• Portfolio
  • Store
  • Resources
  • About
  • Blog
Menu

Claire O'Brien Art, Illustration and Graphic Novels with a hint of magic, fantasy and folklore.

Art, Illustration and Graphic Novels with a hint of magic
  • Portfolio
  • Store
  • Resources
  • About
  • Blog

Welcome to my art portfolio, my name is Claire O’Brien and I am an Artist, Illustrator and Lecturer creating fantasy art, illustrations and graphic novels with a hint of magic, whimsy and folklore. I have artwork for sale in my Store and articles on my Blog and you can find my bio on the About page.

What I'd Rather Be Doing by Claire O'Brien Artist

Gouache painting of Claire O’Brien as a witch, painting in the forest while having a cup of tea brewed from a copper kettle over a fire. Click here to buy a print

What I'd Rather Be Doing by Claire O'Brien, Artist
What I'd Rather Be Doing by Claire O'Brien, Artist

What I'd Rather Be Doing Gouache painting by Claire O'Brien, Artist showing a witch painting in the forest while drinking tea

Sledging on Worm Hill

sledgingatwormhillmedium.jpg

Night Flight

Gouache illustration of a young witch taking a night flight on her broom and encountering a swirl of bats.

witch_claire_obrien.jpg

Sports Day

C-OBrien-Sports-Day-illo-1.jpg

The Burning Wheel (Midsummer)

BurningWheelbyClaireOBrien.jpg

Under Ice

Ink drawing of a hand underwater for Page 11 of my Mini Comic, Under Ice, words by Kate Bush. Made for for the daily drawing challenge during October Inktober 2016.

Under Ice Page 11
Under Ice Page 11

Hunky Dory

Sepia ink drawing illustration for playwright Tess Humphrey

Hunky Dory Final with text.jpg

In a Watery Land of Boats and Bridges...

Gouache and ink rough tonal painting of a spread from a work in progress children's picture book "Nico's Path" showing a sad boy in a gondola boat, sailing on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy.

claire_obrien_nico_spread_01.jpg

Laughing in the Leaves

Brush and ink drawing of two children and a dog throwing Autumn leaves in the air. A recent commission.

laughing_in_leaves_claire_obrien.jpg

Horsebox by Claire O'Brien

An ink drawing made for a friend's blog header, a writer who works and travels in her horse box with her dogs.

horse_box_claire_obrien.jpg

Maine Coon Kitten

Maine Coon Kitten ink and pencil drawing by Claire O’Brien, Artist

Maine Coon Kitten by Claire O'Brien, Artist
Maine Coon Kitten by Claire O'Brien, Artist

Maine Coon Kitten - Ink and Pencil Drawing by Claire O'Brien

prev / next
Back to Claire O'Brien Art Portfolio - gouache paintings, ink drawings and original prints
What I'd Rather Be Doing
1
What I'd Rather Be Doing
1
Sledging on Worm Hill
1
Night Flight
1
Sports Day
1
The Burning Wheel (Midsummer)
Under Ice Page 11
1
Under Ice Comic
Hunky Dory Final closer with text.jpg
1
HunkyDory
1
In a Watery Land of Boats and Bridges...
1
Laughing in the Leaves
horse_box_claire_obrien.jpg
1
Horsebox
Maine Coon Kitten by Claire O'Brien, Artist
1
Maine Coon Kitten

Sign up to my artist newsletter

Enter your email address to receive my art news and updates.

I respect your privacy and promise not to spam you.

Thank you!

Claire O’Brien makes art, illustrations and graphic novels working mainly with Gouache, Ink and Digital. She also teaches art at South Tyneside College. This is her art portfolio website. Check out her Instagram below for tri-weekly updates and gouache plein airs.

It’s lovely to be back making art, it has been too long. This is from my second attempt at the cover of my Lambton Worm graphic novel.  It’s a tiny drawing of Lambton Castle that is set in the distance that no one will probably notice, so
I don’t know if I’ll be able to complete this challenge as I currently have two jobs plus the kids but here’s my Green Man made as demo for one of my classes but with #folktober in mind, and as it is a #monoprint it can also be an #
This is my first attempt at a Tonalist painting. It’s a plein air gouache of Heworth Golf Course where I kept the colour as cool as I could and made the tones very similar. Did I succeed? Worth trying again? #tonalism #tonalistlandscape #landsc

Powered by Squarespace