“I am interested in the language of flowers, nature’s extravagant invitations, and have been painting them as a way of exploring our relationship to their beauty and their purpose,” Robin Danely, 2025
Over the next three months, an exhibition of flower paintings by Oxford-based artist Robin Danely - presented by Hannah Payne Art at Worton Kitchen Garden - will bring vibrant colour to the indoor spaces. Danely, who will also be artist in residence, will spend time painting in the gardens. Working in oil, her still life paintings celebrate the colour, form, and vitality of blooms.
“I am interested in the language of flowers, nature’s extravagant invitations, and have been painting them as a way of exploring our relationship to their beauty and their purpose,” Danely writes. “My approach to painting has become more impressionistic over time, and I now want to challenge myself to take on more complicated compositions, with a focus on the elements that physically and aesthetically support the blossoms. I am excited for the opportunity to immerse myself among them in the gardens of the Worton Kitchen Garden and delve deeper into the beguiling power of their colour and forms.”
Known for her expressive brushwork and sharp observational eye, Danely brings a painterly sensitivity to her subjects, imbuing each work with energy and presence.
Robin Danely is an American artist who has been living and working in the UK since 2014. She studied painting and printmaking in California in the early 2000s and has been a professional portrait artist for the past 10 years.
She is motivated by a love of the paint itself, and aims to transform and exalt her subjects, whether faces or flowers, through dynamic brushwork and bold colours. Robin is a curious and keen observer, a trait she channels into her work.
Robin has exhibited work internationally, including San Francisco, Kyoto, and London; she now teaches portraiture and still life painting in and around Oxford. She works at Magdalen Road Studios in Oxford and is a member of the Oxford Art Society.
Exhibition presented by Hannah Payne Art
With thanks to Rona Painting Gallery
Enquiries: hannah@theartfive.com
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Location: Worton Kitchen Garden, Nr Cassington, Oxfordshire https://wortonkitchengarden.com/