About

James Owens (b. 1995, Middlesbrough) is a painter based in South-East London. His paintings showcase nature in all of its untamed glory. Recalling the late figurative watercolour works of Edward Burra, Owens' work blossoms with flowers and plants that dance around the canvas, competing for space and light. His style of painting hangs in the balance, somewhere between hopeful exploration and rigorous repetition. By experimenting with a variety of brush strokes and mark making, Owens fills the canvas with swirling thin layers of paint, conjuring imagined landscapes in which the figures are …