Francis Hamel b. 1963
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He favours the rawness of dawn – “you get these extraordinary moments as the temperature changes” – to the elegiac quality of dusk, developing an unusual chromatic register in which rich greens, blues, purples or ochres often appear to dominate, but which in fact allows other colours to sing out from within.
Tim Richardson
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Works
Francis Hamel b. 1963
Oak Tree at Rousham, 2022oil on panel39 ¼ x 29 ¼ ins
100 x 74.5 cm£ 19,200.00 inc. vatExhibitions-
Francis Hamel
The Oxford Paintings 27 Mar - 25 Apr 2025Read more -
Francis Hamel
Thirty Gardens 12 - 27 Oct 2023'Gardens are stepping stones between interiors and landscape' From Levens Hall in winter to Great Dixter and the Trap Ground Allotments in summer, Francis Hamel’s new exhibition, Thirty Gardens ,...Read more -
Rousham, Through The Gardens
Francis Hamel 13 Oct - 5 Nov 2021Francis Hamel's solo exhibition at Rousham and John Martin Gallery, London.Read more -
Painting the Yellow Mountain
Francis Hamel 6 - 23 Oct 2020Francis Hamel China and Hong Kong 2019, John Martin Gallery.Read more -
A Survey of Paintings
Francis Hamel 25 Apr - 3 May 2019Read more -
A Certain Tree
Francis Hamel 29 Nov - 22 Dec 2017A few years ago I spent some time reading The Golden Bough by James Frazer. He starts volume one with an extraordinary story set on the shores of a flooded...Read more -
Rachel's Flowers
Francis Hamel 7 - 22 Mar 2014Ever since we first met, Rachel’s flowers have been central to our life at home. The flowers she picks from our garden and the combinations of colours that she puts...Read more -
Oxford Paintings
Francis Hamel 5 - 21 Dec 2012Those of us who live and work in Oxford tend to take the beauties of the city for granted. Indeed, it is often only when they are altered or subsumed...Read more -
Italian Formal Gardens and Their Landscapes
Franci Hamel 24 Nov - 11 Dec 2010These pictures shamelessly offer escape, Italian formal gardens and their landscapes are some of the most beautiful places in the world and I have done my best to try and...Read more
Videos-
Francis Hamel
The Oxford Paintings February 17, 2025Read more -
Francis Hamel Oxford
27 March - 25 April September 14, 2023Documenting Francis Hamel's residency at Magdalen College, Oxford with a bicycle trailer as a portable studio, we follow the artist across the city and through...Read more -
Rousham, Through The Gardens
Francis Hamel March 11, 2022Read more -
Painting the Yellow Mountain
Francis Hamel March 11, 2022Read more -
A Certain Tree
Francis Hamel March 11, 2022Read more
Biography
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Thirty Gardens, John Martin Gallery, London
2021 Rousham, Through The Gardens, John Martin Gallery, London
2020 Painting The Yellow Mountain, John Martin Gallery, London
2019 Paintings and Drawings – Book Launch, John Martin Gallery, London
2017 A Certain Tree, John Martin Gallery, London
2014 Rachel’s Flowers, John Martin Gallery Chelsea, London
2012 Oxford Paintings 2012, John Martin Gallery, London
2011 Edward Cutler Gallery, Milan
2010 Italian Formal Gardens and Their Landscapes, John Martin Gallery, London
2009 Theatre Paintings, John Martin Gallery at Art London, Chelsea
2008 Three Years in the Italian Marches, John Martin Gallery, London
2007 Paintings, John Martin Gallery, London
2006 2004-2006, John Martin Gallery, London
2004 Paintings, John Martin Gallery, London
2003 Work 2002-2003, John Martin Gallery, London
2002 Francis Hamel, John Martin Gallery, London
2000 Francis Hamel, John Martin Gallery, London
1997 Francis Hamel, John Martin Gallery, London
1995 Francis Hamel, John Martin Gallery, London
1984 Magdalen College, Oxford
1983 Newman Rooms, OxfordGroup Exhibitions
2019 The Winter Show, John Martin Gallery, London
2012 20th Birthday, John Martin Gallery, LondonPublications-
Francis Hamel - The Oxford Paintings
With a Miscellany of Poetry and Prose Francis Hamel Edited and complied by Ronald J Caffrey, 2025Hardback, 160 pagesRead more
Publisher: Clearview Books
ISBN: 978-1908337-757
Dimensions: 301 x 242 mm -
Le Marche, Umbria & Tuscany
Francis Hamel John Martin Gallery, 2015Paperback, 35 pagesRead more
Publisher: John Martin Gallery
Dimensions: 25cm x 18cm -
Paintings & Drawings
Francis Hamel Francis Hamel, 2019Hard Back, 215 pagesRead more
Publisher: John Martin Gallery
ISBN: 978-1-9993013-1-6 -
The Gardens at Rousham
Paintings by Francis Hamel Francis Hamel, 2021Hard Back, 160 pagesRead more
Publisher: Clearview Books
ISBN: 9781908337610
Dimensions: 294 x 236 x 3mm
