Hepzibah Swinford
Hepzibah Swinford is a self-taught painter with a wonderfully idiosyncratic vision. She paints flowers - celebrating the limitless variety of their forms, their textures, their colours, their abundance and their beauty. In her paintings the flowers are gathered together into spectacular arrangements - like floral firework displays; they spring up from elegantly decorated vases, set against richly patterned grounds, and are often framed in reclaimed 'vintage' frames.
The daring naivety of Swinford's style conceals her deep understanding of - and love for - her subject. Swinford's flowers are never generic. Her approach also accentuates her wonderful sense of design. The subtle simplifications of form, the radical flattening of perspective, the meticulous touches of detail, all combine to give Swinford paintings a contemplative, almost an iconic, force.
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Japanese Garden, 2023
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Beatrice Entering the Heavenly Realms, 2023
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Japanese Garden, 2022
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Summer Garden , 2022
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Flowers with a Checked Border, 2020
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Flowers in a 1930s Vase, 2020
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Sunflowers, 2019
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Flowers with Stripes, 2016
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Hibiscus, 2016
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Flowers With Patchwork, 2015
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Roses And Violets, 2015
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Autumn Flowers, 2014
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Cloisonne Vase, 2013
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Flowers on a Checked Table, 2011
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Spring Flowers, 2011
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Chrysanthemum Vase, 2011
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Cerilean Flowers, 2010
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Lilies, 2010
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Flowers With Grey Leaves, 2010
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Flowers with Tiles, 2009
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Flowers with Blue, 2009
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Flowers With Feathers, 2009
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Dante, 1982
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Flowers with a Lace Curtain, 2021
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Blue Flowers, 2021
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Autumn Park, 2022
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Moroccan Flowers, 2018
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May Flowers, 2018
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Flowers on Pink, 2018
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English Garden in Spring, 2021
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Flowers in a Wedgwood Vase, 2019
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Flowers on Lilac, 2021
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Chrysanthemums, 2021
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Flowers with Red Checks, 2018
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Purple Flowers, 2021
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Yellow Flowers, 2021
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Purple Flowers, 2021
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Flowers in a Circle , 2020
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Chartreuse flowers, 2017
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Flowers in a Jar, 2016
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Blossoms, 2016
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Flowers In Art Deco Vase, 2015
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Tapestry Flowers, 2018
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Flowers in an Imari vase, 2018
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Autumn Flowers, 2011
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behold your heart: Dante Biennial
A show of works inspired by the life and writings of Dante Alighieri. 9 March - 28 April 2024 LondonFollowing our exhibition Inferno in 2022, the first of the gallery's biennial exhibitions inspired by the life and writings of Dante, the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery is proud to present behold your heart, the second of such Dante-inspired exhibitions.Read more -
Flower Garden
Hepzibah Swinford 2 - 30 April 2022 LondonHepzibah Swinford's subject is flowers. For her third solo exhibition at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery however Swinford has sprung out of her characteristic vases (though they still abound) and into the garden.Read more -
Springtime
Group Show 9 April - 31 May 2020Inside Springtime, an exhibition by contemporary artists such as Rose Blake, Nyarapayi Giles, Mersuka Dopazo and Pauline and Emma Wangin at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London.Read more -
Springtime Selection
Group Show 5 - 28 April 2018 LondonInside Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery's springtime 2018 exhibition, featuring works by contemporary artists such as Jon Doran, Emma Howarth, Hepzibah Swinford and Patricia Cain.Read more -
Flowerbomb
Hepzibah Swinford 11 - 28 October 2017 LondonA self-taught painter, Hepzibah Swinford's subject is flowers. These are not explored within the context of a garden, but imagined into voluptuous arrangements in antique vases and set against a...Read more -
The Days of Wine, Roses, and You
Hepzibah Swinford, NYC 11 March - 5 April 2015Rebecca Hossack Gallery is proud to present Hepzibah Swinford: The Days of Wine, Roses, and You, a solo show featuring works by British painter Hepzibah Swinford. The exhibition will commence...Read more -
Flowers4U
Hepzibah Swinford 12 - 29 November 2014 LondonA self-taught painter, Hepzibah Swinford grew up in London and in a rural Scottish house with a beautiful rose garden, surrounded by Oriental art and by the pictures of her...Read more -
Silver: 25th Anniversary Exhibition
Group Show 3 December 2013 - 11 January 2014 LondonThe Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery opened in Fitzrovia, Central London, twenty-five years ago. Since 1988 it has grown to become one of the most innovative and respected galleries in the...Read more
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Hepzibah Swinford is an Artist to Know
House and Garden, 12 November 2014 -
5 Things to Do During the Chelsea Flower Show
Red Magazine, 18 May 2015 -
Hepzibah Swinford: Flowerbomb
Fabric Magazine, 1 October 2017 -
Hepzibah Swinford at Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery
Wall Street International, 3 October 2017 -
Top Shows For Green Fingered Art Lovers
The Daily Telegraph, 7 October 2017 -
Hepzibah Swinford: Flower Bomb at Rebecca Hossack Gallery
Ennigaldi, 23 October 2017 -
Floral Fireworks
RakesProgress Magazine, 25 September 2018 -
Picture This: London's Fitzrovia has become a heartland for female gallerists
Charlotte Jansen, British Vogue, 31 March 2022