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“SIMPLICITY IS NECESSARY
FOR ME TO FUNCTION
AND BE CREATIVE.
TOO MUCH CLUTTER
CONFUSES ME”

s an art director with
an enviable clientele,
photographer, de-
signer and writer, for
Claire Lloyd creativi-
ty is a way of life and
she uses all the senses
to enjoy it. Her love
for simplicity togeth-
Α er with a talent in in-
graining beauty in everything she does found a
new home in the unpretentious island of Lesvos.
What brought you to Lesvos and what keeps
you coming back?
I first came to Lesvos in 2005. I was living in
London and went to see my homeopath. I told
her I felt I had lost my creativity. She showed
me a photo of a stone house in a field next
to a walnut tree under piercing blue skies –
the house she had bought on Lesvos. She said
that perhaps that could be my remedy. With-
in a week I was in the island, and had found
a house to buy. Lesvos is a very special place,
a place I felt at home immediately. The light
here is pure and clear and it is a joy to wake up
to every morning. We have two small village
houses. My parents visit every two years and
we wanted them, as well as our friends, to have
a place where they could stay. I can’t resist a
home project.

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