Provenance:

Ex Collection of Jeffrey Harris (Artist)

Fletcher Trust Collection

Still Life With Jug and Paint Brushes, created in the last decade of Clairmont's short life embodies many key elements associated with his work. A pupil of Rudolf Gopas, Clairmont's work was influenced by van Gogh, Francis Bacon and of course his contemporaries Allen Maddox and Tony Fomison.

His complex compositions appear spontaneous but there is more to them than meets the eye. Clairmont obsessively painted and repainted familiar objects. This work was completed in his Waikanae garage studio. The photograph to the right shows the small table on which Clairmont arranged objects to be painted, along with mirrors which added drama and distortion to forms he captured on canvas.