https://www.clairedrummondart.com/home daily 1.0 2025-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/1770595478345-8A65MD1BSF6X7LYQI0V7/2.%25252BI%25252Bdidn%25252527t%25252Bhave%25252Ba%25252Bpractice%25252Bfor%25252Ba%25252Byear....jpg Claire Drummond Art Photo credit: Marc Bider https://www.clairedrummondart.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-07-17 https://www.clairedrummondart.com/about daily 0.75 2025-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/77e95649-9b82-4cad-8bfc-eebff9c7bb42/Akimbo01-ClaireDrummondPortrait+%281%29.jpg https://www.clairedrummondart.com/thewaves daily 0.75 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/cac7027b-9d45-49fe-a952-ba14a3c649bb/IMG_9421.jpg The Waves Stuck like a limpet to the same rock, 2026, Oil on canvas, 38" x 60" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/c84bb9dc-34d0-4b64-845d-d400390cdfd9/IMG_0011.jpg The Waves The moon rides through blue seas alone, 2026, Oil on canvas, 30" x 36" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/1771514004567-F6AFJ6XLAR3MSGPIS1NM/Laden%2Bwith%2Bsoft%2Blimbs.jpg The Waves Laden with soft limbs, 2025, Oil on canvas, 12" x 9", Photo credit: Marc Bider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/ef55eb66-730a-47f7-b1ad-e235e576fd00/4.+Here+on+the+verge+of+things.jpeg The Waves Here on the verge of things, 2024, Oil on paper mounted on wood panel, 33" x 50" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/d4f8159d-03da-4f77-bf78-c30a23c7847e/6.+I+lay+like+a+stone+under+water.jpeg The Waves I lay like a stone under water, 2024, Oil on canvas, 48" x 72", Photo credit: Marc Bider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/e1ce7d20-463f-411f-b8f1-d6c7ae02816c/3.jpg The Waves Looped light curve, 2025, Oil on paper mounted on wood panel, 48" x 33" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/25ac4c93-9471-46e9-ae75-b1a235d6cc79/2.+The+circle+of+light+narrows.jpg The Waves The circle of light narrows, 2025, Oil on paper mounted on wood panel, 40" x 28" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/8ed56194-175d-4ec6-8277-7652673f1fb7/10.+The+waves+drew+back+with+a+long+growl.jpg The Waves The waves drew back with a long growl, 2025, Oil on paper, 50" x 79" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/9b6321ba-4106-45c7-a3ae-dddac4e8f67e/5.+Like+the+thud+of+a+great+beast+stamping.jpeg The Waves Like the thud of a great beast stamping, 2025, Oil on paper mounted on wood panel, 37" x 45", Photo credit: Marc Bider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/1547f533-b332-4a0e-8fcd-b72d58df8db2/1.jpeg The Waves There is no single shape, 2024, Oil on canvas, 48" x 60", Photo credit: Marc Bider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/42011835-19d8-4fbe-9f6a-017d8932fbd4/4.jpeg The Waves When the sun is gone, I glow with what remains, 2024, Oil on canvas, 60" x 48", Photo credit: Marc Bider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/21f25650-fa35-4b63-933e-3fa2b99db09c/Traversed+by+wandering+moths.jpg The Waves Night opens; night traversed by wandering moths, 2025, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/343ca1fc-3029-45e1-bc6e-4cb41a5f3965/2.jpeg The Waves Body of time, 2025, Oil on canvas, 60" x 72", Photo credit: Marc Bider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/08f5a5c3-9f8c-4434-bc14-60ae415cece2/Untitled-33.jpg The Waves So I am drawn back and hesitate, 2024, Oil on paper, 48" x 69" https://www.clairedrummondart.com/pastels-1 daily 0.75 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/1764020706357-HAXNM01T0CGCF5YL4UYP/Untitled-14%252B%2525283%252529.jpg Pastels But this is a thin dream, soft pastel on paper, 30.5 x 37 in., 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/1764020732208-TBKTT0CZPW0Y2G69CN0M/Untitled-31%252B%2525283%252529.jpg Pastels The Quickening, soft pastel on paper, 30 x 44 in., 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/1764020748824-D2FFQ1PZKV5WEI0QPZF2/Untitled-10%2B%25282%2529.jpg Pastels Untitled, soft pastel on paper, 30 x 44 in., 2024 https://www.clairedrummondart.com/artworkcarework daily 0.75 2025-11-24 https://www.clairedrummondart.com/artworkcarework/artworkcarework monthly 0.5 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/13f1cf1f-45b5-4e55-a39b-e4e19ba54b80/3.+But+honestly+I+had+to+cut+that+limb+off....jpg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - K'jipuktuk Halifax (2022-2023) But I honestly had to cut that limb off almost. Not to make you feel any sort of guilt, but I knew that if I kept feeling that pull to go do that, it meant not being available to you guys and being angry at you guys in a way I didn’t want to be angry or resentful, just like “leave me alone I’m trying to do something” - Portrait of Gail McGowan and Claire Drummond, 2023, Oil on canvas, 72" x 60" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/a4ef31e0-470d-4122-90c1-7f11a29eb52e/5.+Back+to+the+shape+of+my+family....jpeg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - K'jipuktuk Halifax (2022-2023) Back to the shape of my family with my partner and more broadly queer family, because we’ve worked to define something that isn’t the most obvious norm of nuclear families in the western white blah blah, then we’ve spent time considering what people’s roles are and what they do and I think that helps us notice and give appreciation about care, because it’s like, I asked for this kind of care, then you gave it to me, and then I said thank you - Portrait of Emily and Margie Davidson and Thando, 2022, Oil on canvas, 42" x 54" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/701bf858-5a9c-41e8-bf25-ead1bea57a96/3.+Claire+Drummond_But+honestly...+and+Back+to...+%28Gallery+installation+view%29.jpeg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - K'jipuktuk Halifax (2022-2023) Installation view, Anna Leonowens Gallery Halifax, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/ccee3948-a72d-4032-8e08-12ba394574c7/6.+Things+come+to+you+in+a+moment....jpeg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - K'jipuktuk Halifax (2022-2023) Things come to you in a moment of inspiration. It’s hard to be able to capture that whim, but especially since having a kid, I often don’t get to capture that moment, and I really have to tuck it away and hope that I can access it later. And as a musician, I was kind of beating myself up because really, until about a year ago, I was not playing my instruments very much. And it wasn’t until I had this time that she wasn’t home that I really realized “okay, it’s because the only time I had to make music was at night, my landlords lives upstairs, my instruments are really loud, and during her naptimes, if I made any noise, she would wake up”. Like as soon as I started to sing, she would hear that and wake up… now she does quiet time in the afternoon, so I can usually get about 20 or 30 minutes and make some noise, she does sometimes go “stop making that noise, it’s quiet time”. It’s really challenged me to just get over it. I just fucking do the hard thing or I don’t get to be an artist - Portrait of Blue Lobelia (Rachel Bruch) and Rosa, 2023, Oil on canvas, 54" x 42" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/506c24aa-5e4a-4f6a-b35f-67275d1f1daa/7.+Claire+Drummond_Being+pregnant+with+Gigi...+.jpg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - K'jipuktuk Halifax (2022-2023) Being pregnant with Gigi started up my art practice… As Gigi grew, it became more about trying to balance having time for my art practice. So that’s where I hope I can keep going with it… I want to, but it’s hard - Portrait of Julia Hutt, Gigi and Jamel, 2022, Oil on canvas, 54" x 42" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/ddfa3f21-3b4b-4e26-bfd1-a552f127e78c/6.+Claire+Drummond_Now+that+I%27m+working+more....jpg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - K'jipuktuk Halifax (2022-2023) Now that I'm working more, I definitely don't have much time to like paint or anything. ‘Cause I'm just so tired. But when I do have like a break, I usually paint with her… I go to work and I literally just come home and do it all over again. But when I'm free, we do have time to create sometimes, if I'm up to it. I still have pieces that I've never finished - Portrait of Kordeena Clayton and Blessing, 2023, Oil on canvas, 42" x 54" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/850c9669-2c5e-44c7-8dd4-8de5c100d181/5.+Claire+Drummond_There%27s+just+no+way....jpeg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - K'jipuktuk Halifax (2022-2023) There’s just no way that I could support my family by myself, and we realized when she was little that even if I did take a job that would not be an artist job, all of my money would go towards paying for childcare. And when there’s an opportunity, do art… I really still can only afford to do work when she’s in school. But for now, my choice is to be the stay-at-home parent and be an artist when I can… I’m creative all the time with my kid, I play so many characters for her. So that’s how I was able to sort of keep it going, keep it alive, having that creative world with my kid. It’s so much fun, I just need time with adults too - Portrait of AJ, Kiddo and Mo the Puppet, 2023, Oil on canvas, 48" x 36" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/5f438087-129e-40c7-bcf8-9f64678f38c7/4.+I+guess+I+didn%27t+really....jpeg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - K'jipuktuk Halifax (2022-2023) I guess I didn’t really think that having a kid would really affect my practice in the way that it has, like I didn’t think I would be so obsessed with him and my feelings towards him or my feelings towards this new reality of being a parent - Portrait of Carrie Allison, 2023, Oil on canvas, 36" x 48" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/23ccdf14-a21e-4268-b604-d01b52b46b8d/I+have+some+existential+questions...+.jpg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - K'jipuktuk Halifax (2022-2023) I have some existential questions because I’m doing a lot of caregiving on my parents’ side because my mom has very advanced stages of dementia and my dad is also pretty high on my worry list. But it’s interesting to see Maya and my mom – they’re kind of at the same stage at opposite spectrums in terms of communication and verbalism because I can see Maya’s skills building but my mom’s skills diminishing. But I’m trying not to frame it as diminishing, that’s just her new state. So I’m in a place of observation, but it’s eliciting a lot of existential questions and I have a feeling it’s definitely going to fold into my artwork - Portrait of Sara Coffin, Diane and Maya, 2023, Oil on canvas, 42" x 54" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/8267aaf9-8d3b-4f50-9981-3fd82b4aa188/7.+Claire+Drummond_I+feel+like+I+know+so+much+more+about+what+life+is...+.jpg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - K'jipuktuk Halifax (2022-2023) I feel like I know so much more about what life is having had babies and having had the babies have some big threats to them. You can see the world through this lens of all of these people taking care of other people and it’s everywhere. It’s really good to look at that, and it’s connecting and it’s bonding and it’s a kind of solidarity that we’re often encouraged to disregard - Portrait of Erica Mendritzki, Orhan and Leander, 2023, Oil on canvas, 54" x 42" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/e282189a-802e-47c7-af62-a8e8808a37f2/14.+Claire+Drummond_Now+that+I%27m+not+depressed...+.jpg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - K'jipuktuk Halifax (2022-2023) Now that I’m not depressed with a child inside of me, I can have more perspective on this stuff. But I couldn’t believe how quickly people came out to be like “you fucked up”. Like I had somebody just straight up say to me, two people actually, in these exact words, “your career was really starting to take off”. And I got it very frequently, people started asking me when my job listing was coming up at CFAT. And I kept saying, “I’m not quitting, I’m just taking mat leave” and they were like “okay, wink wink”. There was just this understanding that I was going to disappear into the night. I felt like I was at my own funeral while I was pregnant, it just was so constant - Portrait of Tori Fleming, Frank and Harvey, 2022, Oil on canvas, 48" x 36" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/de5afa12-df46-4cec-a781-6cec555cefa1/9.+Claire+Drummond_I+can+be+practicing+when+I+was+home...+.jpg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - K'jipuktuk Halifax (2022-2023) I can be practicing when I was home nursing for 8 hours a day. I can practice listening, I can practice composition, how do I pick up my baby, how do I hold my baby, how long does it take? How can I be in my body when it’s happening, how can I feel the frustration of not being able to move but know that that’s part of that practice? And then how do I make dinner a practice, like what’s the sound of picking the pot up? This is a little bit also going crazy, but how do you survive, right? And the world is compositional, the world is artistic, you don’t need to be in a dance studio in dance clothes to make art - Portrait of Susanne Chui, Oscar and Zadie, 2023, Oil on canvas, 36" x 48" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/52ddeadc-e93a-4f8e-9cb0-d982cc2a7726/ClaireDrummond_12GalleryInstallationView.jpg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - K'jipuktuk Halifax (2022-2023) Installation view, Anna Leonowens Gallery Halifax, 2023 https://www.clairedrummondart.com/artworkcarework/artworkcarework-aapz5 monthly 0.5 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/1770595526698-TEBS99M33XLJNCR15A4B/I%252Bdidn%252527t%252Bhave%252Ba%252Bpractice%252Bfor%252Ba%252Byear...%252B.jpg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - Tio'tia:ke Montreal (2025-ongoing) I didn't have a practice for a year, which was a huge change, and during that time, I didn't have a studio. I had to be present with her pretty much most of the time, so it didn't work for me to rent a space. So I started to think about "how can I change my practice, how can I find a compromise between our life circumstances and things that I love to do"? So I started to do photographs and do videos and in the younger years of my practice, I used to do a lot of prints and zines and work with collage, so I started to think of how that can be part of my practice since it's way more approachable. I can just work from my home, from our living room. I can read -- reading, that was a big part, I started to do reading at home, a lot of theory that I would previously do in the studio as part of my process. Now I started to do that at home, and I can when she's playing or when she's napping, during those moments. It made me prioritize my practice so so much because I just don't have much time now, so all of the free time that I have is so precious, so I try to really think of my time being here [in the studio] as radical self-care - Portrait of Ksenia Kil and Agna, 2025, Oil on canvas, 48" x 60", Photo credit: Marc Bider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61881cb864986159944c95ed/1770595553672-TI0ED8J6YCQ5HFJY3XJ0/I%25E2%2580%2599m%2Bstill%2Bsuch%2Ba%2Bvictim%2Bof....jpg Art Work Care Work - Art Work Care Work - Tio'tia:ke Montreal (2025-ongoing) I’m still such a victim of this hierarchical notion of art-making and just being like “no one wants to see me make a sock”. I don’t know! A lot of my stuff is so family orientated. I think about, "What am I doing now? I’m darning socks and knitting sweaters, I want to make a new slip-cover for my couch", it’s all so home and family oriented — is that, is that okay? It’s like, I’m not a man sculpting. Should I be a man sculpting something? - Portrait of Hannah Goodman (Hannah Isolde) and Chloé, 2025, Oil on canvas, 36" x 96", Photo credit: Marc Bider