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.
...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 heavily impasto and deeply scored...material has been removed as well as added. Unframed currently but displayed on a…
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.
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%…
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.
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.
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…
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... 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.
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…
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…
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.
Title and artist name as it appears on reverse FRANCES HATCH : Where Limestone Pavements Sit, Malhamdale, Yorkshire. October 2019. 16x22cm. Site earths and watercolour on cotton rag paper. FRANCES HATCH : Lips of Autumn at Jenner's Foss, Malhamdale, Yorkshire. October 2019. 16x22cm. Site earths and watercolour on cotton rag paper. FRANCES HATCH : Lodmoor November Moon, Weymouth, Dorset. 2019.…
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…
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…
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. Do contact me if you would like a…
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
I was painting just by the side of Durdle Door- and a young couple on a weekend break asked if they might look at what I was doing. We struck up a conversation. At the time of writing they are still in touch with me. I like to follow them on instagram. The steps down to the beach and the…
...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…
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.
