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Francesca Owen

A New Arrangement

A New Arrangement

oil on canvas
60 x 60cm
£1995
Arrival of the Hollyhocks
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Arrival of the Hollyhocks

oil on canvas
75 x 115cm
Bouquet in Orange, Pink and Green
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Bouquet in Orange, Pink and Green

oil on canvas
30 x 20cm
In Renoir’s Garden
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In Renoir’s Garden

oil on canvas
140 x 190cm
In Search of Peace

In Search of Peace

oil on canvas
80 x 60cm
£2250
In The Garden

In The Garden

oil on two canvases (diptych)
160 x 200cm
£8900
Lemon Yellow in the Morning

Lemon Yellow in the Morning

oil on canvas
30 x 30cm
£950
Lilac and Green

Lilac and Green

oil on canvas
30 x 20cm
£895
May Flower

May Flower

oil on canvas
80 x 60cm
£2250
Moonlight Garden

Moonlight Garden

oil on canvas
135 x 185cm
£7950
Morning Light Streams into the Room

Morning Light Streams into the Room

oil on canvas
155 x 145cm
£6950
Oranges of Seville

Oranges of Seville

oil on canvas
120 x 120cm
£4750
Pink Ribbons, Crimson Vase
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Pink Ribbons, Crimson Vase

oil on canvas
30 x 20cm
Reclining Figure

Reclining Figure

oil on canvas
30 x 30cm
£950
Salvation is the Garden

Salvation is the Garden

oil on canvas
135 x 185cm
£7950
Spring Dress

Spring Dress

oil on canvas
30 x 30cm
£950
Still Life, Studio Flowers

Still Life, Studio Flowers

oil on canvas
30 x 20cm
£895
The Bell Flower

The Bell Flower

oil on canvas
117 x 107cm
£5500
The Crimson Tulip

The Crimson Tulip

oil on canvas
120 x 120cm
£4750
The Flow of Nature

The Flow of Nature

oil on canvas
120 x 120cm
£4750
The garden dances even while the roses sleep

The garden dances even while the roses sleep

oil on canvas
140 x 190cm
£7950
The Space Between
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The Space Between

oil on canvas
60 x 60cm
Tree of Life

Tree of Life

oil on canvas
120 x 120cm
£4750
Wisteria and hibiscus bloom

Wisteria and hibiscus bloom

oil on canvas
131 x 110cm
£5700

“Some of my most favourite days are ‘nothing days’. These are the days when a storm is raging and no one is outside. These are the days when the mind is most clear for painting. I enjoy the feeling of colours gliding on the surface of the canvas – a world of possibilites. The theme of gardens, figures and flowers make their appearance.

I may turn to the Impressionists books or older paintings I have made to look for more colour or stories unresolved. Looking back is looking forwards and space on ‘nothing days’ is when this comes. I think of what my tutors said at Slade when I had just started art school. A younger me still fixated on themes of nature and travel, figures and gardens. Colour then seemed somewhat aggressive as I had less experience so now I look for a softer but still strong approach. 

I have always enjoyed the heaviness in the body of paint itself. Making it almost sculptural in application and layers. Dreams of gardens, flowers, figures all come into existence in my world of painting. Gardens are a kind of utopia; a place of memory, love and healing. Flowers are symbols of different parts of ourselves that we want to hold onto or forget, the figure is there because it’s you and you’re seeing the work and you’re in it and because that’s how we see the world. All these things just appear in their own way as I am painting.

I want my work to convey love, beauty, nature and all of this must be included and balanced. For me to feel that it is conclusive, it is finished or that it has arrived from somewhere else and into this world.”

Francesca Owen is an award-winning painter. a former student and recipient of two scholarships at the Slade School of Fine Art, including the Euan Uglow memorial scholarship and the Painters Stainers Prize.​ She also studied at Falmouth University and lives and works in the south west of Cornwall. Francesca’s paintings are held with collectors across the UK, Europe and USA

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