Frances Hatch
We are delighted to hold stock of Frances Hatch’s work in the gallery. Work can be viewed by appointment or bought online. Please click on any image to see more details about materials used, dates and framed sizes. Please phone us on 44 (0)1308 459511 or email gallery@sladersyard.co.uk to enquire. All paintings are presented framed and are available to buy now. Measurements on the captions below are the sizes of the paintings.
Storm Chiara, Chiswell, Portland, Chesil Beach, diptych, 16 x 44 cm £750 Left-hs detail of Storm Chiara, Chiswell, Portland, Chesil Beach, diptych, 16 x 44 cm (whole) painting size £750 Right-hs detail of Storm Chiara, Chiswell, Portland, Chesil Beach, diptych, 16 x 44 cm (whole) painting size £750 Chesil Storm with Ultramarine Pink 16 x 22cm £520 Sun on Bat’s Head, Lulworth 16 x 22cm £520 First Light, Fault Corner, Eype 36 x 71 cm £1,800 Day Break, Burton Mere diptych 16 x 44 cm £750 Left-hs detail of Day Break, Burton Mere Right-hand-side detail of Day Break, Burton Mere Light on Dungy Head, St Oswalds Bay, Lulworth, before moonrise 16 x 22 cm £520 Walking West of Eype, Lovely Day diptych 16 x 44 cm £750 Lhs detail Walking West of Eype, Lovely Day diptych Right hs detail Walking West of Eype, Lovely Day diptych £750
FRANCES HATCH developed her plein air practice not only to make work outdoors but to involve the materials she finds around her in the landscape, collecting earth, rocks, minerals and litter to use as her palette. Wild fruit juices, puddle mud and raindrops bespeckle her sketchbooks. Armed simply with paper and a portable toolkit containing some gouache, watercolour or acrylic paint and a binding medium, Frances heads off to the beach often by moonlight to create her response to the place at the time she finds it.
Frances Hatch studied visual art at Cambridge, Aberystwyth and Goldsmiths and has an MA in printmaking from Wimbledon College of Art. She has always loved to paint outdoors. Her work has grown in strength and confidence following a trip to Antarctica in 2005 and a Research Bursary from DVA/ExLab which supported her study of the history and craft of making and consolidating pigments which she makes on site from materials she finds that day. She has been a senior tutor at West Dean College since 1995. Frances has published books about her projects and contributed to other books both as an illustrator and practitioner.

She has exhibited throughout the UK and in London and had her first show at Sladers Yard in 2015. Frances was awarded the Shenzhen International Watercolour Biennial Prize at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) exhibition at the Mall Galleries 2016: ‘An award to encourage innovation and experimentation in contemporary watermedia.’ This year she curated a show of her paintings with ceramics by world-class potters entitled The Common Ground at the Crafts Study Centre, Farnham.

The booklet Chesil Moons with words by Frances Hatch, a new poem by Elisabeth Bletsoe and foreword by Steve Batty is available at £12 plus £1.50 p&p within UK. 32 pages. Full colour throughout. 14.6 x 19 cm. Published by Sladers Yard.
Please call 01308 459511 or email gallery@sladersyard.co.uk to enquire about Frances Hatch.
Not only is frances an interesting artist but she is always pleasant to talk to & never seems rushed.i’m impressed by her down to earth approach & enjoy her art.
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Frances, beautiful meaningful and inspiring thoughtful work .thank you for giving so much of yourself in your art.