Clare Hatcher is a Portrait Artist who paints primarily in oils, but also uses watercolour with coloured pencil, and pen and ink. She lives and works in Dorset England. Photography has become more than just a tool for Clare's work, with portraiture at the forefront, Clare has been doing occasional photography for The Telegraph, as well as private commissions.

One of the most important aspects of Clare's output is the huge range of subjects that she covers. From Portraits to Still Lifes, Landscapes, Animals and Birds, The Countryside and Plants and even Fantasy.

She has exhibited widely in Dorset, but also in Surrey and London. She has exhibited Miniatures, and in the 'Salon De Refuse' at The Llewellyn Alexander Gallery and Medici Gallery in London.
Her work has also been included in a touring Sporting Art Exhibition, travelling to France, Italy,Holland, The Virgin Isles and New York.

Clare has worked as a Freelance Illustrator for some of London's top Publishing Houses, notably, Penguin, Macmillan, Micheal Joseph and Pelham to name but a few.
She has won awards with the London Association of Illustrators and the European Illustrators Association on more than one occasion.

Clare was voted Wiltshire Life best artist for 2007.

This site contains samples of the wide range of subjects from the starkly realistic in style to the more abstract.