ALONG THE DAISY PATH TO THE FULL MOON. March 2020. Above Bats Head, Lulworth, Dorset. Gouache and site earths on handmade cotton rag paper. I walked my way up the hill as the moon rose through an avenue of daisies that were not there on the way down... mysterious - a touch of magic that I have not sought to…
This piece is richly encrusted with the red and white chalk of those remarkable cliffs. I'm sitting at a distance to them at low tide. The sea-smoothed boulders in the foreground are largely Carr stone...coarser than the chalk. The binding medium here is acrylic...I've added blue and yellow artist pigments...everything else was found on location. I worked with this piece…
A round Iceland bus ticket in August- September 1983 made it possible to jump on and off at will and pitch the tent- recording as I went. I have a few very similar prints...so do contact me if you would like to see. Postage not included in price.
Freshwater, Burton Bradstock, Dorset. 2018. (detail) Gouache and site materials on the linen cover of The Restless Earth by R. Gheyselinck. Card: 15x21cm.
BLUEBERRY MOON, WEST BEXINGTON. Acrylic and beach material on unstretched canvas. The blueberries I nibbled from the garden were exactly in harmony with the shadows. When the moon rose it was quite a moment...it seemed impossibly big. Note the Sea Kake midst the shingle... 36x122cm image size. 52x135cm framed size. Unstretched canvas- heavy impasto - raised on foamcore on limed…
...a beautiful clear summer dawn... settled weather. The caravans are perched high towards the sun. I'm still in the shade. (diptych) Site debris and watercolour on handmade cotton rag paper. 44x16cm. This is prepared ready to hang with a baton behind (to be displayed without a frame). I'm happy to send a photo of the presentation. The cost of postage is…
Made on location in a lively breeze...strong contre jour. A cream tinted Ingres paper upon which I could add the bright white of the breaking waves. Unframed. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
A publication celebrating The Chesil Beach in Dorset, its sea Kale, reedbeds, shingle and the moons that pass over her. Radical landscape poet Elisabeth Bletsoe and plein air painter Frances Hatch collaborate to express their response to this thin spit of shingle by exchanging images and words. Frances has shaped them into a slim and elegant volume of poetry and…
This is the moment when an arc of starling becomes funnel- and they seem to be sucked into the reed beds where they commence to chatter and organise themselves. Encrusted with marsh and shingle. This is currently unframed. The cost of postage is not included in the price.
This piece is richly encrusted with the red and white chalk of those remarkable cliffs. The coarse matter in the foreground is Carr stone...coarser than the chalk. The binding medium here is acrylic...I've added blue and yellow artist pigments...everything else was found on location. Unframed work. Handmade cotton rag paper. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
The silhouettes of rock pool mounds and crows against the low light ... looking straight into the dark/light glare of water, feather and stone. This piece is framed- dimensions: 38x31cm. I'm happy to send a photo of the presentation. The cost of postage is not included in this price. I'll be in touch to discuss options.
This image is framed. Ferry Bridge is just to the top right of the image...Portland is still dark with lights twinkling. Dawn is growing out of a crimson slice cut out of a twilight sky... Acrylic and site debris on handmade cotton rag paper. 70x37cm paper size. 90x55cm framed dimensions. The painting is framed. I'm happy to send a photo…
This began in 2011 in a portrait format. I returned with the piece along the same shoreline over time. It is a constantly mobile bit of coast so it seemed absolutely appropriate to 'over-write' radically according to the conditions. The surface has heavy impasto and is deeply scored...material has been removed as well as added. Currently displayed on a wooden…
DOGS SLEEPING IN FISHING NETS. Mahabalipuram. Tamil Nadu, India. 2010. Watercolour. 43x31cm Going onto the beach in the relative cool pre dawn I was met with playful frisky dogs...as soon as the sun rose they set about sleeping within reach of their supply of food. Here they are having found comfortable niches in the fishing nets.
A panel, which included Professor Anita Taylor - Director of Drawing Projects UK and the founding Director of the Jerwood Drawing Prize project; Tania Kovats - Artist and Professor of Drawing at Bath Spa University; Deborah Harty - Artist and Researcher; and Tim Knowles - Artist and Curator, looked for drawing in all its possibilities. From the work submitted they…
These 79 pages trace a fascination with Antarctica which began in 2004 when Frances read Jenny Diski's Skating to Antarctica and booked her ticket for the journey south. Softcover. Signed if required. Viriditas Press. ISBN: 978-0-9562647-0-1
This piece is framed. It was painted in March 2020 just before travel restrictions were put in place. A bright and breezy day with fragments of chalk from rabbit scrapes to make into pigment. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
DURDLE DOOR CONTRE JOUR 16x22cm Site earths gouache and watercolour on handmade cotton rag paper. This was the last trip I made along the coast before the first lockdown. A bright March day. Image size 16x22cm Framed size Limed ash frame - lined wood slip- image raised on foam core.
In March 2020 this was one of the last site visits I made before travel was denied. I sat up on the hillside just above the stream of visitors as the morning sun behind the arch created intense contre jour... a remarkable green/turquoise reflection shimmered in the water. Chalk fragments were scattered around me...they are often tossed out by rabbits.…
Eype beach looking west has some extravagant sweeps and dips...at first light the sun just touches the headlands...it doesn't last long. The rest of the coast is in night shadow. Diptych. Handmade cotton rag paper. This is currently displayed unframed- suspended on wooden batons - this allows the piece to find its own shape and to have no glass interference...do…
EARLY SUN TOUCHES DURDLE DOOR PROMONTARY. 2019. Watercolour and site earths on handmade cotton rag paper. 71x36cm paper size. The piece is framed: dimensions 89x55cm framed. The piece was made along St Oswald's beach west of Dungy Head. A rich local palette can be gathered along the cliff base and on the way down into the steep valley.
Eype beach looking west has some extravagant sweeps and dips...at first light the sun just touches the headlands...it doesn't last long. The rest of the coast is in night shadow. Diptych. Handmade cotton rag paper. This is currently displayed unframed- suspended on wooden batons - this allows the piece to find its own shape and to have no glass interference...do…
This is a unique print...an Artist Proof. Signed on the front in ink. Medium: Hand-finished intaglio print: integrated printed and painted marks. Techniques involved: Photo etching, collagraph ( Ladram Bay Otter Sandstone) earth ink (Mercia Mudstone), black and grey ink applied ‘a la poupée’, hand applied blue, red, yellow and white acrylic. Printed on Arches Cream paper 250gsm. acid free…
Title: Earth Gull: Ladram Call. 2017. Edition: 20 (signed by the artist in pencil on the back of the print) Medium: Hand-finished intaglio print: integrated printed and painted marks. Techniques involved: Photo etching, collagraph ( Ladram Bay Otter Sandstone) earth ink (Mercia Mudstone), black and grey ink applied ‘a la poupée’, hand applied blue, red, yellow and white acrylic. Printed…
EARTH GULL ARTIST PROOF (4) Unique print. Hand-finished intaglio print. 36x36cm Medium: Hand-finished intaglio print: integrated printed and painted marks. Techniques involved: Photo etching, collagraph ( Ladram Bay Otter Sandstone) earth ink (Mercia Mudstone), black and grey ink applied ‘a la poupée’, hand applied blue, red, yellow and white acrylic. Printed on Arches Cream paper 250gsm. acid free 100%…
FEEDING YOUNG. Acrylic and graphite on etching. 49x39cm. September 2010. A late family in an open-sided shed in Applecross, North West Highlands of Scotland. The swallows and me both making use of this shelter between frequent showers. We became accustomed to each other. I used the textures of an etching and aquatint of mine... a frozen puddle... the weather wasn't…
Watercolour and site earths on handmade cotton rag paper. 71x36cm paper size. The piece is framed: dimensions 89x55cm framed. The piece was made looking east to Dungy Head. A rich local palette can be gathered along the cliff base and on the way down into the steep valley.
FISHERMAN WITH NEEM TWIG. Mahabalipuram Beach. Tamil Nadu. February 2010. 31x43cm This gentleman sat comfortably for a long while as I drew ...he gave me permission graciously I I felt able to look hard...where as in many situations looking hard felt intrusive. We started at 7am by which time the sun was already well risen.
A diptych. Watercolour, beach earths and debris on handmade cotton rag paper. 31x9cm paper size. 44x22cm framed dimensions. I sat amongst the rock pools with the crows pecking around...see the painting in progress in the gallery. The painting is framed. I'm happy to send a photo of the presentation. The cost of postage is not included in this price. I'll be…
Not easy to spot sometimes...there are always one or two more in the group when they fly off in alarm. The orange beaks give them away. This was painted on a flat stone found on the beach. A piece of iron too...the binding medium is rabbit skin size. True gesso involving chalk with the size forms the base upon which…
...just the black tip that drew my attention to the gannet....we sometimes see them after storms... This is currently unframed. I'm happy to send a photo of the kind of presentation I use. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
Site earths and gouache on card. Deeply encrusted with traces of visits. Material added and material taken away. This piece is presented on a wooden baton so it is detached from the wall but not glazed. This may not be suitable for all contexts. Do contact if interested to discuss any aspect of this piece.
GOLDEN CAP ESTATE STORM. Fleetingly golden. This was returned to the site on several occasions and finally I held this moment. A patch of blue. Displayed on a baton system in which one wooden baton is attached to the wall with a screw. The painting is attached to MDF. Another baton (attached to the back of the painting) sits on…
Eype is absolutely full of delicious local earths...and fragments of litter. I enjoyed the energy of the gorse yellow. This is currently displayed unframed- suspended on a wooden baton - this allows the piece to find its own shape and to have no glass interference...do contact me for a photo or to discuss options. The cost of postage is not…
GORSE AND GULLS-WATTON CLIFF, EYPE. Gouache and beach earths on handmade cotton rag paper. 16x21cm image size. Available framed 38x31cm. Limed ash with wooden slip limed floated on foamcore on acid free board. If postage is required I will discuss options. If you look carefully there are loads of gulls circling around the airy cliffs...a diagonal bank of cloud isn't…
Made using traditional true gesso (animal protein size and chalk) on a recovered piece of wood from the site. This is slowly built up in many layers integrating site material (horned poppy seeds for example) and watercolour. The surface is sealed to protect the sensitive surface from humidity and dust. I have chosen to present this simply mirror plated on…
A round Iceland bus ticket in August- September 1983 made it possible to jump on and off at will and pitch the tent- recording as I went. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
A round Iceland bus ticket in August- September 1983 made it possible to jump on and off at will and pitch the tent- recording as I went. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
A round Iceland bus ticket in August- September 1983 made it possible to jump on and off at will and pitch the tent- recording as I went. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
A round Iceland bus ticket in August- September 1983 made it possible to jump on and off at will and pitch the tent- recording as I went. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
A round Iceland bus ticket in August- September 1983 made it possible to jump on and off at will and pitch the tent- recording as I went. The rain has left its mark in the paint. The biting insects didn't seem to venture into the tent...I remember doing this looking out. The cost of postage is not included in this…
A monotype (unique print) oil on paper. Mounted. A round Iceland bus ticket in August- September 1983 made it possible to jump on and off at will and pitch the tent- recording as I went. Upon my return, I made monotypes in response to strong visual memory of certain moments. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
A round Iceland bus ticket in August- September 1983 made it possible to jump on and off at will and pitch the tent- recording as I went. The crust of the earth was very thin here...the air full of sulphur and steam. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
I have similar variations... round Iceland bus ticket in August- September 1983 made it possible to jump on and off at will and pitch the tent- recording as I went. This print was made upon my return in response to the cleanness of the air. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
A round Iceland bus ticket in August- September 1983 made it possible to jump on and off at will and pitch the tent- recording as I went. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
I found a bit of iron on the beach, held it against the light and discovered the castle...the image grew from there...I've built the image using true gesso and rabbit skin size with earth pigments from the environment. A small quantity of watercolour is involved. The painting is framed. I'm happy to send a photo of the presentation. The cost…
The moon floats above a delicious foreground still full of night. The moon light picks out definition here and there... This is the framed price. Framed dimensions: 38x36cm. I'm happy to send a photo of the presentation. The cost of postage is not included in this price. I'll be in touch to discuss options.
This piece is brightly lit... with the red and white chalk of those remarkable cliffs at Old Hunstanton buoyant under a cloudless sky. The coarse matter in the foreground is littered with falls...Carr stone beneath the chalk is coarser than the chalk...this is a constantly mobile coastline. The binding medium here is true gesso (rabbit skin size and chalk)...I've added…
LADRAM MEW. Unique print. Hand-finished intaglio print. 36x36cm...you can see the collagraph blind textures and the earth ink as well as the photo etching plates...painted gestures...I haven't made an edition...
Ladram Red, Sidmouth, Devon. Medium: Otter Sandstone, Mercia Mudstone and gouache on handmade cotton rag paper. Ladram Bay has some beautiful triassic sea stacks- here they are with a touch of cobalt turquoise...if you begin to climb towards Sidmouth and look down and back into the bay a cove reveals itself partially. Access is difficult except from the sea. The water…
The full roundtrip voyage by Hurtigruten took me from Bergen to Kirkenes and back, all that the Norwegian coastline. The first evening of the journey with the lights of Bergen fading. Acrylic ink and watercolour. 28x38cm.
This piece is built up over several layers and has become akin to an object rather than a sheet of paper. Integrated into the surface is the red and white chalk of those remarkable cliffs. The coarser matter is Carr stone...coarser than the chalk. The medium here is true gesso (rabbit skin size and chalk) ...I've added blue and yellow…
This piece is richly encrusted with the red and white chalk. This chalk is not as easy to work with as the Dorset chalk Im familiar with. The coarser texture is Carr stone...it is less red than the chalk than the chalk. The binding medium here is acrylic...I've added blue and yellow artist pigments...everything else was found on location. The…
MACKEREL MOON Sitting on the edge of the beach with Weymouth in the top right corner, the Chesil sweeps away and I wait for the moon to appear. I see the sky warm almost imperceptably before it eases into visibility. I'm drawn awake by the energy of the full moon...the moment the moon begins to wane I can feel it.…
A line of energy curling in with the tide and easing over the contours of the shingle... This is unframed...being very recently made. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
The starlings curl in from the sea and their movement lifts to mirror the contours of the shingle. Currently unframed. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
A day of sun and showers...I was struck by the mobility of the weather in Orkney on my first visit across the Pentland Firth. This is a watercolour...I tinted the paper partially with a transparent red as my first gesture. Unframed. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
These cards are 15x21cm Title and artist name as it appears on reverse FRANCES HATCH : Where Limestone Pavements Sit, Malhamdale, Yorkshire. October 2019. Site earths and watercolour on cotton rag paper. FRANCES HATCH : Lips of Autumn at Jenner's Foss, Malhamdale, Yorkshire. October 2019. site earths and watercolour on cotton rag paper. FRANCES HATCH : Lodmoor November Moon, Weymouth,…
Folding greeting cards with envelope. There are six cards in this pack. AUGUST DAWN ADELIE PENGUIN ROOKERY DAWN FISHING AT MAMELLAPURAM ONCE ON A BLUE MOON BOURNEMOUTH VIEWED FROM THE WEST OVERCLIFF BREAK IN THE CLOUD: FROM THE WEST OVERCLIFF
Breeze...low light...glare...birds busy at the waters' edge. 38x31cm framed dimensions.The painting is framed. I'm happy to send a photo of the presentation. The cost of postage is not included in this price. I'll be in touch to discuss options.
A lively pink tinged berg sails sits within a temporarily green-tinged world. Painted in acrylic on a 4cm deep canvas. The painting is ready to hang. It is an unframed box canvas- the paint wraps round the sides. I'm happy to send a photo of the presentation. The cost of postage is not included in this price. I'll be in…
The local ravens are not frequently nearby. They reside in the maritime pines above the shore...present more often by their voice. This painting is framed: size 38x31cm. Limed ash. Floated in box frame. I'm happy to send a photo of the presentation. The cost of postage is not included in this price. I'll be in touch to discuss options.
There is a water course that oozes from the base of the low cliff. In summer, after a long dry period, the resident ravens made good use of it. 30x28x6cm framed dimensions. This piece is on wood...also foraged from the beach. The frame is limed ash...unglazed. Please ask for a photo of this piece. The cost of postage is not included…
This piece is built up over several layers and has become akin to an object rather than a sheet of paper. Integrated into the surface is the red and white chalk of those remarkable cliffs. The coarser matter is Carr stone...coarser than the chalk. The medium here is true gesso (rabbit skin size and chalk) ...I've added blue and yellow…
Drawing in the streets without drawing attention to oneself wasnt easy...and some artists are fine with it but Im more comfortable anonymously observing.I had a pouch in front of me with paper and tools and I drew freely taking a sheet out and drawing as I walked and looked. I took the work back to my room and then went…
True gesso, watercolour with site earths on handmade cotton rag paper. 14x19cm paper size. This piece is unframed. The white of the terns was so very different to the white waves. I could hear them calling to each other across the harbour...thanks to the quiet during 'lockdown'. The painting is unframed. I'm happy to send a photo of the kind…
SMALL SUNSHINE STUDY. North West Highlands of Scotland. September 2011. Acrylic on handmade cotton rag paper. 15x12cm The changeable light is one of the delights as I travel north...mountain weather never ceases to surprise. Here is a slice of light meandering across the land. Near Applecross.
This is currently displayed unframed- suspended on a wooden baton - this allows the piece to find its own shape and to have no glass interference...do contact me for a photo or to discuss options. I wrote a poem along with this painted experience...do contact me if interested to read it. It was painted outside with great difficulty during Storm…
In a storm all sorts of stuff gets spat out by the sea. A messy situation...full of wrack and wreck...wind pushing in from the sea. A double layer of paper here...sky stained with earth. This is presented on a wooden baton and hangs in space detached from its wall...finding its own space. I include in the gallery an example of…
A supermoon- and groups of people lighting fires under Hengistbury Head and hanging around in the moonlight. A lovely evening. This is currently displayed unframed- suspended on a wooden baton - this allows the piece to find its own shape and to have no glass interference...do contact me for a photo or to discuss options. The cost of postage is…
38 pages. Full colour. 21x21cm A publication prompted by the exhibition, The Common Ground at The Crafts Study Centre, Farnham. January to May 2020. Content: written contributions by Professor Simon Olding, an essay by Frances Hatch and poem by Elisabeth Bletsoe. Contributions by Adam Buick, Akiko Hirai, Kyra Cane and Jack Doherty. Over 30 reproductions. ISBN 978-1-9162971-0-4
THE DAY I MET LILY AND JOSH. Site earths and watercolour on handmade cotton rag paper. Framed and available in the studio. In the Product gallery I've included a photo taken just at the beginning of the piece- and chatting to Lily and Josh...a delightful young couple enjoying a weekend away in their camper van. Even that green is an…
...I go out to see the last moon of the year set...already the Chesil is lit by the dawn behind me. This is framed. Dimensions framed are: 47x47cm. Please ask if you would like a photo of the presentation. The cost of postage is not included in this price. I'll be in touch to discuss options after purchase.
A cool sea mist veils Swyre...I've gathered earths from the shore and climbed up again to enjoy the elegance of the great sweeps of chalk cliff...the chalk is mottled with patches of turf and stained...This piece is framed. 88x54cm framed dimensions. Floated on foam core - limed ash frame. Please contact me for a photo of the presentation.
A fragment of litter on the beach had the quality of fish scales and storm light! TMW Turner stood at this very spot. This is currently displayed unframed- suspended on a wooden baton - this allows the piece to find its own shape and to have no glass interference...do contact me for a photo or to discuss options. The cost…
A moment when a patch of blue promised better weather to come. The beach is fringed with a rich palette of earths. Most of the pigments here are sourced on site...Ive only added a blue and yellow. This is currently displayed unframed- suspended on a wooden baton - this allows the piece to find its own shape and to have…
Made on Fabriano 160gsm tinted (tiziano zabalone) a soft yellow - using gouache- leaving the warmth of the yellow to breathe through especially on the high plateau. The shadow congregates and hovers where the valley falls away. Made near Abergavenny . The image bleeds over the edge of the paper. 21x21cm. Signed bottom right.
WET KALE SHINGLE. Cogden Nature Reserve beach, Chesil, Dorset. 2016. A correspondence became evident between rounded shingle and the droplets of dew and rainwater held on the surface of the Sea Kale leaves...they run like mercury. Sea Kake is so adapted to this exposed environment...deep tap roots, waterproofed leaves storing moisture and holding water in a way that guides it…
I chose to use the funding by Arts Council England and Thelma Hulbert Gallery to develop a response to a poem Jeremy Hooker wrote in 2015. He took as a starting point a specific painting of mine, but his words touched into the fundamentals of my practice. WITH RED EARTH UNDER MY NAILS is the third from The Viriditas Press…
Made on location on a bright morning...fresh breeze...energetic sea. Watercolour on watercolour board. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
