Dorset Coast

Selected works that are currently available in my studio…or other galleries where indicated.

TERNS OVER CHISWELL, Portland, Dorset. The place where the Chesil shingle is the largest size and where it collides with the West Weare and Chesil Cove. Sun whites the wings against the storms. The terns nest a mile or so back along The Chesil beach in the shingle.

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Frances Hatch MACKEREL MOON
MACKEREL MOON. acrylic and site materials on unstretched canvas. Image size: 60x39cm Frame size: 88x56cm. Made on site at West Bexington- a most subtle symphony in which the moon connected with the beach warmth and the sky with the shadow

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Dungy Moon Dust Frances Hatch
DUNGY MOON DUST. Dungy Head, Lulworth. July 2019. Watercolour and site earths on handmade C cotton rag paper. 30x30cm unframed. 46x46cm framed. available.

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Murmuration with Procession Frances Hatch
MURMURATION WITH PROCESSION OF CLOUD. Burton Mere, Cogden Nature Reserve. Half air, half earth. Cogden Nature Reserve (a National Trust Nature Reserve) but it is the kind of half and half horizontality I grew up with in the East Anglian Fens. Acrylic and site material on handmade cotton rag paper 36 x 103cm. available.

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BLUEBERRY MOON, WEST BEXINGTON- FRANCES HATCH
BLUEBERRY MOON, WEST BEXINGTON. Acrylic and beach material on unstretched canvas. 52x135cm framed

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WET KALE SHINGLE FRANCES HATCH
WET KALE SHINGLE. Cogden Nature Reserve, Chesil Beach, Dorset. ...the droplets of rain like pearls in amongst the Sea Kale leaves. Acrylic and site earths on found wood. framed 74x34x4cm

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PERIGREE MOON FRANCES HATCH
PERIGREE MOON. A giant moon bleeds into the hill. I'm sitting on the edge of a muddy track churned up by tractors...litter is embedded in the shadow and forms the land. Image 30x30cm. Handmade cotton rag paper. Lay-by litter, earths with gouache and acrylic medium.

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FRANCES-HATCH-SANDSFOOT-WILLOW-FLARE
SANDSFOOT WILLOW FLARE. Watercolour and site materials on handmade cotton rag paper. 43x16cm paper size. Feb 2021.

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DUSK MURMURATION REVISITED
DUSK MURMURATION REVISITED. Cogden Nature Reserve. A glimpse of Portland in the distance. Dense fragrant bog. Starlings funnel down into the reeds at the end of the evening flight. Acrylic and mere materials on handmade cotton rag paper.

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FRANCES HATCH STORM PILINGS
STORM PILINGS, CHARMOUTH. Acrylic and beach debris and earths on handmade cotton rag paper. 82x197cm

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Portland Commons Thrift Frances Hatch
PORTLAND COMMONS THRIFT. Acrylic and site materials on recovered drift wood. Portland Commons Thrift, Dorset. site materials with watercolour and acrylic on recovered wood fragment 8 x 28 x 2cm from Chesil Beach. 2023. available at studio.

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golden cap estate storm dance march 2019 22x16cm
GOLDEN CAP ESTATE STORM. Gouache and site earths. March 2019 22x16cm unframed size.

available to buy from studio

gold dust charmouth 2020
GOLD DUST, CHARMOUTH. 2020. Site earths and gouache on card. 21x16cm unframed size.

available to buy from studio

The Day I Met Lily and Josh Frances Hatch
THE DAY I MET LILY AND JOSH. Site earths and watercolour on handmade cotton rag paper. Framed and available to view at Kevis House, Petworth currently. 136x49cm

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FRANCES HATCH WARM MIST VEILS SWYRE HEAD
WARM MIST VEILS SWYRE HEAD, LULWORTH. 2019. Cliff material and watercolour on handmade cotton rag paper. 88x54cm framed. selected by Kevis House Gallery ...so available to view in Petworth currently.

available to buy

FRANCES HATCH Early Sun Touches Durdle Door Promontory 2019
EARLY SUN TOUCHES DURDLE DOOR PROMONTARY. 2019. Watercolour and site earths on handmade cotton rag paper. 71x36cm image size. 89x55cm framed.

available to buy from studio

ALONG THE DAISY PATH TO THE FULL MOON, LULWORTH
ALONG THE DAISY PATH TO THE FULL MOON. March 2020. I walked my way up the hill as the moon rose through an avenue of daisies that were not there on the way down. Lulworth. Above Bats Head. 16x20cm unframed dimensions. Gouache and site earths on handmade cotton rag paper.

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durdle door contre jour
DURDLE DOOR CONTRE JOUR. March 2020. site materials and watercolour on handmade cotton rag paper. paper size 22x16cm. available framed in the studio

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durdle door wide open march 2020 22x16cm
DURDLE DOOR WIDE OPEN. March 2020. site materials and watercolour on handmade cotton rag paper. 16x22cm paper size. available to view in the studio

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QUARTZ SAND FRANCES HATCH
SOUTH BEACH QUARTZ SAND in progress...the finished piece is framed and available to view in the studio. 30x30cm handmade cotton rag paper.

available to buy completed and framed at SLADERS YARD 

SOUTH BEACH Studland Dorset 1
Working on South Beach, Studland.
STUDLAND
STACK AND PIERCE. Old Harry at low waters. Beach materials on Khadi paper. 136x79cm

SOLD

EYPE

Frances Hatch Watton cliff glimmer
WATTON CLIFF GLIMMER. Gouache and watercolour with beach litter and earths on handmade cotton rag paper. 16x22cm image size. 38x31cm framed size.

available

ARTCARD available

EARLY SUN TOUCHES DOGHOUSE HILL
EARLY SUN TOUCHES DOGHOUSE HILL. Gouache, site earths and litter on handmade cotton rag paper. 16x45cm. diptych. available from the studio

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GORSE AND GULLS WATTON CLIFF EYPE Frances Hatch
GORSE AND GULLS-WATTON CLIFF, EYPE. Gouache and beach earths on handmade cotton rag paper. 16x21cm image size. Available framed.

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