With love in the air this month, Oxfordshire Artweeks artists showcase art inspired by flowers and other natural wonders.
Here’s a contemporary take on Tulips & Coffee by Barbara Harrison Caban, acrylic on box canvas.
£75 studiolop.com
Artweeks newcomer Candida Groom’s Lavender and Knautia are available as a pair of tea towels, £15, and a pack of four cards (two of each design) £12.50
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Ceramicist Charlotte Storrs presents a pretty posy of flowers in a small veg bucket with akebia vine handles, Stoneware.
£52 charlottestorrs-stoneware.co.uk
Flowers in a Stoneware Jug, with the world beyond, by Eleanor Campbell is mixed media on a cradled panel.
£285.00 unframed, eleanorcampbell.art
Palm House, Kew in handcut layered paper by Oxford artist Kate Hipkiss.
priced at £895 (framed) katehipkiss.co.uk
Lin Kerr Dutch Irises and Alstroemeria – watercolour.
£150 mounted (unframed); £250 beautifully framed and mounted linkerrdesign.co.uk
Garden by telephone kiosk by Neville Crowson, painted en plein air, shows a variety of common botanical specimens which change yearly according to where they seed themselves. Oils,
£950 Contact Neville on nevillecrowson36@gmail.com
Moving towards tomorrow by Paul Minter, oil on canvas,
£1,750 paulminter.com
The pomegranate is often associated with Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, and symbolises fertility in the ancient Mediterranean. Pomegranates by Artweeks newcomer Tracy Howell is available as a limited edition giclee prints, £40. It is also available as a beautiful cotton canvas cushion cover at £30, greeting cards, wrapping paper £2.50 and 100% linen tea towels.
“Collection III” by textile artist Yvette Phillips is hand embroidery on vintage silk.
Framed, £425 yvettephillipsart.com
Finally, Emma Coleman-Jones’ handmade Valentines cards are made from recycled paper, birch bark, and natural raffia cards.
Prices £4-5 each emmacoleman-jones.co.uk
