JEN OLDKNOW IS AN AWARD-WINNING BRITISH ABSTRACT ARTIST, CREATING OIL PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE USE OF VIBRANT COLOUR AND BOLD GESTURAL BRUSH WORK.

“Jen’s, paintings are lush with colour, texture, and marks that bid viewers to explore and experience the tracks of intuition and feeling she makes manifest.”

~ A’Dora Phillips, Art Critic & Curator

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Two oil paintings on paper, 10x12", as yet untitled, but their names will come the more I look at them. When I'm painting larger paintings, I have the time and space for a title to emerge, but these smaller works on paper usually get painted muc
There’s something so satisfying about a sharp taped edge on the edges of a drawing! Charcoal on A3 paper done in the studio this evening. #worksonpaper #abstractdrawing #abstraction #abstractarrist #charcoaldrawing
There’s something about creating a collage that really satisfies my creative soul! Being able to stand back and effortlessly rearrange the composition and colour combinations with dry bits of painted paper is so immediate compared to painting
Adding in the neons with this piece on paper! 🌟 Using @sennelier1887 flourescent oil sticks to pep things up 🧡🩷❤️ #worksonpaper #oilsonpaper #abstractart #abstractpainting
Some of my favourite colours I'm currently using 💜🧡🩷 #oilpaint #oilpainting #drawingoils #rfdrawingoils #pebeo #charvinparis #studio #abstractart #artist #abstractpainter #artstudio #worksonpaper
Lots and lots of texture in this one! 🎨 'Solace', oil and wax on 28x28" canvas 🎨 #abstractoilpainting #abstractpainting #abstractart #abstraction #abstractexpressionism
A 10x12" oil on paper I painted this afternoon, using @rfpaints drawing oil sticks. #abstractpainting #worksonpaper #abstractart #oilonpaper
From my 2017 archive... 'The things that I love', oil on 40x40" canvas 🎨 💙 #abstractart #abstractpainting #abstractexpressionism #abstractpainter #abstractoilpainting #bluepainting
'There's only one way', oil and wax on 28x28" canvas. One from the 2016 archive... almost 10 years ago! How time flies! This one lives in London now 🇬🇧 'There's only one way' comes from the Levellers song of the same title, with the rest of t
Another from the archive. 'Something inside', oil and wax on 40x40" canvas, 2019, private collection, Australia #oilpainting #abstractoilpainting #abstractpainting #abstractart #artcollector
This is one of many paintings I'm currently working on. That's the joy of oil painting! It's hard to have the patience to wait for layers to dry, so only thing to do is to have plenty of canvases on the wall at different stages 🎨 #abstractart #abst