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.

available to buy

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. 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.