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Fiona Millais

Along the North Shore
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Along the North Shore

acrylic on cradled panel
41 x 41cm
Curve of the Coast
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Curve of the Coast

acrylic on gesso panel
41 x 41cm
Daffodil Bay

Daffodil Bay

acrylic on birch panel
122 x 122cm
£6500
Evening Copse
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Evening Copse

acrylic on gesso panel
41 x 41cm
Field Patchwork
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Field Patchwork

acrylic on cradled panel
30 x 30cm
Gentles Copse
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Gentles Copse

acrylic on cradled panel
25 x 25cm
Heathland Tracks
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Heathland Tracks

acrylic on panel
26 x 51cm
Incoming Tide
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Incoming Tide

acrylic on cradled panel
36 x 36cm
Land of Long Days
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Land of Long Days

acrylic on cradled panel
41 x 41cm
Little Bridge
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Little Bridge

mixed media on wood
31 x 31cm
£350
Marsh Marigolds
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Marsh Marigolds

acrylic on gesso panel
36 x 36cm
Over the Hills and Far Away
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Over the Hills and Far Away

acrylic on gesso panel
36 x 36cm
Sea Stacks and Spring Tide
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Sea Stacks and Spring Tide

acrylic on cradled panel
36 x 36cm
The Edge of Heron Wood
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The Edge of Heron Wood

acrylic on cradled panel
51 x 51cm
This Pale Cloaked Morning
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This Pale Cloaked Morning

acrylic on cradled panel
30 x 30cm
Through the Dark Wood
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Through the Dark Wood

acrylic on panel
26 x 26cm
Tide Pools and Pink Cloud
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Tide Pools and Pink Cloud

acrylic on gesso board
46 x 46cm
To the Tor
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To the Tor

acrylic on cradled panel
41 x 41cm

Fiona MillaisFiona Millais: I paint the places and objects that I love and which inspire me. I grew up surrounded by the heather of the Surrey Hills and exploring the wild West Coasts of Scotland and Cornwall. My paintings are often a response to these landscapes and coasts, and they are evolved from memories and drawings. I walk out every day, with the dog and collect additional materials , so that stones, leaves and feathers become visual reminders of the place and time. I love the connection between the natural rhythms of the land and how it reflects our presence or the lack of it. The way that landscapes are shaped by ourselves and our ancestors, leaving marks and echoes through time. My canvasses are often painted and repainted so that traces of the original images remain present, creating layers of texture, colour and interwoven history. I studied Fine Art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, graduating in 1984. My great-grandfather was the Pre-Raphaelite painter, Sir John Everett Millais.

Fiona Millais graduated from University of Newcastle with a degree in Fine Art in 1984. Her work has been extensively exhibited at venues including Thompson’s Gallery and Thackeray Rankin Gallery both in London and The Royal College of Art. Fiona’s paintings are often based on landscape or still life – of the coasts of Cornwall and Scotland, but are rarely a direct representation. Often produced on the completion of a journey – either abroad or within the British Isles and are evolved from memories, drawings and notes. Music and literature sometimes provide additional source material. Fiona will paint and repaint canvasses so that traces of original images remain present and her work undergoes a process of metamorphosis. In 2004 she was commissioned for the P&O Liner ‘Arcadia’ to produce 8 large works. Fiona is the great-granddaughter of the pre-Raphaelite painter Sir John Everett Millais. Exhibitions & Galleries:

  • Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance
  • The Lund Gallery, Yorkshire
  • The New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
  • Broadway Modern, Worcestershire
  • The Affordable Art Fair, London
  • Rowley Contemporary, Winchester

Cornwall Contemporary

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