"The Piper of Dreams" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting by Francesca Owen

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A fairytale of sorts, the Piper of Dreams lures the viewer into her world of inner landscape. An abstracted forest … Read more A fairytale of sorts, the Piper of Dreams lures the viewer into her world of inner landscape. An abstracted forest disappears into the background whilst the flowers in the foreground are waking up and paying attention to the piper as she plays her tune. Ochre’s compliment prussian blue in the palette and is uplifted by the light crimson foreground and red of the figures clothing

Oil on canvas. Excellent condition. Signed

130cm x 108cm

2021
Francesca Owen is an award-winning painter. She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art on scholarship, under the tutorship of Phyllida Barlow RA CBE, and winning two prizes there, including the Euan Uglow Memorial Scholarship.

Francesca has shown work in galleries across the country and lead talks including at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives. In teaching Francesca led two courses at St Ives School of Painting, Francesca continues to teach her own courses and has undertaken several residencies including one in SE Asia and two in Cornwall. In painting Francesca has focused on landscapes and stories through travel with figure and abstraction. Often heavy, textural paint and a light palette define her work. Her work has been recently chosen by the critic’s choice in Tatler magazine See less