Emergence: An art exhibit featuring Dready and Claire at the Beach
As one of the events of Cayman Art Week, on 29 May, Claire at the Beach – the artist name of Claire Pettinati – opened her North Church Street studio to reveal a new body of work, and alongside it, a sharply contrasting but equally evolving direction from Shane “Dready” Aquârt. Two artists, two visual languages, standing in the same room and showing what happens when an artist lets something new rise to the surface.
Walking into Claire’s studio feels less like entering a space and more like stepping into a moment – one that is still moving, still breathing. Her walls hold not merely paintings, but weather systems: luminous canvases full of tide?motion, cloud?drift and the cold, bright pulse of the sea. You feel it immediately – that gulp of excitement you get on a rinsed?clean morning when the horizon opens and you're suddenly in touch with something infinite. For a more complete summary of the story, please see the below link:
Published on: Jun 03, 2026 03:18 PM