I have always been inspired by the circle as both a symbol and a tool of design. As an illustrator and image maker, I am fascinated by its versatility and its aesthetic value. How it withholds all and has everything emerge out of it; everything from humans to nature revolving in a circular way.
My work is concerned with sustainability, texture, urban environments, the natural world, and the expressive use of colour, underpinned by accompanying research and contextual study of circles in different forms. I am always trying to find a level of wholeness and balance in the process of my research and its outcomes.
Through image making, narrative illustration, and moving image, I was able to explore the wholeness, unity, entity and perfection of the circle. In particular, how life is without beginning or end and the balance of such in between.
Claire-Marie Moran
How can a circle be more than just a shape using Illustration, Image Design and Moving Image
she/her
Research

Eye see Circles

Zoetrope strips

Circle publication

Circle publication

Umbuthano, Silent Book, reusing images in a different way

Umbuthano

Umbuthano

moon flower

Endless time of movement

Endless Time of movement