Frances Hatch

Sensing Place

Paintings made along the Jurassic coastline between Orcombe Point in Devon and Old Harry Rocks in Studland.

 All are made outside in coastal locations using found earths, clays, organic matter and man-made materials like litter. Working outside and combining these found materials with water-based media, such as watercolour, acrylic and gouache,  allows the weather – rain, snow, humidity, wind, sun – to participate in the shaping of the work.

Infused with the geology of each place, traces of weather, circumstance and happenstance, the  paintings are witness to and a record of time spent with the ever-changing Jurassic coast.

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Pinnacle Rock, Mist. Old Harry.
Sandsfoot Willow Flare
Sandsfoot Willow Flare available from RWS Gallery, London.
Cobalt Charcoal Dawn
Cobalt Charcoal Dawn, Charmouth
Frances Hatch Artcard Cotton and Clay Cliff Slide
Cotton and Clay Cliff Slide, Charmouth.
P.innacle, Branscombe, Devon
Super Summer Moon. 12th August 2022. gouache on handmade cotton rag paper. Available to view at studio.

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storm Pilings Frances Hatch
Storm Pilings, Charmouth. Site material and collage on cotton rag paper. paper. 2019. 97x82cm
FIRST SWALLOW BLUES, Portland. Acrylic and site debris on recovered wood. available from Kevis House Gallery.
Frances Hatch Swift-moving -weather-Portland
Swift-moving Weather. Portland from Ringstead. 2026.
Frances Hatch-Lulworth Wealden Scarp
Lulworth Wealden Scarp, Lulworth Cove. 2026. Site materials and collage with watercolour on cotton rag paper.
Creaturely Cretaceous, Lulworth, East Horn. 2026. Site materials (Wealden deposits)
Frances Hatch- East Meets West Horn, Lulworth Cove, East Horn.
East Meets West Horn, Lulworth Cove, East Horn. 2026. Site materials (Wealden deposits)