Francesca OWEN
A specialist in earth pigments and plant dyes, Francesca Owen works from Trewidden Studios near Penzance, and is a tutor at St Ives School of Painting. She studied painting at the Slade School of Art. In 2009 she completed a residency in Laos, Asia. This research coincided with an MA in Art & Environment at Falmouth University.
Her exhibition 'The Triumph of Love' in autumn of 2022 was the culmination of a year's residency at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens.
She became a member of STISA in 2023.
media
Painting
exhibitions
Open Studios Cornwall 2019; 2020 (postponed); 2022; 2023; 2024
2021: Crypt Gallery, St Ives (solo show) 17 Apr-1 May
2021: Summer at Tremenheere, Tremenheere Gallery, Gulval, Penzance (23 July-7 Aug)
2022: The Triumph of Love, Tremenheere Gallery, Gulval, Penzance (3-30 Sept)
2022: STISA Christmas Open Exhibition (23 Nov-1 Jan)
2023: This Verdant Temple, Crypt Gallery, St Ives (6-12 May)
2023: The Sacred Garden, Livingstone St Ives (9-23 Sept)
2024: Crypt Gallery, St Ives (20 Apr-10 May)
2024: Generations, Livingstone St Ives, Lemon Street, Truro (Apr/May)
2025: Crypt Gallery, St Ives (19 Apr-9 May)
memberships
STISA (2023)