A biography of Claire Murray (illustrator)

Claire Murray is a freelance illustrator who lives and works in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her style is bold and colourful with a contemporary edginess. Her illustrations are executed with a child-like simplicity and flair. She has worked on a variety of projects from product packaging to characters illustrations for websites. Claire Murray’s work biography is a star-studded affair.

Education

Claire completed her Standard Grade and Higher Grade Art courses at school. She then went on to complete a four-year degree at the Edinburgh College of Art. She specialised in illustration. She graduated in 2006 and went on to do a lot of high-level work.

Her work

Illustrations Claire’s primary focus is children’s illustrations. However, she is very accomplished at drawing celebrity portraits and product illustrations. She has worked with the renowned TV chef and food campaigner Jamie Oliver in his 'Jamie at Home' collection. She has produced illustrations for his product catalogue, his baking set packaging, his
grow-at-home seed packaging and his cooking at home cards. Blog The illustrator blog on her website, through her social commentary, showcases her sense of humour . She features portraits (caricatures) of X-Factor judges, comedians, TV chefs and reality TV stars. She seems to have an obsession with X-Factor contestants. 'The Joy of Hate' 'The Joy of Hate' is Claire’s zine. She releases her frustrations over daily irritations through quick and funny sketches. Some of her frustrations include a house guest who scrapes the crumb-coasted margarine off of his knife back into the tub and cats which are oblivious as to how a litter box works. There are two editions of the zine available for purchase. You could peruse a collection of sketches on the 'Joy of Hate' website.

View her work

Claire Murray’s work and blog can be viewed at Clairemurray.co.uk. Some of her illustrations and her zine 'The Joy of Hate' can be purchased from Cbm.bigcartel.com. You can view some illustrations for her frustration zine 'The Joy of Hate' at Thejoyofhate.com. Her work has been featured on Theydrawandtravel.com, a website with a collection of city “maps” which were contributed by various illustrators. The sister website to 'They Draw and Travel,' Theydrawandcook.com features a collection of Claire’s work which showcases her 'Dusty and Trev' characters.