Jen Franklin Art
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I acknowledge and pay my respect to the muwinina people of the country around nipaluna, and am grateful to their millennia of care for these beautiful lands, skies and waterways.

Feet firmly planted in my everyday environment, I seek out reminders of the quiet sparkle and verve of life; I find instances of these in the sky, trees and water, in my garden and in the fruit bowl.  My paintings elevate the everyday as they give brash, saturated colour, honest brushstrokes and rich oil paint to the ephemeral and imperfect beauty of understated fruit.

My paintings respect and expand on the many traditions of the still life genre, drawing them into an intentionally local, contemporary setting. I greatly admire the technicality of Jan Vermeer and Grace Crowley, the art of elevation of the everyday by Howard Arkley and Pierre Bonnard, the imbuement of meaning by Giorgio Morandi and the unashamedly domestic sensualities of Margaret Preston and Barbara Hanrahan.


Past Exhibitions

How Sweet to Know You 
Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania
October 17 - October 27 2024
More information here

Pieces of Life 
Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania
August 21 - September 1 2020

Au revoir
Online, Canberra ACT
May 1 - July 1 2017

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Available works

All paintings are oil on canvas and are framed in a simple Tasmanian oak frame. 

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