Jen Oldknow is an award-winning British painter exploring the intangible dimensions of human experience through colour and intuitive gesture, transforming personal experience and inner landscapes into evocative visual language.

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Further progress on this bunch. Working on a few paintings at the same time helps me to not get too hung up on the details. Keeping things looser for longer is always beneficial to the process. #abstractart #abstractpainter #abstractartist #worksin
I've put some little framed prints of my favourite paintings on my studio wall, all of which are originals now in various collections. They add a pop of vibrant colour to my white(ish) studio walls. They remind me of what worked in my previous work,
Some new things I’m working on at the moment… finding my feet again in abstraction. More on this later 🤔 In the last few weeks I’m having to cling to the hope that out of devasation something even more beautiful can emerge. #abs
Feeling a bit more braver and badass today sharing this painting. This, as it turns out, is probably one of my favourite paintings I've ever done. I love the colours, the textures and the exuberant, fresh brushwork.... there, I've said it... I love m
‘On the periphery, yet regret’, oil on 40 x 40” canvas. I’m not sure why, but for some reason I’m feeling resistance to posting on here. Hesitent to share. Because I cannot put my finger on why, I’m just going to
‘Getting to know you’ Oil on 28 x 28” canvas Yes, this is my new Instagram account… 🙄 Anyway, I’m Jen Oldknow and I’m a painter from Derbyshire, in the middle of England. My paintings are bold and colourfu

“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