Francis Jeans

Figurative oil painter in Cambridge, UK

Figurative painting and drawing from life has always been my passion: portraits, people at work, landscapes, still life, architecture and street life.

In my recent paintings of the urban scene, usually in London, I have painted outdoors looking into cafes, bars and in underground stations with changing scenes of people in different groupings and relationships, creating complex patterns of shape and colour.

Reflections of many kinds and the double image fascinate me, as do lighting, mirrors, windows, and combining inside and outside views of people and objects

I use these aspects to form a strong composition, using paint, brushwork and texture to explore contrasts of colour and shape

I always work directly in oil onto canvas without any preliminary drawing.

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