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Autumnal Forest

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A rich and striking mid-century semi-abstract landscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas.

The painting presents a vibrant forest scene. Executed in a semi-abstract manner, all realistic details have been omitted and the composition has been reduced to vertical strokes that suggest slender tree trunks, as well as blocks of colour swathes that resemble leaves and the earthy ground.

The artist has selected an earthy autumnal palette featuring rich shades of browns and reds, with flashes of green and blue, imbuing the painting with a sense of warmth. The brushstrokes are dynamic and painterly, creating an expressive and lively depiction of a forest.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary deep profile gilt frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has light scuffs.

Size: 58 x 74 cm (including frame)

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Blue Forms

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A brilliantly executed mid-century abstract still-life composition, painted in oil onto canvas.

The painting omits all realistic details, leaving only geometric shapes and forms that suggest a vase and a bottle and some other objects on a platform.

Rendered in shades of blue, these objects are placed against a backdrop of muted black and grey. The restrained colour palette enhances the minimalist quality of the piece, while the expressive brushwork creates a sense of depth and light texture. The overall mood is contemplative, with the absence of fine detail allowing the viewer to focus on the juxtaposition of colour and form.

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

Size: 52 x 63 cm (including frame)

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City Shrubs

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

Size: 56.5 x 44 cm (including frame)

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Coastal Conversations

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An engaging abstract composition by contemporary British artist Frances Daws, executed in acrylic onto canvas and dated 2021.

Coastal Conversations is a love letter to Cornwall, capturing the essence of this enchanting region. The calming blues of a sea in peak summer, the crashing waves, and busy harbours. These colours work together to evoke the peaceful feeling of the coast, stirring memories of bare feet digging into the sand, feeling the warm sun’s gentle embrace, and cooling off in the cold English sea.

This acrylic on canvas is framed within a white wooden frame with the edges of the canvas visible, capturing 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: 40 x 45 cm (including frame)

Click here to watch a video where Saira, co-founder of The Discerning Palette, talks about her connection with this collection of paintings by Frances Daws.

The sculptures seen in the photos are also available to purchase and details can be viewed here.

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Hidden Retreat

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An energetic mid-century semi-abstract landscape composition that bursts with movement and colour, painted in oil onto canvas.

The painting portrays a house nestled in nature surrounded by lush foliage. Semi-abstract in nature, the artist has omitted realistic details, reducing the scene to expressive and painterly dabs of contrasting colours that demonstrate depth.

Rich hues of greens, yellows, and blues dominate the canvas, applied confidently in short broad strokes that blend and overlap, creating a rhythmic and dynamic composition.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary deep-profiled gilt frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has minor scuffs.

Size: 26.5 x 40.5 cm (including frame)

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Pastel Plains

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A soothing mid-century modernist style abstract landscape composition that captures the beauty of nature, executed in oil onto canvas.

The painting depicts a panoramic view of a sprawling field, where distant trees line the horizon.

Abstract in nature, the artist has stripped away realistic details, reducing the landscape into simplified blocks and planes of contrasting shades.

A uplifting palette of rich pastel shades bring a sense of peace and serenity to the composition. Each colour blocks contrasts harmoniously with the next, creating a balanced interplay between form and space.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary silver painted wood frame with an inner linen lining. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has paint losses, as shown in close ups.

Size: 49 x 57 cm (including frame)

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The Matador and the Bull

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An emotive and brilliantly executed mid-century semi-abstract oil painting by Swedish artist Eric Elfvén (1921–2008), whose works have been exhibited in public collections including the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Jönköping Museum, Borås Art Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

The composition captures the dynamic interaction between a matador and a bull. Executed in an abstract manner, the scene is rendered through a masterful reduction of form, where bold simplified forms in contrasting colours intersect to create depth and intensity. The limited earthy colour palette, predominantly composed of browns, deep reds, and black, coupled with expressive brushstrokes, evokes a profound emotional resonance, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in the drama and passion of the bullfighting spectacle.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary champagne-painted wood frame with an inner linen lining. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some scuffs.

Size: 35 x 46 cm (including frame)

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Seated Sculpture

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A striking abstract mid century modernist 1950s sculpture in plaster.

This seated abstract figure in plaster is presented on a 6 cornered plinth made of teak. The sculptor has focused on the form of the human figure, emphasising the curves and rhythm of the body.

In good vintage condition.

Height: 21 cm
Width: 20 cm
Depth: 13 cm

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Whispers of Dusk

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A small yet impactful mid-century abstract landscape that captivates with its subtle beauty and emotional depth, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1950.

The painting draws the viewer into a tranquil scene which suggests a landscape setting. In the foreground, earthy browns anchor the composition, hinting at land or perhaps a field. The middle and background are dominated by soft, light hues of sky, where gentle pinks and purples intermingle, evoking the serene moments of dusk.

The artist’s loose and sweeping brushstrokes give the work a dynamic quality. The painting’s textural surface, achieved through the thoughtful layering of paint, adds depth and and invites viewers to explore its subtleties.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary slim black painted wood frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 27 x 31 cm (including frame)

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White Shores

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An atmospheric and restful coastal landscape composition, executed in oil onto board and dated 1967.

The painting captures the essence of a tranquil and panoramic seashore scene as soft sand lines the coast, and a magnificent view of a vast sea stretches out into the distant horizon.

Soft gentle colours of pale muted blues, white and touches of earthy brown and sand dominate the surface, evoking a serene and peaceful ambiance. These contrasting shades have been thoughtfully selected and applied to demonstrate a sense of depth.

The brushwork is loose and impressionistic, displaying the artist’s desire to capture the natural and transient atmospheric elements.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary wood frame with an inner linen border. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 48.5 x 86 cm (including frame)

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Within the Woods

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An atmospheric mid-century modernist style winter landscape composition, executed in oil onto board.

Small in size yet impactful in its composition, the painting captures a winter scene using muted colours and expressive, textured brushwork. Bare trees are presented with their dark trunks and branches in a snow-covered ground.

The artist has confidently applied thick, bold strokes of paint to depict the scene, adding a sense of movement and depth. The textured application of paint enhances the painting’s overall tactile quality,

The colour palette includes muted darker tones balanced with white, evoking a quiet wintry atmosphere.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary wood frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 25.5 x 32 cm (including frame)

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Still Life with Jugs

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A playful and captivating still life painting, executed in acrylic onto linen in 2024 by contemporary Irish artist Jenny Belton.

Jenny Belton is artist based in Dublin, Ireland and has been painting, drawing and making from a young age. Her main inspiration is mid-century art, sculpture, design and architecture in addition to abstract expressionism and the fauvist movement. She drawn to art that is accessible, inclusive and nostalgic and hopes to capture this in her own work.

The painting has a ‘sister’ piece which depicts a similar setting, which can be seen in the photos. Details of that painting are available to view here.

The painting comes framed in a stained black oak float frame, and is in excellent condition.

Size: 30 x 40 cm (including frame)

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Still Life with Pear

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A playful and captivating still life painting, executed in acrylic onto canvas by contemporary Irish artist Jenny Belton, and dated 2024 on reverse.

Jenny Belton is artist based in Dublin, Ireland and has been painting, drawing and making from a young age. Her main inspiration is mid-century art, sculpture, design and architecture in addition to abstract expressionism and the fauvist movement. She drawn to art that is accessible, inclusive and nostalgic and hopes to capture this in her own work.

The painting has a ‘sister’ piece which depicts a similar setting, which can be seen in the photos. Details of that painting are available to view here.

The painting comes framed in a stained black oak float frame, and is in excellent condition.

Size: 30 x 40 cm (including frame)

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Imbolc II

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

Part of the ‘Imbolc’ series, the painting has been created by responding to the colours of local landscapes through the seasons of the traditional Celtic Calendar.

The early days of the year, treading muddy fields, grey lifeless skies. Warm pinks and soft yellow hiding in the midst of sepias, umbers and russets, this is the colour of Imbolc. A season of waiting, reflection, cosy jumpers, bitter cold puddles as big as ponds, impatience and planning.

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)

Click here to watch a video where Saira, co-founder of The Discerning Palette, talks about her connection with this collection of paintings by Frances Daws.

The sculpture seen in the photos is also available to purchase and details can be viewed here.

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Clam

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A unique and captivating oil on canvas by contemporary Irish artist Jenny Belton.

Featuring a clam shell on a round box under a spotlight, this painting by Belton is a comment on the rarity of wisdom. In Belton’s words, “The chances of finding a perfect round pearl in a clam are 100,000 to 1. Wisdom is as rare.” The clam shell here is closed so the question remains as to whether or not there is a pearl to be found within.

Belton has a real knack for creating playful and experimental artworks, and this artwork and its irony is just brilliant. The painting has a ‘sister’ piece which depicts a pearl in a similar setting, which can be seen in the photos. Details of that painting are available to view here.

The painting is unframed but can be hung as is. It is in very good condition.

Jenny Belton is artist based in Dublin, Ireland and has been painting, drawing and making from a young age. Her main inspiration is mid-century art, sculpture, design and architecture in addition to abstract expressionism and the fauvist movement . She drawn to art that is accessible, inclusive and nostalgic and hopes to capture this in her own work.

Size: 40 x 50 cm (including frame)

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Cornwall in Winter

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An impactful abstract composition by contemporary British artist Frances Daws, executed in acrylic onto board and dated 2023.

This painting shows the complexity of the colour within the English Landscape, as it celebrates the consistent greens and deeper browns of the Cornish countryside in winter.

This acrylic on board is housed in a complementary wood frame. 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: 43 x 43 cm (including frame)

Click here to watch a video where Saira, co-founder of The Discerning Palette, talks about her connection with this collection of paintings by Frances Daws.

The sculpture seen in the photos is also available to purchase and details can be viewed here.

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Found within the Hills

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An impactful abstract composition by contemporary British artist Frances Daws, executed in acrylic onto board and dated 2023.

This painting shows the complexity of the colour within the English Landscape, as shades of green layer upon one another and compliment each other.

This acrylic on board is housed in a complementary wood frame. 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: 43 x 43 cm (including frame)

Click here to watch a video where Saira, co-founder of The Discerning Palette, talks about her connection with this collection of paintings by Frances Daws.

The sculpture seen in the photos is also available to purchase and details can be viewed here.

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Pearl

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A unique and captivating oil on canvas by contemporary Irish artist Jenny Belton.

Featuring a single pearl on a box under a spotlight, this painting by Belton is a comment on the rarity of wisdom. The phrase ‘pearls of wisdom’ comes to mind , and in Belton’s words, “The chances of finding a perfect round pearl in a clam are 100,000 to 1. Wisdom is as rare.”

Belton has a real knack for creating playful and experimental artworks, and this artwork and its irony is just brilliant. The painting has a ‘sister’ piece which depicts a clam shell in a similar setting, which can be seen in the photos. Details of that painting are available to view here.

The painting is unframed but can be hung as is. It is in very good condition.

Jenny Belton is artist based in Dublin, Ireland and has been painting, drawing and making from a young age. Her main inspiration is mid-century art, sculpture, design and architecture in addition to abstract expressionism and the fauvist movement . She drawn to art that is accessible, inclusive and nostalgic and hopes to capture this in her own work.

Size: 40 x 50 cm (including frame)

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Imbolc I

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A small yet engaging abstract composition by contemporary British artist Frances Daws, executed in acrylic onto canvas board and dated 2024.

Part of the ‘Imbolc’ series, the painting has been created by responding to the colours of local landscapes through the seasons of the traditional Celtic Calendar.

The early days of the year, treading muddy fields, grey lifeless skies. Warm pinks and soft yellow hiding in the midst of sepias, umbers and russets, this is the colour of Imbolc. A season of waiting, reflection, cosy jumpers, bitter cold puddles as big as ponds, impatience and planning.

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)

Click here to watch a video where Saira, co-founder of The Discerning Palette, talks about her connection with this collection of paintings by Frances Daws.

The sculptures seen in the photos are also available to purchase and details can be viewed here.

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Ostara I

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

This painting has been created by responding to the colours of local landscapes through the seasons of the traditional Celtic Calendar.

Hints of sun, breaking though showers of rain. Take a breath and welcome Ostara, with its delicate snowdrops, Narcissi in bright yellows jumping out against the dark evergreen pines and trees which have stood strong through winters icy cover.

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)

Click here to watch a video where Saira, co-founder of The Discerning Palette, talks about her connection with this collection of paintings by Frances Daws.

The sculptures seen in the photos are also available to purchase and details can be viewed here.

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Summer Path

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An expressive and lively mid-century modern landscape that depicts a winding country path leading through open fields toward a cluster of farm buildings beneath a cloud-filled sky, executed in oil onto canvas.

Rather than focusing on fine detail, the artist reduces the scene to simplified forms and planes of colour, capturing the atmosphere and rhythm of the landscape setting.

Executed in a modernist, semi-abstract style, the composition balances broad geometric shapes with a strong sense of space and light. The palette is soft and harmonious, featuring fresh greens, muted ochres, dusty pinks, pale blues, and gentle grey-lavender tones that evoke the changing light of a summer afternoon.

The brushwork is loose, painterly, and confident, with sweeping strokes and flattened areas of colour defining the landscape. Visible energetic brush marks and layered passages lend the work a spontaneous quality, while the simplified treatment of trees, fields, and buildings reflects the expressive aesthetic characteristic of European mid-century modern painting.

This oil on canvas is presented in a complementary wood frame. The painting is in good vintage condition overall – there are small areas of craquelure are present but these remain stable and do not detract from the overall presentation of the work.

Size: 34.5 x 42 cm (including frame)

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