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Claude Lester

Claude Lester

The Bear House, Sculpture & Photography

I am a multi-media artist, wildlife photographer and sculptor.

I am inspired by the forms in nature from canyons to caterpillars, predators to prey.

I often  start by taking photographs of wildlife in their natural environment.  Sometimes I am happy to create a creature in a stylised but essentially  realistic form but other times I use what I have captured as the source  of my ideas to create an abstracted

shape  from my emotional response. I work with any material which I think  appropriate, mostly stone and metal. Using new materials and repurposing

Ashdown Forest Open Studios

Friday 4th September 2026

Saturday 5th September 2026

Sunday 6th September 2026

Open 10am - 5pm each day

Exhibition Dates

Application Deadlines

Open Friday 2nd January 2026

Close Wednesday 15th April 2026​​​

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