Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

British, b. 1964

Ffiona Lewis was born in London but grew up in Devon, now dividing her time between her studios near the River Debden in Suffolk and London. She studied at the Polytechnic of Central London, where she achieved a BA (Hons) in Architecture in 1987. She went on to study there for her Diploma which she completed in 1990, and that same year she was ARCUK registered. Following her studies in architecture, Lewis attended a series of short courses at Central St Martin's School of Art and began painting professionally. Once she had made the transition from architect to artist, Lewis met John Wells, who introduced her to the luminaries of St Ives—Patrick Heron, Terry Frost, Janet Leach, and Rachel Nicholson, among others. In 1996, she had a two-person exhibition with the latter at Dartington Art Gallery. Andrew Lambirth has said of her work that 'Lewis has tended to paint the evidence that people leave behind, or their trace in the landscape rather than the people themselves.' (2012). Lewis has exhibited at a number of venues, including the Kettles Yard, Cambridge; The Fry Gallery, Saffron Waldon; Snape Maltings, Suffolk; Redfern Gallery, London; The Northcote Gallery; Sligo Art Gallery, Ireland; Art 98 and Art 99, London; The North House Gallery, Essex; and galleries in Cornwall, France and Denmark. In 2005 Lewis published her book Drawn Out of Elsewhere. She has also illustrated Jennifer Potter's book 'The Angel Cantata' (2013). Her work forms part of collections at House of Lords, Palace of Westminster; Truro Law Courts, Cornwall; Slaughter and May Headquarters, London and New York; and ING Barings, London. Lewis's works are composed of small-scale 'glimpse' paintings, still life's in the main. The structural marks she creates in graphite and paint are bold and gestural, the marks of an architect. Working mainly in oil on panel, her delight in the landscape and sense of place, with all its observances, is clear. Her subjects include a miscellany of table spoils, picnic views, coastal walks, and boat paraphernalia. Alongside her domestic geography, a number of paintings are floral portraits - picked flowers, and the gift, potted exotic, that serve as a thread to draw inferences of character and story. "Painting is a questioning of nature and my internal landscape, the unregarded more common aspects of the everyday. Each day, the slate is wiped clean from the previous day and I begin from scratch, with no expectations. The choice of subject, 'the glimpse', tends to be impulsive. What focuses is what you do with the paint. The spontaneous epiphany is the trigger for the work with paint to commence."

Artist: Ffiona Lewis

Ffiona LewisSpring Bank II (Escapes), 2022 - Oil Painting of Flowers in Green and Pink, 2022

$7,395

Spring Bank II (Escapes), 2022 - Oil Painting of Flowers in Green and Pink

By Ffiona Lewis

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Ffiona Lewis was born in London but grew up in Devon, now dividing her time between her studios near the River Debden in Suffolk and London. She studied at the Polytechnic of Central...

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2010s Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Oil

Ffiona LewisGarden Greens - White + Green Contemporary Diptych Oil Painting on Two Canvases, 2025

$23,530

Garden Greens - White + Green Contemporary Diptych Oil Painting on Two Canvases

By Ffiona Lewis

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Ffiona Lewis British, b. 1964 Garden Greens, 2025 oil on two canvases, diptych 152 x 152 cm 59 7/8 x 59 7/8 in signed with initials Ffiona Lewis was born in London but grew up in De...

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21st Century and Contemporary Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French School MastersFrench school Luminous Landscape with water mill, oil painting Signed, 1949

$310Sale Price|20% Off

H 18.12 in W 14.97 in D 1.97 in

French school Luminous Landscape with water mill, oil painting Signed

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️ Luminous Landscape with Water mill⬅️ ⏩It is signed J Weakaes⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐48x36cm / 18.9x 14.2inc...

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1940s Impressionist Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas

French School MastersFrench school Landscape woodland landscape waterfall oil painting Signed 1936, 1936

$315Sale Price|20% Off

H 10.24 in W 18.12 in D 1.97 in

French school Landscape woodland landscape waterfall oil painting Signed 1936

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️ Landscape Woodland and waterfall⬅️ ⏩It is signed Degoul 1936⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐26x46cm /10.2x18.1 inch ...

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1930s Naturalistic Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas

French School MastersFrench school Landscape countryside forest oil painting Signed, 1950s

$250Sale Price|20% Off

H 13 in W 16.15 in D 1.97 in

French school Landscape countryside forest oil painting Signed

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️ Landscape countryside forest⬅️ ⏩It is signed H Aucier⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on wood panel / isorel ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐33x41cm /13x16.1 i...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Oil, Stretcher Bars, Wood Panel

French School MastersBelgian school Luminous Landscape Canal Landscape with Mill Signed 1951, 1951

$380Sale Price|20% Off

H 23.78 in W 31.3 in D 0.79 in

Belgian school Luminous Landscape Canal Landscape with Mill Signed 1951

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️ Canal Landscape with Mill⬅️ ⏩It is Antoon De Vaere (1900-1989)⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐79.5x60.4cm / 31.3x23....

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1950s Impressionist Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

French School17th Century Memento Mori Vanitas Skull Old Master Oil Ex-Christie’s, 17th Century

$6,500

H 21.88 in W 25.25 in D 1.5 in

17th Century Memento Mori Vanitas Skull Old Master Oil Ex-Christie’s

Located in Yardley, PA

This wonderful 17th-century French School vanitas painting is a meditation on mortality and the transience of earthly pleasures. The composition centers on a finely rendered human sk...

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17th Century Old Masters Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French School MastersFrench school Landscape luminous naturalist oil painting Signed, 1955

$315Sale Price|20% Off

H 13.82 in W 20.71 in D 1.97 in

French school Landscape luminous naturalist oil painting Signed

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️ Landscape Luminous naturalistist⬅️ ⏩It is signed Degoul 1936⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐35.1x52.6cm /13.8x20.7 i...

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1950s Naturalistic Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

French School MastersFrench school Summer in Normandy oil painting Signed, 1948

$394Sale Price|81% Off

H 14.57 in W 18.9 in D 0.99 in

French school Summer in Normandy oil painting Signed

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️ Summer in Normandy⬅️ ⏩It is signed H D'Avesnes⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on wood / isorel ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐37x48cm / 14.6x18.9 inch with ...

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1940s Post-Impressionist Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Oil, Stretcher Bars, Wood Panel

French School MastersIsraeli American school luminous mountain scene landscape, oil painting Signed, mid 50s / 60s

$487Sale Price|85% Off

H 24.02 in W 30.52 in D 1.19 in

Israeli American school luminous mountain scene landscape, oil painting Signed

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️ Mountain scene Landscape⬅️ ⏩It is signed J Rohr⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on woodpanel ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐61x77.5cm / 24x 30.5inch with fram...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars

French School MastersFrench school The River Oil painting Signed 1899, 1899

$579Sale Price|79% Off

H 12.41 in W 18.71 in D 1.19 in

French school The River Oil painting Signed 1899

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️The River from Rousseau⬅️ "Il est tombé par terre, C'est la faute à Voltaire, Le nez dans le ruisseau, C'est la faute à Rousseau" - He fell to the ground, It's Voltaire's fault, H...

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1890s Tonalist Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

French School MastersFrench school Landscape Rouen on the banks of the Seine Signed oil painting 1961, 1961

$408Sale Price|20% Off

H 24.41 in W 19.89 in D 1.58 in

French school Landscape Rouen on the banks of the Seine Signed oil painting 1961

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️ Landscape River scene⬅️ ⏩It is signed Bernard Héranval⏪ Rouen on the banks of the Seine ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size...

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1960s Impressionist Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Zoa Ace"Raining Cats and Dogs" - Contemporary Mixed-Media Collage on Wood, 2026

$125

H 14 in W 11 in D 1 in

"Raining Cats and Dogs" - Contemporary Mixed-Media Collage on Wood

By Zoa Ace

Located in Denver, CO

Born in Rockford, Illinois, 1951 Zoa Ace creates figurative oil paintings that explore human relationships through theatrical narratives infused with symbolic animals and whimsical...

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2010s Contemporary Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French School MastersFrench school Landscape Rouen on the banks of the Seine Signed oil painting, 1961

$440Sale Price|81% Off

H 24.41 in W 19.89 in D 1.58 in

French school Landscape Rouen on the banks of the Seine Signed oil painting

Located in Zofingen, AG

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1960s Impressionist Ffiona Lewis Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

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