Clare Reilly: Eye of the Calm

Clare Reilly: Eye of the Calm


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Clare Reilly: Eye of the Calm is an exploration of New Zealand painter Clare Reilly’s life and work. The mixture of autobiographical writing and gorgeous paintings subtly shows how Reilly’s art and experiences are entwined. Her themes cover the issues of habitat destruction and renewal, depicting native New Zealand birds in the landscape as metaphors for joy. In an increasingly troubled and fast paced world, Reilly’s work offers the viewer a place to reflect on the healing qualities of nature and gather a sense of revitalisation. ‘Eye of the Calm’ was an exhibition title used by Reilly as an expression of her life’s work. This expression is continued here with an insight into her beginnings as an artist and her subsequent career. Reilly has a strong connection to coastal New Zealand and a great love of the country’s wildlife. From first encounters with Tui in her grandmother’s garden to memories of rolling hills overlooking the ever-changing sea, these passions have inspired her work and are brought to life here in a beautiful collection. Experience a sense of calm and hope with this story of a fascinating life told through both words and imagery. Themes including death, grief, finding new paths, and even dance and the joyful movement of birds in flight are explored in a manner that is personal, yet universal. A beautiful, meditative exploration of a life and a life’s work.

About the Author :
New Zealand artist Clare Reilly has been painting and exhibiting since 1976. Her art has achieved international recognition, finding homes across the world. Clare supports conservation projects through her artworks, which express an underlying connection with the natural environment. 

Review :
Clare Reilly’s Eye of the Calm is filled with beautiful paintings of native birds in our New Zealand landscape, and with her life story. The birds in flight in her paintings signify a soaring of spirit, an uplift, and a sense of joy.  When I rest my eyes for a while on them, their joyful presence lifts my mood. I stop ruminating about the harm that Covid is inflicting around the world and worrying whether we can avoid the spread of the Delta variant in New Zealand.  Her life story, the way she stayed true to her own style of painting and went on to achieve an international reputation is also inspiring.  It is a beautiful book, one to treasure. “This beautiful book uses autobiographical writing and prints of more than 100 of Reilly’s gentle and dreamy paintings to provide insight into her life and career as an artist. They reflect on her first encounters with tui, bellbirds and kereru at her grandmother’s house in Dunedin, … and her involvement in various conservation and wildlife support projects. The works illustrate many of Reilly’s favourite themes, including habitat destruction and renewal, and the healing qualities of nature.” “New Zealand artist, conservationist and author Clare Reilly has been painting and writing for more than 40 years, meticulously charting a life defined by deep connections with nature, … She describes her homeland as “an ark of forest and birds, sailing adrift in the Southern Ocean”, and pastel images of the likes of Kokako at Dawn(2014) are accompanied by lyrical verse. Imagine its “haunting bell notes” at first light amid the “fragrant, musty bush” of ancient tree ferns and be transported to a timeless, gentle and enchanting world.” Reilly’s work, featuring mainly native birds flying in resplendent New Zealand native landscapes, is stunning and gets space to soar in this attractively produced Exisle Publishing book which shows off to maximum affect her art as well as telling her story. Always at peace in nature, Reilly developed a passion for conservation and supporting conservation projects which, in turn, continue to fuel her work and highlight connections with the natural environment. Eye of the calm captures a vision of a life lived with commitment and dedication where a sense of joy, hope, renewal and powerful elements of secular spirituality shine through in art which is striking and eye-catching yet also tranquil and calming. "Familiar to many from a popular line of calendars and greeting cards- are beautifully reproduced here with a richness of colour that captures the clear light of a new Zealand summer."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781775594291
  • Publisher: Exisle Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Exisle Publishing
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 144
  • Sub Title: Eye of the Calm
  • Width: 254 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1775594297
  • Publisher Date: 06 Oct 2021
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 898 gr


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