The common theme in Clare's work is an attempt to create an atmosphere in response to her subject, either landscape or figure, with the use of colour and tone. Her travel in Kenya has inspired a body of work which responds to the wonderful aura of the country and its people.
Clare works in a variety of media. Whilst in the field she uses watercolour and pencil in her sketchbooks. Back in her studio she works mainly in oil on canvas.
Clare began her professional career whilst a student at Cambridge University by selling drawings to tourists. Since those early beginnings she has carried out numerous portrait and other commissions, including a portrait of the past president of the Law Society which now hangs in the Law Society's Hall, Chancery Lane. Clare has exhibited widely, including four One Man Shows and for the last two years, at the Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition.