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Walks Over Fields

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An engaging abstract composition by contemporary British artist Frances Daws, executed in acrylic onto board and dated 2024.

This painting captures the colours and feelings of walking through the English village of Lacock, a walk Frances does regularly, past the darting house martins down east street, onto the ford and adjacent stream, tops dipping into the water, many attempting to walk over the slippery stones, up the hill and over the top field with views of lush countryside ahead.

This acrylic on canvas board is framed within a ‘St Ives’ style white wooden frame to capture the complexity of the colours within. Both the painting and frame are in excellent condition. The artwork comes with a certificate of authenticity and signature on the reverse.

Frances Daws is a British Artist working in the Southwest of England. Primarily a painter she also works within printmaking. Having lived by the English coastline and now residing within the countryside her work is often formed by ‘colour journeys’ a form of mapping the landscape through the emotive language of colour.

Size: 32 x 37 cm (including frame)

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Whispering Trees

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A minimalistic and atmospheric mid-century oil painting that presents a serene landscape scene with a row of loosely defined trees standing against a muted sky, possibly near a body of water.

The style is an abstracted interpretation of nature, and there is a focus on form and mood over realistic detail. The colour palette consists of subdued earth tones, including muted greens, soft greys, warm beige, and hints of yellow, creating a harmonious, natural aesthetic.

The brushwork is expressive yet restrained, with visible, layered strokes that add texture and depth. The trees are depicted in simplified, organic forms, allowing the viewer to interpret the landscape subjectively. The slightly blurred and softened edges contribute to the dreamlike quality of the scene.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary wood frame with an inner linen border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has some age wear marks to its linen border and scuffing to its frame edges.

Size: 43 x 39 cm (including frame)

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Whispers of Autumn

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A mid-century abstract landscape painting that captures the essence of a fleeting autumn moment through expressive, bold brushstrokes and a rich, earthy colour palette, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1963.

The composition centres on a striking, stylized tree with vibrant orange foliage, leaning slightly as if swayed by the wind. The background features deep green and muted brown hues, creating a sense of depth and grounding the scene in a natural setting. A hint of light cream in the centre suggests sunlight filtering through the foliage, adding a subtle glow.

The artist has used loose, expressive brushstrokes that give the painting a dynamic and raw quality. The juxtaposition of vibrant orange against deep forest greens evokes a sense of contrast between movement and stillness, warmth and tranquillity. The use of muted earth tones in the foreground and background enhances the natural, organic feel of the composition, while the layered application of paint gives it depth.

The painting’s abstracted form and expressive colour choices reflect a contemplative interpretation of the landscape, focusing on mood and atmosphere rather than realistic details.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary silver leaf wood frame. There is some v slight wear to bottom edge of canvas, but the painting is in good condition overall. There are some losses to the silver leaf on the frame, as shown.

Size: 41 x 56 cm (including frame)

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Coastal Village

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A large and captivating mid-century modernist oil painting that captures a serene coastal village landscape with an expressive, semi-abstract approach, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1969.

The composition is structured with simplified forms of houses, trees, and waterways, conveying an atmospheric sense of place rather than a literal representation.

The colour palette is dominated by cool and muted earth tones – soft blues and greys for the sky and water, gentle greens and beige for the land, and contrasting dark navy and deep brown for architectural elements. Pops of white and terracotta red add warmth and vibrancy to the rooftops, subtly guiding the eye across the scene.

Executed with broad, gestural brushstrokes, the artist has used an impressionistic yet geometric approach, using thick layers to create texture and depth. The brushwork remains loose and spontaneous, allowing colours to blend dynamically while maintaining a structured composition.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary wood frame with an inner gilt window. Both painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 55 x 75.5cm (including frame)

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Cubist Study

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A large, striking and brilliantly executed mid-century cubist figurative oil portrait, painted by the established Swedish artist Max Gregor Carlsson (1914-1996), whose works have been exhibited in public collections including the Malmö Museum, Eskilstuna Art Museum, Ystads Museum, Norrköping City Collection, the Landskrona Konsthall.

The painting depicts a simplified human figure dressed in an orange attire, in a seated position with her hands clasped in front.

Drawing inspiration from elements of cubism and geometric abstraction, the artist has masterfully flattened and fragmented the composition down to distinct geometric planes and angular shapes that interact with one another. Each respective shape seems to occupy its own distinct space, yet together they form a cohesive and harmonious whole.

The colour palette is consists of bold orange and a mix of muted shades including light terracotta, beige, and grey-blue, with occasional accents of black and cream. The blocks of colour are cleanly defined, yet they transition fluidly into one another, avoiding harsh contrasts. The contrasting darker and lighter tones highlights the three-dimensional qualities of the figure and surrounding, whilst simultaneously emphasising the two-dimensional flatness of the canvas.

The brushstrokes are smooth with subtle textural variations. Each stroke is deliberate and calculated, reinforcing the angular, segmented forms of the composition.

This large oil on canvas is housed in a complementary wood frame that has been painted white. The painting has a very small area of paint loss at its lower left, as shown in close up. The frame has areas of paint loss.

Size: 82 x 67.5 cm (including frame)

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Edges of Dusk

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A minimalistic mid-century modernist painting that captures a quiet, geometric landscape rendered with bold simplicity and thoughtful abstraction, painted in oil onto board.

At its center, a sharply angled white structure – perhaps a barn or house – emerges between two looming, almost silhouetted trees. A small blue-and-white striped form in the foreground, possibly a bench, adds a playful pop of colour and contrast.

Modernist in its ethos, the painting embraces geometric abstraction as the artist has omitted all realistic details and has used flat planes of colour and a minimalistic approach to suggest depth and form.

The palette is dominated by deep greens, blacks, and subdued greys, evoking a moody, almost twilight ambiance. The stark white of the roof and the sharp blue accents add both contrast and focal interest.

Thick, expressive brushstrokes are visible throughout, especially in the trees and background areas. These textured strokes bring a sense of movement and energy to the otherwise calm and structured scene, grounding the abstraction in tactile, painterly technique.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary wood frame with an inner linen lining. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has very minor scuffs at its corners.

Size: 37 x 51 cm (including frame)

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Geometry in Balance

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A mid-century geometric abstract painting that features a minimalist composition of overlapping rectangular forms, presented in a balanced and structured arrangement, executed in oil onto board.

The artwork is divided vertically into two contrasting sections: a light, off-white area on the left and a dark, charcoal-black area on the right. The primary geometric shapes include a series of coloured rectangles stacked on a horizontal black base. On the left side, a small yellow rectangle partially overlaps with a green rectangle, adjacent to a slightly larger blue rectangle. On the right side, a dominant red rectangle stands tall, partially obscuring a dark green rectangle at its base. The overlapping of colours and shapes creates a sense of depth and spatial interaction.

The colours used are bold and primary: red, blue, yellow, and green, with neutral black, white, and grey tones as background elements. The brushstrokes are varied – smooth strokes fill the background, and more expressive stokes with visible texture have been used to paint the shapes.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary linen-lined frame with an inner black and silver border. Both painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 45.5 x 53.5 cm (including frame)

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Impasto Bottles

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A striking modernist style still life composition that combines abstraction, bold textures, and a harmonious colour palette, executed in oil onto board and dated 1956.

The composition presents a collection of bottles of varying sizes and colours.

Modernist in its ethos, the artist has abstracted and reduced the respective forms into blocks of contrasting colours, focusing on their essential shapes instead of realistic details.

The artist has used bold, impasto brushstrokes, applying thick layers of paint to create a highly textured surface. These visible, expressive strokes add depth and movement to the composition, conveying a tactile quality that invites viewers to explore the painting up close.

The colour palette is warm and earthy, dominated by shades of yellow, green, brown, and hints of vibrant blue and red. These muted tones work together harmoniously. The darker accents provide contrast, emphasising the vertical forms of the bottles and the rhythm within the composition.

This oil on board is housed in a unique and characterful gilt frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The linen border to the frame has some age wear, but this is in keeping with its vintage style. It is in good condition overall.

Size: 37.5 x 60 cm (including frame)

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Shape & Form

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A brilliantly executed 1959 abstract composition painted in oil onto canvas, painted by the established Swedish artist Max Gregor Carlsson (1914-1996), whose works have been exhibited in public collections including the Malmö Museum, Eskilstuna Art Museum, Ystads Museum, Norrköping City Collection, the Landskrona Konsthall.

Here we have an abstract composition with a structured, geometric arrangement of shapes in a muted colour palette.

The artwork leans towards abstract geometric art with an architectural quality. It features rectangular and curved forms that overlap and interact, creating a sense of balance and depth. The shapes resemble furniture or interior elements, possibly suggesting a still life or interior scene in an abstracted manner.

The painting uses soft, neutral tones of beige, cream, pale blue, and muted pastels, contrasted with darker accents in deep brown, black, and a bold teal rectangle at the top. The subtle use of pink and red hints at warmth within the composition.

Overall, this painting exudes a modernist, abstract atmosphere, with a structured yet expressive approach. It invites viewers to interpret the forms in their own way, making it a compelling and thought-provoking piece.

The painting is housed in a simple white wooden frame, which complements its minimalist aesthetic and emphasizes the raw, expressive quality of the artwork. There is some scattered craquelure to the painting due to thickness of paint as shown in the close ups, but the paint layer is stable overall. The frame has some scuffing and marks, but is in good condition overall.

Size: 53.5 x 66 cm (including frame)

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Standing Form

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An evocative mid-century modernist abstract painting that presents a standing human figure that has been deconstructed into geometric and organic forms.

The artist has used a mixed-media approach to create a textured, layered composition, evoking a sense of depth and contemplation. The figure emerges subtly from an interplay of muted tones—soft greys, whites, beiges, and deep blues—contrasted with an irregular dark shape at its centre which has been collaged in, possibly symbolising an internal essence or emotional core.

Executed in an abstract figurative style, the composition features dynamic brushstrokes that shift between structured, block-like applications of paint and fluid, gestural marks. The juxtaposition of hard-edged forms with softer, blended areas enhances the painting’s sense of movement and spatial ambiguity. The overall effect is both contemplative and expressive, making it a compelling piece.

This mixed media on card is presented within a white mount. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. There is some scuffing to the frame.

Size: 56 x 51 cm (including frame)

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Still Life with Glass Bottle

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A brilliantly executed and gentle mid-century modernist style still life composition, executed in oil onto board.

A glass bottle, a green apple, a lemon, and a blue bowl are carefully arranged on a table.

Modernist in its ethos, the artist has skilfully reduced the forms into blocks of contrasting colours to create depth, while maintaining the flatness flatness of the board.

The scene is rendered in a beautiful palette of muted pastel shades—soft blues, gentle yellows, pale greens and subdued greys—that lend a calm and soothing quality to the painting.

Short, expressive brushstrokes add energy to the scene, emphasising the artist’s hand in creating the work.

Overall, the painting has a wonderful balance between form and colour, simplicity and expression. And the composition invites viewers to appreciate the beauty of everyday objects.

This oil on board is housed in a well-suited wood frame with multiple profiles. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 67.5 x 77.5 cm (including frame)

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The Blue Vest

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An excellently executed modernist oil on canvas, painted by Bo Hultén (b.1945), whose works have been presented in the Modern Museum of Art, and the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm. His work is also presented at the Gripsholm Gallery in Stockholm and the Municipal Museum in Malmö.

This painting by Bo Hultén is a relatively early work. His style is reminiscent of the modernist tradition in which figures are deconstructed into basic shapes and surfaces. The geometric structure has parallels to Cubism and Post-Cubism, in which volumes and perspectives dissolve into flat fields of colour. The face is anonymous and unspecified, which enhances the abstract expression and directs the viewer’s focus to the shapes of the body and the colour composition.

The blue garment in the centre acts as a central colour point, while the dark and light contrasts create a balanced composition. The orange element in the lower left corner breaks off and adds dynamism to the painting. The background is minimalist and neutral, which makes the figure appear more clearly.

Hultén’s work can be placed within Scandinavian modernism, where an austere but poetic simplicity often occurs. His way of simplifying human figures into almost iconic forms is reminiscent of artists such as Fernand Léger or Swedish modernists such as Olle Bærtling (although Bærtling was more pronounced abstract).

The painting is presented in a wood frame which suits it perfectly. There are some marks and general age wear to painting, but it is in good condition overall. The frame has some scuffs, but is also in good condition.

Size: 64.5 x 54 cm (including frame)

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Pair of Abstract Figures

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A set of mini mid-century abstract figurative paintings that exude a subtle yet captivating presence, painted in oil onto canvas and sold as a pair.

The artworks feature semi-abstract figures rendered in soft, muted tones. The compositions are characterised by minimalistic and expressive forms, highlighting the human figure through simplified shapes and subtle contouring.

The left painting presents a solitary figure standing against a light, neutral background, with muted pinks and grey tones. The right painting features a seated figure set against a darker, contrasting background, with similar hues and strokes of yellow complemented by deeper shades of black and blue. The figures, though abstracted, convey a sense of poised tranquillity.

The artist’s brushstrokes are loose and textured, creating a raw, organic quality that enhances the sense of movement and form. The layered application of paint, particularly in the figures, lends depth and a sense of abstraction, while the bold, yet soft, contours define the shapes without overwhelming the composition.

These oil on canvases are each housed in complementary wood frames. Both paintings and frames are in excellent vintage condition.

Size of each painting: 26 x 21.5 cm (including frame)

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The Bouquet

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A very unique and vivid mid century semi abstract oil composition, painted on board and dated 1964 on the reverse.

In this composition we see a vase of flowers which have been painted in a semi-abstract modernist style. The artist has intentionally chosen now to focus on the realistic forms of the florals, and has instead drawn attention to the shapes, colours and lines of the bouquet. Its formal elements are echoed in the background which appears to be the framework of a window, creating a really fun and striking picture. The bright colours contrast against the bold, black outlines and the starkly white vase.

This brilliantly executed oil on board is housed in a wide profile wood frame with decorative carvings. The painting is in good vintage condition, and the frame has some minor scuffing as shown.

Size: 51.5 x 68 cm (including frame)

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Wintery Horizon

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An emotive and atmospheric mid-century abstract landscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas.

The subject matter appears to be a snow-dappled field with scattered trees and a distant horizon. The painting has a gestural, impressionistic abstraction style, with an emphasis on mood and movement, rather than realistic representation.

Broad, expressive, and textured brushstrokes dominate the canvas, adding a sense of dynamism and immediacy.

The artist has used a muted earthy palette comprising shades of grey, green, and beige, with subtle hints of pink. These shades add a moody and nostalgic atmosphere to the composition.

This oil on canvas is housed in a very well suited green frame with an inner gilt window. Both painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 63 x 74 cm (including frame)

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Abstract Horizon

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A mid-century modernist abstract landscape painting that captures a rugged, windswept terrain through expressive and gestural brushwork, executed in oil onto canvas.

The composition evokes an expansive natural scene, possibly an autumnal field or rocky desert, with layered horizontal bands of colour suggesting depth and movement. The artist has used bold black forms scattered across the canvas, which could represent geological formations, shadows, or abstracted land contours.

Rendered in a striking palette of earthy ochres, deep rusts, and burnt yellows, the warm hues contrast dramatically against the bolder black strokes. The upper section features a pale beige sky, creating a sense of atmospheric openness that enhances the composition’s spatial depth.

The painting is executed with raw, gestural brushstrokes and areas of impasto, adding an energetic and dynamic quality.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary white painted wood frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some scuffing.

Size: 72 x 91.5 cm (including frame)

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Abstract Structures

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A mid-century abstract oil painting that features a collection of block-like forms, creating a structured yet minimalist composition.

The artist has used expressive brushstrokes, as well as a muted palette – with subdued greys, warm yellow and orange that stands out as a focal point. The forms appear stacked or aligned side by side, evoking a sense of urban or architectural abstraction, possibly referencing buildings against a backdrop.

Overall, the painting has a strong focus on simplicity and form.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary white frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has very minor scuffs.

Size: 25.5 x 32 cm (including frame)

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Coastal Serenity

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A soothing and tranquil coastal landscape composition presented through an abstracted perspective, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1973.

The composition features a calm coastal scene with sandy shores, distant greenery, and an expansive sky that adds depth and atmosphere.

Rendered in a modernist style, the painting embraces simplification and abstraction, the artist has skillfully deconstructed the scene into planes of contrasting colour. Overall, there is a focus on form and colour harmony rather than intricate realism.

The colour palette consists of muted pastel tones – soft blues, pale yellows, gentle greens, and warm beige—creating a serene and contemplative mood.

The artist has used expressive yet smooth brushstrokes with visible directional movement, adding energy and a dynamic quality to the scene.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary gilt frame with an inner linen border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has very minor scuffs.

Size: 48.5 x 56.5 cm (including frame)

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Ethereal Landscape

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An emotive and tranquil mid-century abstract landscape, executed in oil onto canvas.

The composition features rolling green hills, and a golden field in the foreground. The background is dominated by a vast expanse of sky in a light cool blue, evoking a sense of openness and calm.

Abstract in nature, the forms are suggested rather than explicitly defined. The artist has used a harmonious and restrained palette of blues, fresh greens, yellow, and subtle earthy tones, creating a dreamlike, almost ethereal quality.

Brushstrokes vary in technique, from broad, sweeping motions to smaller, deliberate marks, adding texture and depth. Some areas exhibit a tactile quality, emphasising the materiality of the paint, while others are blended with a soft, almost atmospheric effect.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary gilt frame. Both painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 41 x 57 cm (including frame)

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Ethereal Sea

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A soothing and beautifully textured mid-century abstract seascape composition, painted in oil onto canvas.

Although abstract in nature, the painting is characterised by a tranquil depiction of a seascape.

The subtle and muted palette of blues, soft greens, and off-whites suggests a serene, atmospheric scene, possibly of a sea horizon merging into a cloudy sky.

The brushstrokes are layered, fluid and dynamic, hinting at waves. The impasto technique adds depth and tactile quality to the painting.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary white tray frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 48 x 57 cm (including frame)

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Figure & Flowers

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A striking mid century composition painted in oil onto canvas.

This painting presents a bold, abstract composition with a strong use of geometric shapes and flat areas of vivid colour.

Two red flowers with green leaves are depicted—one upright on the left side and the other lying across the lower foreground. These flowers bring a natural, organic contrast to the otherwise structured, geometric scene. A large, stylized black and white form dominates the centre. The figure is abstract, adding a sense of mystery.

The painting has a modernist and abstract style, blending elements of cubism and minimalism, with clear outlines, strong contrasts, and a focus on form and colour rather than detailed realism.

Overall, it’s a striking, visually balanced work that merges geometric abstraction with organic floral motifs, creating a sense of both order and liveliness.

Size: 61 x 51.5cm (including frame)

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Figures in a Dream

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A brilliantly executed abstract composition drawn in biro onto paper, by British artist Enos Lovatt (1937-2018).

This intricate composition has a dynamic, surreal quality, filled with abstract forms and stylised figures. The cross-hatching and dense linework typical of biro drawings are skilfully used to create depth, contrast, and texture. The artist plays with positive and negative space, using white areas effectively to highlight the main forms amidst the dark, densely filled background.

The drawing has strong influences from Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism, with its dream-like imagery and focus on fluidity, symbolism, and subconscious forms. There’s a sense of narrative, though it remains open-ended and abstract, encouraging personal interpretation.

Overall, the piece is bold, intricate, and highly textured, showcasing the meticulous potential of the humble biro pen in the hands of a skilled artist.

Both the drawing and frame are in excellent vintage condition. The painting is presented within a card mount and a stained black wooden frame, and is protected behind perspex.

Enos Lovatt (1937–2018) studied at Burslem School of Art and the Royal College of Art (1959–1962) before becoming Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Staffordshire Polytechnic until 1992. A prolific artist, he worked in oils, gouache, acrylics, ceramics, and biro, leaving behind thousands of works. He exhibited sporadically, including solo shows in City Museum and Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent, one man shows at the Paton and Woodstock Galleries in London and at Stafford Museum and Art Gallery.

In the early 1990s, Enos lost most of the three middle fingers on his dominant right hand in a lawnmower accident. The biros allowed him to navigate his vivid and unique imagination and bring the thoughts and images in his head to life in their purest form of magic realism. This drawing was created in the early 2000s.

Size: 55 x 74 cm (including frame)

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Geometric Townscape

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A striking and richly textured mid-century geometric abstract composition, executed in oil onto canvas.

The painting appears to evoke a town with abstract shapes resembling architectural elements. The lower portion of the canvas incorporates geometric forms that may suggest structural blocks like buildings, while the upper portion opens into a more fluid, sky-like expanse of blue.

The painterly brushstrokes are highly expressive, with an emphasis on texture and layering. This impasto technique gives the painting a sense of depth, and a wonderful tactile quality. The colour palette is rich, imbuing the work with a lively feel.

Overall, the composition has a harmonious balance between order (via its geometric forms) and spontaneity (through expressive, textured strokes).

This oil on canvas is housed in complementary gilt frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 42 x 50 cm (including frame)

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Golden Plains

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A soothing mid-century modernist style abstract landscape composition, executed in oil onto board and dated 1956.

The scene depicts a landscape setting with vast golden fields stretching into the distance and small village buildings in the background.

All realistic details have been omitted as the artist has captured the essence of the landscape without intricate detail and instead by its simplified forms. The structure of the landscape has been deconstructed into large, flat shapes, giving the painting an almost geometric feel that enhances its abstract quality.

The colour palette consists of soft, muted tones—such as shades of yellow, blue and grey. These colors evoke a calm, quiet atmosphere.

The brushstrokes are broad and textured, with a mix of thick and thin applications, adding depth and a light tactile quality.

This oil on board is housed in a well-suited hessian-lined frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition. There are some very little tiny spots of paint loss to the painting, but these do not detract from the overall attractiveness of the painting.

Size: 44 x 69 cm (including frame)

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Golden Quietude

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An emotive and atmospheric mid-century modernist composition that features a serene and abstracted landscape, executed in oil onto canvas.

Simple yet effective in its composition, the painting appears to be a natural scene, perhaps an open field, under a vast, cloudy sky.

The painting uses earthy tones, dominated by golden ochres and muted browns in the foreground. The sky is rendered in soft, diffused blueish greys, creating a moody and atmospheric effect. Overall, the painting is very well-balanced with an equal weight of sky and land, and is enriched with a minimalist aesthetic.

The brushstrokes are loose, expressive, and spontaneous, showcasing the artist’s intention to convey mood and texture rather than detailed realism.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary gilt frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent condition.

Size: 65 x 74 cm (including frame)

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Interior Angles

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A bold and striking mid century modernist interior scene, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1954 by the established Swedish artist Max Gregor Carlsson (1914-1996), whose works have been exhibited in public collections including the Malmö Museum, Eskilstuna Art Museum, Ystads Museum, Norrköping City Collection, the Landskrona Konsthall.

This painting depicts an interior scene rendered in a bold, geometric, and abstracted style. The focus is on simplified shapes, structured composition, and a muted, earthy color palette.

The central element of the painting is a large, dark table, with angular lines and panels of brown, beige, and black. Surrounding the table are walls, doors, and furniture, abstractly represented through flattened planes and geometric forms. The space is framed by dark doorways, rectangular wall panels, and a doorway with a visible brown door.

The perspective is intentionally distorted and angular, creating a slightly cubist, modernist feel. The painting emphasizes structure and form, reducing details in favour of simplified and abstracted shapes.

This artwork captures a quiet, introspective interior scene through an abstracted and geometric lens. The angular forms, muted tones, and simplified details create a sense of stillness and structure. It reflects a modernist approach to interior spaces, focusing on the interplay of shape, line, and muted colour. The deliberate distortion and abstraction invite the viewer to engage with the composition’s architectural and emotional depth.

The oil on canvas is framed in a simple, light-coloured wooden frame that aligns with the minimalist, modernist aesthetic of the painting. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has some scuffing and slight age toning, but is in good condition overall.

Size: 53 x 66 cm (including frame)

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Memory of a Place

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A subdued and nostalgic mid-century modernist style architectural landscape composition, painted in oil onto canvas.

The painting presents a townscape with a group of buildings. Executed in a modernist, semi-abstract style, the artist has skilfully simplified the architecture into geometric shapes, deconstructing the buildings into angular planes and overlapping forms.

A restrained and muted colour palette that includes shades of greys, beige, and cream have been used. These colours enhance the tranquil yet structured atmosphere. There are hints of deep green at the lower portion, possibly representing foliage. Darker outlines subtly emphasise structure, while the layering of forms creates depth.

The brushstrokes are expressive yet controlled, with visible texture that add a light tactile quality and a sense of rawness.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary wood frame. The painting has light craquelure present but this is commensurate with age and the paint layer is very stable overall. The frame has some minor scuffing.

Size: 57 x 81 cm (including frame)

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Muted Horizons

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A dreamy mid-century modernist style landscape that evokes a serene yet abstract depiction of nature, executed in in oil onto canvas.

The subject matter appears to be a natural scene, potentially a field or a gentle hillside with trees in the background. The vertical shapes of the trees contrast subtly with the horizontal expanses of land and sky, adding structure to the composition.

Modernist in its ethos and with abstract qualities, there is a focus on the interaction between colour and form as opposed to realistic details.

The brushstrokes are loose and expressive, with short and broad strokes used to overlap layers of colours, which contribute to creating depth to the scene.

The palette leans towards soft muted tones, including greens and beige, complemented by hints of pinks pastel blue. These colours create a soothing and naturalistic atmosphere, evoking a sense of calm.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary distressed style frame with an inner gilt window. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some scuffs.

Size: 45 x 72 cm (including frame)

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Pastel Pastures

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A large 20th century abstract landscape painting that captures a serene natural setting with a dynamic interplay of colours and expressive brushstrokes, executed in oil onto canvas and dated ’86 on the reverse.

The composition features rolling hills, trees, and open sky, evoking a peaceful yet energetic atmosphere. The scene is loosely defined, and there is an emphasis on colour, form, and movement, over precise details, allowing the viewer to interpret the landscape through a lens of abstraction.

The artist has used a vibrant and pastel-based palette, with shades of soft greens, yellows, blues, and pinks blending harmoniously. The sky is rendered in airy blues and whites, while the trees and hills incorporate warm yellow, purples, and fresh greens, adding depth and movement to the piece.

Bold, gestural brushstrokes define the texture of the landscape, with thick impasto applications adding a sense of three-dimensionality. The expressive, sweeping strokes create a rhythmic flow, guiding the eye across the painting and enhancing its dynamic yet tranquil mood.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary silver frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has some very minor scuffing, but is is in good condition overall.

Size: 57.5 x 72.5 cm (including frame)

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Relief with Blue

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A serene and abstract contemporary Cornish still life painting, executed in oil onto board and dated 1995 on reverse.

The composition presents an assortment of domestic objects, including a jug and cups, subtly arranged within a fragmented, geometric space.

The artist has thoughtfully used an understated colour palette dominated by soft blues, muted greens, and earthy beige tones, creating a sense of calm and balance

Rendered in an abstracted, cubist-inspired style, the composition is deconstructed into overlapping and interlocking planes, giving the impression of a relief-like surface.

The artist’s brushstrokes are delicate and layered, with light visible texture that enhance the tactile quality of the piece. Thin, precise lines define the edges of the objects, while areas of soft, blended colour add depth and movement. The overall effect is both structured and fluid, evoking a quiet, meditative atmosphere.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary white frame and is framed behind glass. The painting is in good vintage condition. There are two pin holes to the left edge of the board as shown in the close up, and there are some marks to the white border. The frame has some slight wear, commensurate with age.

Size: 29 x 71 cm (including frame)

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