JOHN HITCHENS – Abstract Landscape Painter

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FIELD HARMONY, August 2022, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 122 cm

FIELD HARMONY, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 122 cm

Forthcoming: JOHN HITCHENS – ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE, Sansom & Co., 2025

Publications from FAR WOOD PRESS

Online Exhibition: FIELD WORKS.

FIELD HARMONY,2022, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 122 cm

FIELD HARMONY, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 122 cm

Forthcoming: JOHN HITCHENS – ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE, Sansom & Co., 2025

Publications from FAR WOOD PRESS

Online Exhibition: ‘FIELD WORKS‘.

jhitchens

Painter of landscapes and adapted abstractions

PAINTED FRAGMENTS OF TILES, 2011–14, acrylic on

PAINTED FRAGMENTS OF TILES, 2011–14, acrylic on clay tiles, mounted on wooden board, various sizes
Untitled (1992.2.055), 1993, fragments of roof tiles and sliced tiles
Studio view, 2019, Painted Fragments of Tiles, 2012, and FARM LAND, 1999 (detail)Following from the previous post for ‘Earth Day’ - the idea of working with found objects has always intrigued me. Occasionally, I have used broken clay tiles as the basis for paintings and collages. There is a connection between these small pieces and the large paintings concerned with fields and patterns in the landscape.#johnhitchens #foundobjectart #collageart #claytiles #firedearth #acrylicpainting #fieldpatterns #irregularshapes

EARTH LIGHT, 2000, oil on canvas, 203 × 167 cm EA

EARTH LIGHT, 2000, oil on canvas, 203 × 167 cm
EARTH FOLD, 2005, oil on canvas, 203 × 183 cmTwo paintings to mark World Earth Day, April 22nd.#johnhitchens #worldearthday #earthscape #naturepainting #artandnature #patternsinnature #earth #soil

STICK DRAWINGS IV and III, 2022, rhododendron stic

STICK DRAWINGS IV and III, 2022, rhododendron sticks, ink and acrylic wash on paper, 56 × 76 cm
Blackened rhododendron sticks on unfinished wood fibre bowl, c. 1995, C-type print
Studio entrance, 2021, with carved and found pieces of woodCurved lines inspired by wooden forms.#johnhitchens #formsinnature #artandnature #inkdrawings #foundobjects #artiststudio #curvedlines

RIVER OF INTENT, 1999, oil on canvas, 204 x 169cm

RIVER OF INTENT, 1999, oil on canvas, 204 x 169cm
Arrangement of carved stones in the studio, 2028
Pagham Harbour, Sussex, aerial photograph, 1999
Untitled (4424), c. 1995, pen on flint, 20 × 12 × 10 cmPart 2: Works on the recurring theme of rivers and streams shaping the landscape.#johnhitchens #sussexlandscape #abstractlandscapepainting #artandnature #adaptedabstractions #artisstudio #aerialphotograph #curvedlines

RUN OFF, 1999, oil on canvas, 140 x 140 cm DELTA C

RUN OFF, 1999, oil on canvas, 140 x 140 cm
DELTA COLOURS. No. II, 2003, wet sand painting, C-Type print, 41 x 28 cm
ESTUARY, 1992, natural sands and PVA on canvas, 137 x 183 cm
TORRIDON DUSK, 1975, oil on canvas, 40.5 x 66 cmFour works on the recurring theme of rivers and streams shaping the landscape.#johnhitchens #landscapepaintings #abstractlandscapepainting #riversandstreams #formsinnature #artandnature #lines

Studio view, April 2025Pages from the past 35 ye

Studio view, April 2025Pages from the past 35 years of my life: initial proofs of ‘Elements of Landscape’, to be published by Sansom & Co. in October this year.
It follows the monograph ‘Aspects of Landscape’ that was published at the time of my 80th birthday and the retrospective @southamptoncityartgallery in 2020.
This new book covers the period that marked a change in my work, from painting views of landscapes to painting with the landscape and on elements of landscape, such as sand, stone and wood.#johnhitchens #artistsstudio #monograph #artbook #artandnature #landscapeart #adaptedabstractions

FIELD RECTANGLES, 2013, Macrocarpa wood, 136 cm Sk

FIELD RECTANGLES, 2013, Macrocarpa wood, 136 cm
Sketchbook page, 1994, pen on paper, 21 x 29.5 cm
TIDE LINES (Peggy’s Fence), 1999, acrylic on wooden fence panels, 58 x 183 cm
RECLAIMING THE FIELDS, 2007, acrylic on fibre dish, 46 x 48.5 cmExperiments with quadrangular shapes in different media.#johnhitchens #adaptedabstractions
#quadrangular #paintingsonwood #sketchbookdrawings #earthcolours #abstractacrylicpainting

STANDING BOWL, 1996, alder wood, 72 x 65 x 62 cm U

STANDING BOWL, 1996, alder wood, 72 x 65 x 62 cm
Untitled (9442), c. 1994, pencil on black paper, 95 x 70 cm
CHERRY NUT, 1996, wild cherry, 30 x 30 x 30 cmReflecting on forms of growth.#johnhitchens #formsinnature #artandnature #woodcarvings #pencildrawing #worksinwood

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