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CLAIRE PETRIE

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My work as a painter over the past few years has varied from set painting, cloth painting and prop painting in theatre, film, events, retail and fashion. Each job has demanded a specific type of painting, meaning that I have worked on creating various woodgrains, stains, brick and stone effects, gilded and rusted metal, smooth airbrush gradients as well as sign painting, image replication and fake oil paintings.  


'Rhinegold'- The English National Opera

'Rhinegold'- The English National Opera

Painted expanding foam cast

'Rhinegold'- The English National Opera

'Rhinegold'- The English National Opera

Faux Mahogany grain desk

'Rhinegold'- The English National Opera

'Rhinegold'- The English National Opera

Faux Mahogany grain desk

Rhinegold- The English National Opera

Rhinegold- The English National Opera

Faux Mahogany grain desk

'Iolanthe'- The English National Opera

'Iolanthe'- The English National Opera

Faux marble and alabaster

'Iolanthe'- The English National Opera

'Iolanthe'- The English National Opera

Hermes Odyssey Window- MDM Props

Hermes Odyssey Window- MDM Props

Airbrush gradients onto card

Hermes Odyssey Window- MDM Props

Hermes Odyssey Window- MDM Props

Airbrush gradients onto card

'Peter Grimes' The English National Opera

'Peter Grimes' The English National Opera

Faux weathered fisherman boxes

'Call me Everyday'-Chris Brown music video

'Call me Everyday'-Chris Brown music video

Set painting

'Call me Everyday' Chris Brown music video

'Call me Everyday' Chris Brown music video

Set Painting

'Call me Everyday' Chris Brown music video

'Call me Everyday' Chris Brown music video

Set painting

'Call me Everyday' Chris Brown music video

'Call me Everyday' Chris Brown music video

Set painting

'Akhnaten'- The English National Opera

'Akhnaten'- The English National Opera

Scenic touch-ups

'Dead City'- The English National Opera

'Dead City'- The English National Opera

Faux formica hospital bed
Photograph by Helen Murray

'Dead City'- The English National Opera

'Dead City'- The English National Opera

Scenic and prop touch-ups
Photograph by Helen Murray

'Dead City'- The English National Opera

'Dead City'- The English National Opera

Aged copper paint

'Dead City'- The English National Opera

'Dead City'- The English National Opera

Aged Brass paint

'Cosi Fan Tutte'- English National Opera

'Cosi Fan Tutte'- English National Opera

'Cosi Fan Tutte'- English National Opera

'Cosi Fan Tutte'- English National Opera

Rusty red tricycle

'Cosi Fan Tutte'- English National Opera

'Cosi Fan Tutte'- English National Opera

Rusty red tricycle

'Cosi Fan Tutte'- English National Opera

'Cosi Fan Tutte'- English National Opera

Rusty red tricycle

Rusted Metal Effect- DAP Scenic Short Course

Rusted Metal Effect- DAP Scenic Short Course

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

Faux oak grain benches

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

Faux oak grain benches

Mahogany Woodgrain effect- DAP Scenic Short Course

Mahogany Woodgrain effect- DAP Scenic Short Course

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Rhinegold'- English National Opera

'Rhinegold'- English National Opera

Paint and breakdown on expanding foam

'Rhinegold'- English National Opera

'Rhinegold'- English National Opera

Paint and breakdown on expanding foam

Oak Woodgrain Effect

Oak Woodgrain Effect

'The Handmaid's Tale'- English National Opera

'The Handmaid's Tale'- English National Opera

Black Gloss spray finish

'The Handmaid's Tale'- English National Opera

'The Handmaid's Tale'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'King Lear'- Shakespeare's Globe

'King Lear'- Shakespeare's Globe

Set Painting
Photograph by Johan Persson

'King Lear'- Shakespeare's Globe

'King Lear'- Shakespeare's Globe

Rusted set and props

'King Lear'- Shakespeare's Globe

'King Lear'- Shakespeare's Globe

Rusted iron set and props

'The Handmaid's Tale'- English National Opera

'The Handmaid's Tale'- English National Opera

'Raleigh'- Shakespeare's Globe

'Raleigh'- Shakespeare's Globe

'Raleigh'- Shakespeare's Globe

'Raleigh'- Shakespeare's Globe

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Yeoman of the Guard'- English National Opera

'Secret Theatre'- Shakespeare's Globe

'Secret Theatre'- Shakespeare's Globe

Portrait painting and breakdown on canvas

'Secret Theatre'- Shakespeare's Globe

'Secret Theatre'- Shakespeare's Globe

Portrait painting and breakdown on canvas

'Secret Theatre'- Shakespeare's Globe

'Secret Theatre'- Shakespeare's Globe

Portrait painting and breakdown on canvas

Trompe L'oeil- DAP Scenic Short Course

Trompe L'oeil- DAP Scenic Short Course

'And Juliet'- Souvenir Scenic Studios

'And Juliet'- Souvenir Scenic Studios

'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'- Souvenir Scenic Studios

'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'- Souvenir Scenic Studios

Set painting

'Henry V'- Shakespeare's Globe

'Henry V'- Shakespeare's Globe

Aged oak and charcoal drawing

Terracotta Style Tiling- DAP Scenic Short Course

Terracotta Style Tiling- DAP Scenic Short Course

'The Cunning Little Vixen'- English National Opera

'The Cunning Little Vixen'- English National Opera

Paint and breakdown

Distressed Wood Panelling- DAP Scenic Short Course

Distressed Wood Panelling- DAP Scenic Short Course

'Variant 31'- London, Holborn

'Variant 31'- London, Holborn

Set painting with Gemstage Productions

'HMS Pinafore'- English National Opera

'HMS Pinafore'- English National Opera

Painting on fibreglass boat

'Bartholomew Fayre'- Shakespeare's Globe

'Bartholomew Fayre'- Shakespeare's Globe

Painted benches

'It's not Perverse, It's Mothers' Short film- Anouska Samms

'It's not Perverse, It's Mothers' Short film- Anouska Samms

Painted canvas

'It's not Perverse, It's Mothers' Short film- Anouska Samms

'It's not Perverse, It's Mothers' Short film- Anouska Samms

Painted Canvas

'The merry wives of windsor'- Shakespeare's Globe

'The merry wives of windsor'- Shakespeare's Globe

Photographer- Helen Murray

Flagstone Effect- DAP Scenic Short Course

Flagstone Effect- DAP Scenic Short Course

White Carrara Marble Effect- DAP Scenic Short Course

White Carrara Marble Effect- DAP Scenic Short Course

'Henry VI'- Shakeseare's Globe

'Henry VI'- Shakeseare's Globe

Marble Flooring

'The Canterville Ghost'- The Unicorn

'The Canterville Ghost'- The Unicorn

Proscenium Arches

'The Canterville Ghost'- The Unicorn

'The Canterville Ghost'- The Unicorn

Proscenium Arches

'The Canterville Ghost'- The Unicorn

'The Canterville Ghost'- The Unicorn

Proscenium Arches

Google Home Exhibit- MDM Props

Google Home Exhibit- MDM Props

Prop painting and breakdown

Google Home Exhibit- MDM Props

Google Home Exhibit- MDM Props

Prop painting and breakdown

'The Prince of Egypt'- MDM Props

'The Prince of Egypt'- MDM Props

Hot wire, foam carve and cladding

'The Prince of Egypt'- MDM Props

'The Prince of Egypt'- MDM Props

Hot wire, foam carve and cladding

'The Handmaids Tale'- English National Opera

'The Handmaids Tale'- English National Opera

Painting and breaking down 40 suitcases

Wallpaper and breakdown- DAP Scenic Short Course

Wallpaper and breakdown- DAP Scenic Short Course

Wallpaper and breakdown- DAP Scenic Short Course

Wallpaper and breakdown- DAP Scenic Short Course

'Twelfth Night'- Shakespeare's Globe

'Twelfth Night'- Shakespeare's Globe

Life Buoy Painting

Griffin Primary School Playground- A-Line Arts

Griffin Primary School Playground- A-Line Arts

Griffin Primary School Playground- A-Line Arts

Griffin Primary School Playground- A-Line Arts

'Boudica'-Shakespeare's Globe

'Boudica'-Shakespeare's Globe