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Oxfordshire Artists: Flowers, the Language of Love

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With love in the air this month, Oxfordshire Artweeks artists showcase art inspired by flowers.

Alexandra Buckle’s Sunflowers, Rain Showers is a linocut.

£280 mounted, alexandrabuckle.co.uk

A Glorious Glow by Celine Beaugrand is a digital painting.

A4, mounted, £35 artykiddy.com

Blackbird and Blossom by printmaker Charlie Davies who was recently invited to become a member of The Society of Botanical Artists.

£145 unframed or £185 framed charliedaviesdesigns.co.uk

Bringing in the Garden Flowers by Christine Erica Bainbridge is oil on stretched canvas.

£150, christineericabainbridge.com


Cornflowers, a watercolour by Colin Stokes is available in three sizes as a Giclee Prints.

Prices vary from £15-£50 stokeseyart@gmail.com

Summer Stars by Harriet Eagle is oil on cradled panel.

Framed with a wood surround, £550. harrieteagle.com

Garden flowers is an oil painting by Jayne Ford.

£495, jayneford.com

Spring beckons... by Kay Gibbons is an original watercolour.

Framed £140, and greeting cards are available for £3 from West Ox Arts Gallery, Bampton. kaygibbons@kaygibbons.art

Eternal Love is an original oil painting on canvas by Karina Tarin. This painting is rich with symbolism of love, loyalty and friendship: in the language of flowers, roses and tulips represent love whilst the zinnia is for friendship. The swans themselves symbolise eternal love and loyalty. Karin has been influenced by Dutch flower paintings, and it’s a huge, joyous, colourful celebration of love and life.

Framed, £2,800, karinatarin.co.uk

Bleeding Hearts and Pink Forget-Me-Nots is watercolour on paper by Lin Kerr.

Unframed £150, linkerrdesign.co.uk

Horti Show Blooms by Nicola Durrant is mixed media (acrylic, ink, charcoal and oil bars) painted onto a box canvas.

Presented in a white timber float frame, £995 durrant-artwork.com

The Kiss of Winter by Sue Eves shows a climbing rose frozen by winter’s kiss. It’s painted with transparent paint on an acrylic sheet.

Framed, £200 fox.eves@gmail.com

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