Clare Fazackerley

A graduate of Fine Art, Clare Fazackerley creates paintings that blend traditional still life composition with unexpected narrative twists. By infusing the everyday with wit and humour, she transforms familiar objects and scenes into moments of surprise and delight.

Alongside her personal practice, Clare works as a senior art consultant, collaborating with architects and designers to design, source, commission, and install artworks in both land-based and marine environments.

Her guiding principle is simple: “My art should make you and your eyes happy.”

Leicester Comedy Foxtival

Each year, the Leicester Comedy Festival draws audiences from far and wide to venues across the city, filling pubs, theatres, and bars with sharp wit, big belly laughs, and unforgettable performances.

The Comedy Festival takes a playful new form in the work of local artist Clare Fazackerley, whose diptych for Street Stories imagines the festival through the eyes of Leicester’s most elusive residents – its foxes.

In the first painting, a confident fox takes to the stage at The Real Ale Classroom on Rutland Street: the much-loved bar co-owned by Clare’s partner Ian, delivering its set with perfect comedic timing.

The second painting flips the view, revealing three foxes in the audience, each responding in their own way. Seen together, Clare’s paintings invite passers-by to pause, smile, and perhaps imagine the punchline for themselves.

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