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  • A portrait format figurative oil painting of snowdrops in a tiny copper lustre Aldermaston Pot. They are painted sight height and sit on a against a black antique embroidered piano shawl, the fringe lies diagonally across the shelf, a pale blue silk satin visible through it. There is a blue abalone heart to the left and a moonstone ring to the right, the blossoms nod down, while embroidered winged dragon fly shapes fly up among blue flowers.
    Snowdrops Moonstone & Piano Shawl, Oil on Board, 12″ x 10″, 2025 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format figurative painting of an arrangement of Blackthorn branches, in a studio pot from the Aldermaston Pottery, by Alan Caiger-Smith. A spiral shell sits to the left pointing upwards, a Nautilus to the right, the pot is white with blue brush stroke decorations, the background is a rich sky blue, all are resting on a pale blue green piece of shot silk.
    Blackthorn Branches, Shells & Aldermaston Pot, Oil on Canvas, 70cm x 50cm, 2025 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format Still Life painting by Nina Packer: a vase of Jasmine sits on a blue and white china Chinese paintbox, next to it is a fine white nautilus shell, a silver necklace is draped in between the two, falling onto the table, where a silver Victorian locket lies. The background is a draped peach piano shawl, the tassels and knots are falling onto the tabletop. The style is figurative with loose brushstrokes.
    Still Life with Jasmine & Ottoman Coin Necklace, Oil on Canvas, 40cm x 60cm 2022 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format oil painting of a girl sat on a green velvet chair, in a 1950s ballerina style dress. The girl is about 18 years old, and very pretty, with blonde hair pulled back in a bun with a centre parting, her dress is white with a net petticoat, and scattered with black velvet roses. She sits slightly side on, with her hands together on her lap. She feels very serene, some parts of the picture are painted very loosely, whilst her face and features are figurative.
    Girl in the Ballerina Dress, Oil on Canvas, 50cm x 70.5cm, 2022 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format figurative painting of an arrangement of Ox Eye Daisies, Red Campion and Ferns, in a studio pot from the Aldermaston Pottery, by Alan Caiger-Smith. A spiral shell sits to the left pointing upwards, a Pheasant egg to the right, the pot is cream with pale sage green brush stroke decorations, the background is a rich sky blue, all are resting on a peach embroidered silk antique piano shawl.
    Midsummer Daisies Campion & Fern, Oil on Canvas, 70cm x 50cm, 2024 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format figurative oil painting of snowdrops in a tiny copper lustre Aldermaston Pot. They are painted sight height and sit on a shelf against a piece of pale blue silk satin. There is a blue abalone heart to the left and a gold ring to the right, the blossoms nod down, casting shadows against the cloth.
    Snowdrops Shell & Gold Ring, Oil on Board, 10″ x 12″, 2025 – Nina Packer
  • A landscape format still life oil painting of two clementine oranges and a lime on an Indian table cloth, the style is figurative, the colours are bright oranges and greens, the pattern red stylized flowers with green tendrils on a cream background. The colours zing.
    Clementines & Lime on Indian Cloth, Oil on Board, 10″ x 12″, 2023 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait of a girl sitting back in a green velvet chair, she is wearing a gold lace evening dress tat is scattered with coloured glass jewels and sequins. Her hands are resting on the arms of the chair, she is gazing into the distance just over our left shoulder, she is very calm and beautiful.
    Phoebe in the Gold Jewelled Dress, Oil on Canvas, 50cm x 70cm, 2023 – Nina Packer
  • A landscape format oil painting by Nina Packer of a large beautifully yellow Sicilian lemon, viewed slightly from above as if on a table in front of us, against a loosely painted Indian cloth, printed with pink and red flowers and green curling leaves.
    Sicilian Lemon on Indian Cloth, Oil on Board, 10″ x 12″, 2024 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format painting of three 'silver darlings', or sardines, on a painted plate by Nina Packer, the style is figurative the brushstrokes loose, the plate is painted with a floral design in blues, yellow and oranges.
    Silver Darlings, Oil on Canvas, 40cm x 30cm, 2022 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format figurative painting of an arrangement of Blackthorn branches covered in blossom, in a studio pot from the Aldermaston Pottery, but Alan Caiger-Smith. A spiral shell sits on one side, a Pheasant egg on the other, the background is a rich sky blue.
    Blackthorn Blossom in Aldermaston Pot with Shell & Pheasant Egg, Oil on Canvas, 70cm x 50cm, 2024 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format painting of a still life, in the middle of the canvas you can see the legs and seat of a dainty wooden white chair, over the back is draped a pale grey/green haori kimono jacket with a geometric pattern in black and pinks. On the seat sits a Chinese blue and white china tea cup, under the chair is an orange Chinese pot with a Dragon in golds, and a blue dish with two large red pomegranates, to the right of the chair is a white jug with a face of Poseidon as the spout, it is filled with Alexanders picked from the Spring Hedges.
    Still Life with Alexanders & Dragon Pot, Oil on Canvas, 50cm x 70cm, 2022 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format oil painting of a human skull placed on top of a green book, the skull faces us, the book is angled diagonally, writing on the spine is faint, the brush strokes are painted loosely.
    Mary on Book – Memento Mori, Oil on Board, 12″ x 10″, 2024 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format painting of a red kimono folded on a white Victorian delicate wooden chair, the background is an Indonesian Ikat fabric throw in muted grey neutral tones, the kimono is rich silk with white fans and flowers and gold thread embroidery, very sumptuous.
    Red Antique Kimono on Victorian Chair, Oil on Canvas, 30cm x 40cm, 2022 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format figurative oil painting of a girl reading. She is sitting on a green velvet high backed chair, and wearing an antique silk kimono in cream, with blue and red details and gold thread embroidered detail. The girl is facing us and looking down towards the book she hold in her lap, a copy of The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Her face is representational, the textiles are rendered in loose brushstrokes.
    Phoebe Reading The Handmaid’s Tale, Oil on Canvas, 20″ x 28″, 2021 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format oil painting of the head and shoulders of a young woman by Nina Packer. We see her front on, her head turned slightly to our left looking over our shoulder. She is very pretty, her hair is tied back and she has two silver hoops in the ear that we can see. She is sitting in a high backed chair, the top curve of which we can see curving over her shoulders. She is wearing a pistachio silk Japanese kimono, with red flowers embroidered at her shoulder and accents of rich gold. She is painted in loose brushstrokes.
    Girl in Green Japanese Kimono, Oil on Canvas, 16″ x 20″, 2022 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format figurative oil painting by Nina Packer of a jug of Summer flowers against an emerald green background. The flowers are loosely painted: three pink roses, with dark red bell like flowers and blue and purple blooms, all picked from the garden, the jug is teal green and cream stripe, set on a pale brown/gold table top.
    Last of Summers Flowers, Oil on Canvas, 18″ x 24″, 2021 – Nina Packer 2021
  • A portrait format figurative oil painting of a green Japanese kimono draped over a dark wooden spindle backed chair. The kimono is of fine pistachio silk with deliacte flowers and gold thread embroidery, the background is a loosely painted antique textile in muted browns and pinks with tassels on the bottom, and the chair sits on top of a contrasting pattern rug. It's a very calm feeling picture
    Green Japanese Kimono on Chair, Oil on Canvas, 30cm x 40cm – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format oil painting by Nina Packer of a girl in a red kimono. The portrait is head and shoulders, she sits looking slightly to the right side of the picture, the kimono is antique Japanese, with gold embroidered flowers at the shoulder. She is very beautiful, with dark eyes and dark hair tied back from her face, the paint marks are fine on her face, and looser for the background and textiles.
    Girl in Red Kimono, Oil on Canvas, 16″ x 20″, 2021 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format oil painting of a Red Mullet fish, laid on a blue and turquoise decorated plate from Morocco, the style is figurative, painted in loose brushstrokes.
    Red Mullet on Moroccan Plate, Oil on Canvas, 40cm x 30cm, 2022 – Nina Packer
  • A landscape format oil painting of a small beautifully yellow Chinese rice bowl placed on a book titled 'The Lives of Lucian Freud'. We are viewing front on, slightly from above, the inside of the bowl is turquoise, the outside is decorated with pink chrysanthemums, and a single blue flower, the cover of the book is in orange tones with white and red title text.
    Yellow Bowl with Lucian Freud, Oil on Board, 10″ x 12″, 2024 – Nina Packer
  • A landscape format oil painting by Nina Packer of a dead sparrow on an emerald green background, painted in loose brushstrokes, the bird is positioned diagonally in the picture.
    Little Sparrow from the Hedge Treasure Series, Oil on Board, 10″ x 12″, 2021 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format still life painting, there is a blue and white china cup sitting on top of a piece of folded pale blue silk, a dragon motif inside. A rectangular Georgian diamond paste buckle is propped up against the silk, and seven round ruby red crab apples are piled in the fore ground.
    Crab Apples with Dragon Cup & Georgian Buckle, Oil on Board, 12″ x 10″, 2023 – Nina Packer
  • A landscape format oil on board painting by Nina Packer, of snowdrops in a black lustre ware milk jug with pale blue inner glaze. the jug sits on a fabric cloth loosely painted in Windsor blue green shade, there is a blackbird egg and a gold wedding band next to them. Snowdrops are for hope in the language of flowers, picked from the hedges in this most difficult of Januarys.
    ‘Snowdrops & Blackbird Egg’, oil on canvas, from the Hedge Treasure Paintings, Nina Packer, 2021.
  • A portrait oil painting of a girl in a red kimono, she is sat facing us, turned slightly to the left, looking ahead, her kimono is rich red silk, with gold flowers embroidered on the shoulder and arm, she is very calm and beautiful.
    Phoebe in Red Antique Kimono, Oil on Canvas, 50cm x 70cm, 2023 – Nina Packer
  • A landscape format oil painting of a small beautifully yellow Chinese rice bowl placed on a book titled 'Picasso & Things'. We are viewing front on, slightly from above, the inside of the bowl is turquoise, the outside is decorated with pink chrysanthemums, and a single blue flower, the cover of the book is in blue tones with red and ochre abstract motif white title text.
    Yellow Chinese Bowl & Picasso Book, Oil on Board, 10″ x 12″, 2024 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format figurative painting of a young woman wearing a Victorian black lace mourning veil, which covers her face, hair and shoulders, like a Spanish Mantilla. The lace is fine, with leaves and flowers in the weave, she looks out from behind it, facing us with her gaze slightly down and to the right. We see her head and shoulders, she is wearing a pale peach 1930s era nightdress, behind is an Indonesian Ikat Textile in earth tones depicting figures on horseback.
    All Souls: Widow, Oil on Canvas, 24″ x 18″, 2023 – Nina Packer
  • A small oil painting of a plaster bust of the head and neck of a Greek Goddess, staring out of the canvas at us. She is standing on a William Nicolson Catalogue Raissone, with a spray of red geraniums behind her, the style is loose, the goddess is strong and beautiful.
    Athena with Geraniums on William Nicholson Catalogue, Oil on Canvas, 2023 – Nina Packer
  • A square format oil painting of a wooden bowl, containing two small yellow and orange pumpkins and a gourd with two ruby red pomegranates, nested between the fruit is a small, very old celluloid Christmas Fairy, with a Broderies Anglais dress and gold paper wings. There is a garland of gold stars snaking accross the items, and a little group of dried silvery moss tucked between. It is called All Souls and Christmas.
    All Souls & Christmas Still Life, Oil on Canvas, 40cm x 40cm, 2022 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format still life oil painting by Nina Packer, there are stems of 'Paper Whites', or white narcissi standing in a copper vase with curved handles, on an emerald green surface. There are four satsumas on the table and the background is loosely painted Indian fabric in dark purple and indigo with cream paisley print.
    ‘Paper Whites & Satsumas’, oil on canvas, 2021 Nina Packer
  • A large rectangular oil painting of a seated girl reading a book; the girl, (the artists daughter) is ten years old and her image takes up most of the canvas, she is sat in an old dark wood farm kitchen style chair with curved arms and a spoke back, leaning forward slightly over her book, which is open on her knee - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - her eyes are downcast, absorbed in the story and her long hair is worn down, soft brown against a purple zippered top. Her face seems lit by the book, whilst the rest of the painting is lit from a window behind, next to her on the table is a birds nest and a seabird skull, there are two blue and white pots just visibel in the background on the window ledge. Parts of the painting are painted loosely, her face is focussed.
    ‘Girl Reading’, Oil on Canvas, ?” x ?”, 2020
  • A square oil painting of crab apples in a blue and white china bowl; the view is from above looking down, so the bowl looks reminiscent of a nest with jewel like eggs and takes up much of the canvas, a vine of Bryony with bright red berries winds down the right and bottom of the picture, framing the bowl. The background is an emerald green, the fruit is focussed with looser strokes for the bowl and looser still for the Bryony leaves, the berries are loose stabs of scarlet red against the green .
    ‘Crab Apples & Bryony’, Oil on Canvas, 16″ x 16″ (from the Hedge Treasures series), 2020
  • A landscape format oil painting by Nina Packer of the Percuil river at high tide, with blackthorn blossom in the hedgerows and a cloudy skies.
    Percuil River with Hawthorn, Oil on Board, 10″ x 12″, 2021 – Nina Packer
  • A small landscape format painting on board of the view from the artists studio window, across a harrowed field on a wet day, China Clay Country is just visible in the distance through the rain. The paint is loose and free, the field is in ochre and the hills in pale blues.
    Harrowed Field & China Clays – View from the Studio, oil sketch on board, Nina Packer, 2021.
  • A landscape format oil painting of a white china teapot painted against a loosely painted background of vermillion and cream vintage cloth. the teapot has blue tones to the glaze, and faces with the spout to the right and handle to left, the cloth has stylized flowers, 1930s in style with an Indian feel to the flowers.
    White Teapot & Orange Cloth. Oil on Board, 10″ x 12″, 2024 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format figurative painting of an arrangement of Cowparsley stems, in a lustre ware studio pot from the Aldermaston Pottery by Alan Caiger-Smith. Two spiral shells sit either side, the background is a earthy pink with blue tones.
    Cow Parsley, Shell and Aldermaston Lustre Pot, Oil on Canvas, 60cm x 40cm, 2024 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format oil painting of a girl of 10 years old, she is sat upright in a wooden chaor, her hair is down and she is looking out slightly to the left of the picture. A wolf stares out of the front of her t-shirt, there is a shadowy dragon in the background behind the chair, and the suggestion of green leaves of a forest about the chair. The picture is painted mostly in blue tones, with a dark brown wooden chair and dark brown hair.
    ‘Girl in a Wolf T-Shirt’, oil on canvas, ?” x ?”, 2021
  • A portrait format painting of a red antique silk kimono on a a dress makers form, the robe has white fan motifs with gold embroidery, there is a round dark wood table next to it, with a large white jug on it, with branches of blackthorn covered with sloes, there is a blackbirds nest on the table next to it.
    Antique Kimono & Blackthorn Branches – Oil on Canvas – Nina Packer – 2021
  • A small rectangular oil painting of wild flower by Nina Packer; the format is portrait, a small blue and white china cup filled with pink campions, white stitchwort and blossoms from a head of cow parsley. Painted loosely against a turquoise background, the flowers and cup take up most of the picture.
    ‘Wild Flowers from the Hedgerow – from the Hedge Treasures Series, Oil on Board, ? x?
  • A landscape format still life oil painting of three clustered objects: a small round cream pot with oriental brushstroke decoration, a red pomegranate and a silver necklace of five Ottoman coins. They are viewed from above as if on a low table, against a background of vermillion orange and yellow patterned cloth.
    Pomegranate, Ottoman Coin Necklace & Pot, Oil on Board, 10″ x 12″, 2024 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format still life oil painting of a bright yellow Chinese bowl next to a stone wear jar with paintbrushes, the bowl is decorated with pink chrysanthemum flowers, the jar is paint splattered, as is the background. There are shadows in the background from kitchen utensils, a masher and a slotted spoon.
    Yellow Chinese Bowl with Kitchen Shadows, Oil on Board, 10″ x 12″ – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format oil painting by Nina Packer of a girl painting in an artists studio, there is a vase of red and pink flowers in the foreground, the colours are bright and the brushstrokes loose but figurative, the girl in young and pretty, with dark brown hair with a fringe.
    Painting in the New Gallery Studio, Oil on Board, 30cm x 25cm, 2022 – Nina Packer
  • A rectangular Oil painting representational self-portrait of and by Nina Packer, head and shoulders taking up most of the canvas, she has dark hair pinned up with a grey stripe in the fringe, with an antique silver ottoman coin necklace. Painted from life the colours are muted, the brush strokes loose and she looks out of the canvas directly at the viewer.
    ‘Self-Portrait with Ottoman Necklace’, Oil on Canvas, ?” x ?”
  • Winter Still Life in the Portscatho Studio, Oil on Canvas, 16″ x 20″, 2021
  • A small rectangular painting of a wood burning stove set in a workshop interior; the 'Villager' stove is lit and you can see the flames through the glass panes, one of which is cracked on the corner, it is set up on a concrete plinth next to a blockwork section of wall, there are heavy black iron weights on the top either side of the flue. The room is dusty and cosy, and a broom leans against the wall with a pile of red dust and wood shavings and a shovel, the ornate decoration on the stove is picked out in the flickering fire light. The craftsman is working at the bench, just out of sight - a tiny piece of his green metal chair leg is visible to the right.
    ‘The Workshop Woodburner’, Oil on Board, 9″ x 13″
  • A rectangular oil painting of a lit wood burning stove by Nina Packer. The stove, a small black Morso Squirrel, has both doors open and the fire it lit and roaring, a little of the surround is visible, painting loosely in greays and the stove pipe is disappearing diagonally into the top left corner, there is a pile of stacked wood to the left and an ash shovel facing the fire, a small section of Turkish carpet in red tones stretches across the bottom half of the picture in front of the hearth
    ‘Living Room Stove’, Oil on Canvas, 13″ x 9″
  • a square painting of a single white camellia flower in a simple, round Celadon vase, painted with large loose brush strokes, set againast a bright vermillion red and carmine background tablecloth
    ‘White Camellia in Celadon Vase’, Oil on Canvas, 16″ x 16″, 2019
  • A landscape format by Nina Packer painted in oil of the view to Porthcurnich from Portscatho harbour, the sea is fierce with large white capped waves, it is painted in loose expressive brushstrokes.
    Porthcurnick from The Porth with a Fierce Easterly, Oil on Board, 10″ x 12″, 2021 – Nina Packer.
  • Square painting of a collection of objects: a china naked Edwardian china doll with broken feet sits on her side with one hand shading her eyes looking to the left towards a yellow brass horse head, they are surrounded by natural objects, pale pink coral, white and green crystal, a small shrew skull and the remains of a bird skeleton with wings. Half a large white broken egg shell sits in the foreground at her feet. The background is dark indigo with areas of dark sapphire blue. The doll appears to be life like.
    ‘China Doll Vitrine Painting’, Oil on Canvas, 16″ x 16″, 2018
  • A rectangular oilp painting of artists materials painted in loose brush strokes; a chunky old glass bottle with paintbrushes, jars with turps in and other liquid, and a blue and white china pot. In the background is a terracotta plant pot with a geranium plant reaching up into the top of the canvas. The colours are mainly blues and greens with the burnt sienna orange primer showing through in parts as the table cloth.
    ‘Turps & Brushes – Studio Still Life’, Oil on Canvas, ? 19″ x 15″
  • A rectangular oil painting of a sheep's skull by Nina Packer; viewed from the side it is painted in whites and pale pink loose brushstrokes and it set on a green circular table, with a red Russian scarf set to the left in the background.
    ‘Sheep Skull’, Oil on Board, ? x ?
  • A landscape format loosely painted oil painting of a single white camellia flower in a pale blue jug, the bloom is weighted to the left, with two thick glossy leaves to the centre of the arrangement. We are viewing slightly from above as if on a table, the background is of an Indian cloth with pink and red flowers and green tendrils.
    White Camellia on Indian Cloth, Oil on Board, 10″ x 12″, 2024 – Nina Packer

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Living & working in Cornwall.
A peaceful hour spent drawing in the oldest part o A peaceful hour spent drawing in the oldest part of St Ewe Church this morning - beautiful Autumn light and the amplified hum of bees in the bell tower - the first Wednesday of the month is also sketch club, for more details you can contact @stewefriends or just turn up at 11 with a sketch pad. . . . . #drawing #charcoaldrawing #drawingfromlife #figurative #drawinggroup #stewe #stewechurch #allsaintschurch #cornishchurch #kernow #community #ecclesiastical #celtic #norman #journal #art #artistsoninstagram
Another fab Saturday spent @thenewgalleryportscath Another fab Saturday spent @thenewgalleryportscatho delivering work, painting and being sociable with @rosalind_andain @howardmiltonart and @chrisinsoll (more chatting than painting in this occasion, but equally as good for the spirit…?). Last snap is of Ros’s palette: beautiful colours, and an introduction to Kings Blue x . . . . #thenewgalleryportscatho #painting #artistsstudio #cornwallart #cornishart #artgallery #contemporaryart #cornwall #whatdoartistsdoallday #anyonefortiffin #friends #artistcollective #journal #kingsblue #palette #colour #artistsoninstagram
‘Phoebe in the Blue Silk Jacket’, finally fini ‘Phoebe in the Blue Silk Jacket’, finally finished, framed and destined for @thenewgalleryportscatho this Saturday - I will really miss her serene presence in the studio - apologies for shaky vid. . . . . #painting #portrait #paintingfromlife #figurative #contemporarypainting #fineart #cornishart #thenewgalleryportscatho #antiquetextiles #peinture #britishartist #figurepainting #art #artist #journal #artincornwall #artistsoninstagram
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