Company of Birds

Cormorant sketch Frances Hatch
Cormorant with Yacht sketch. Isle of Purbeck. Gouache on black card.

 

hollow-boned go-between       visitor to every bush that ever lived      winged instrument

bright-eye    seasonal songster     swift one    communal chorister

  air magician        hopper along edges         forager in hedges

 ‘in-burrow-under-water-on-thermal’  

bird brained besties

These pieces emerged between 2020 and 2026. All are made on site. Birds as integral part of a collective, observed and heard as individuals and as evocations of place and season. 

Frances Hatch Breeze Murmuration
BREEZE MURMURATION. 2025. 95x134cm unframed size Acrylic and debris on cotton rag paper. available from studio
Frances Hatch SEAFARERS AND GULLS
SEAFARERS AND GULLS. Pea Stacks, Guernsey. True gesso, collage, watercolour and site earths on cotton rag paper. 30x30cm. available to view in the studio
Frances Hatch-FOUR-OYSTERCATCHERS
FOUR OYSTERCATCHERS. True gesso, rusted iron, site earths, watercolour on stone. 22x13x5cm.

available to buy

 

FRANCES-HATCH-PECKING-AROUND-AMONG-THE- WEED 16x22cm unframed size framed
PECKING AROUND AMONG THE WEED True gesso, watercolour and site materials on cotton rag paper. 16x22cm paper size.

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SIGHTING-THE-FIRST-TERN-PORTLAND-HARBOUR-14x19cm-FRANCES HATCH
SIGHTING THE FIRST TERN, PORTLAND HARBOUR. True gesso, watercolour with site earths on handmade cotton rag paper. 14x19cm paper size.

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Frances Hatch Blackthorn Frost with Swan painting
BLACKTHORN FROTH WITH SWAN. 2025. Mere materials with gouache on cotton rag paper. 31 x 38 cm framed. available from studio
Frances Hatch Blackthorn Swan
Blackthorn Swan. Lodmoor Nature Reserve, Weymouth. 30x30cm unframed. available.
frances hatch EARTH GULL ARTIST PROOF 5
EARTH GULL ARTIST PROOF (5) Hand-finished intaglio unique print. 36x36cm
Little Egrets Frances Hatch
Little Egrets on Castle Cove Ledges. True gesso, shore materials with watercolour. 15x8cm
Frances Hatch Mute Moon
MUTE MOON. Lodmoor Nature Reserve. Acrylic and mere material on cotton rag paper. 77x58cm unframed. available framed from studio.
Frances Hatch Twin Murmuration
TWIN MURMURATION. Lodmoor. Weymouth. 2025. Gouache and mere materials on cotton rag paper. 16x21cm unframed size. available to view.
Frances Hatch Murmuration Air
MURMURATION AIR December 2024. Acrylic and mere materials on fragment of cotton rag paper. 29x28cm. available framed from studio
FRANCES-HATCH-CROWS-FORAGING-ALONG-RETREATING-TIDE-LINE-16x22cm
CROWS FORAGING ALONG RETREATING TIDE LINE. True gesso and watercolour with site materials on handmade cotton rag paper. 16x22cm paper size.

available to buy

Ravens-Foraging-Amongst-the-Weed- Frances-Hatch
RAVENS FORAGING AMONGST THE WEED. True gesso, watercolour and beach earths on cotton rag paper. 16x22cm paper size.

available to buy

 

Crows Rockpools and Rain Frances Hatch
CROWS, ROCKPOOLS, RAIN. Watercolour, beach debris and rain on handmade cotton rag paper. Available.
Frances Hatch Wetland Nocturne
WETLAND NOCTURNE Lodmoor Nature Reserve, Weymouth. Acrylic with site material on cotton rag paper. 30x30cm. available from studio
FIRST SWALLOW BLUES, Portland. Acrylic and site debris on recovered wood. available from Kevis House Gallery.
Frances Hatch EARTH GULL- LADRAM CALL
EARTH GULL- LADRAM CALL. Hand-finished intaglio print. Edition of 20. A few remain. 36x36cm
BLACKBIRDS FEASTING ALONG THE SHORE. 15x8cm. True gesso, shore materials and watercolour on cotton rag paper. 15x8cm. available from studio
The Day I hear the Cuckoo-Frances Hatch
The Day I Hear the First Cuckoo. 13.04.20. Made along the undercliff at Castle Cove, Portland Harbour. Fresh new leaf- clear still day- the echoing of the cuckoo. On 17.04.23 I hear another along the same stretch of land.
Foraging Crows in progress
CROWS FORAGING IN PROGRESS
HERRING GULLS