LUNAR - Key Persons

Claire worked for several years as an Interior designer for the super rich. Looking to restore her burnt out body and spirit, she trained to teach yoga after having her first child and embraced wellbeing practices including art and painting. Claire relocated to the countryside and built a busy boutique yoga studio which she sold in 2019 to make time to paint and sell paintings. Now based at home with 3 children, Claire wrote her first book Happier Healthier about Art & Wellbeing as well as retraining as a Coach and began to paint and create professionally. From a converted an old barn beside the house she lives in, Claire now has an art studio and office for creativity coaching. "My art & paintings are inspired by colour and texture in the natural and urban landscape. I'm fascinated by peeling paint, graffiti on stone and brick, the textures of decaying wood and how man made surface sits with nature. Shapes from land and seascapes inform my abstract style that takes the imagination on a journey of what is being seen and said!"

Josiah Wedgwood was one of the founding members of this society alongside other notable names, such as Erasmus Darwin, Joseph Priestley and James Watt.

Niall Keating climbed the culinary ranks by working in renowned kitchens across the world, from Restaurant Sat Bains (2*) in Nottingham to Benu (3*) in San Francisco and Kong Hans Kælder (2*) in Copenhagen. In 2017, Niall was awarded his first Michelin star at The Dining Room at Whatley Manor Hotel, Wiltshire, just eight months after opening. 2 years later he was awarded a second star at the age of just 30 and went on to earn one of Michelin's first green stars for his sustainable methods. On his shelf are a plethora of other industry accolades including Michelin Young European Chef (2018), Rising Chef Trophy (2019), 4 AA Rosettes and BBC Great British Menu ‘Champion of Champions' (2020).