About

Claire Sarfeld is a Canadian abstract painter whose work explores the relationship between movement, memory, and place.

Drawing inspiration from the landscapes she inhabits and the experiences that shape daily life, Sarfeld creates paintings that exist between observation and abstraction. Layers of gestural marks, sweeping lines, and fields of colour become visual records of moments that are felt rather than seen. Her compositions often begin without a predetermined outcome, allowing intuition, physical movement, and the properties of paint itself to guide the process.

Working primarily in acrylic, Sarfeld employs a combination of traditional and self-made tools to create distinctive marks and surfaces. The resulting works balance structure and spontaneity, combining energetic passages of paint with quieter moments of reflection. While rooted in abstraction, her paintings are informed by the rhythms of the natural world, the experience of movement through space, and the shifting ways we perceive our surroundings.

Rather than depicting a specific place or narrative, Sarfeld’s work invites viewers to bring their own experiences to the surface, finding familiar traces within colour, gesture, and form.

Sarfeld received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from OCAD University in Toronto. Her work has been exhibited throughout British Columbia and Ontario and is held in private collections across Canada and internationally.