Oenone Hammersley

Award-winning artist Oenone Hammersley is best known for her rainforest and wildlife paintings. She has been exhibiting regularly since 1980, with shows in the U.S.A, Europe, Africa and Australia. Oenone spent three years living in Tanzania painting African wildlife, In Greece she used Greek mythological figures to illustrate her paintings, working both in oil on canvas and watercolour and gouache on paper. Oenone spent two years living in Australia and traveled to Papua New guinea to paint the birds of paradise prior to her exhibition on the birds and frogs of Australia and P.N.G.

After returning to the United States in 2008, Oenone began working on a collection of semi-abstract oils on canvas, which have won awards both in Washington DC and Florida. These paintings are unique in style and retain the intense colour of her previous work. The forgrounds of the paintings are realistic, gradually becoming abstracted towards the background. Oenone’s recent work focuses on our natural resources, with particular interest in water and trees, her paintings reveal patterns created by the root structure of trees and the light reflecting on water.

Deriving inspiration from her extensive travels to include, expeditions to Southeast Asia,...

Oenone was born in England in 1957 and studied theatre design at Wimbledon College of Art followed by printmaking at the City Literary Institute in London. She is a member of Artists for Conservation, the National Association of Women Artists and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Oenone is married and lives in Virginia U.S.A.

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

Patrick’s Gallery, Alexandria, VA, USA. Recent Work, always on display from June 2009

The Arts Club of Washington DC, USA. ‘Magnificent Trees’ semi-abstract oils, May 2013.

Australian Embassy, Washington DC, USA. ‘Paintings of birds and frogs of Australia and PNG’, March 2013.

Dimond Adams Architects, Alexandria, VA, USA. ‘Water and Trees, Our Natural Resources’, 7th May 2015

Sonoma Cellar Ballroom Gallery, Alexandria, VA, USA. ‘The Shape of Water’, 3rd to 30th April, 2016

Patrick’s Gallery, DC Wharf USA. ‘Paintings of Water and Wind’, Friday 30th November 2018 through 2019.

Walter Wickiser Gallery NY, USA. ‘Water Paintings’, 27th April to 31 May 2019.

RECENT MIXED EXHIBITIONS:

Glyndebourne, Sussex, UK. ‘Glyndbourne Goes Wild’, May to August 2001.

A Show of Hands Gallery, Del Ray, VA, USA. mixed show, April to August 2006.

Miller Fine Art Gallery, Alexandria, VA, USA. mixed show May to July 2006.

Yarralumla Gallery, Canberra, Australia. mixed show December 2007

Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, Charleston, SC, USA. ‘Wildlife Paintings’, February 2010

The Arts Club of Washington DC, USA. ‘Semi-Abstract Oils’, members mixed show, December 2010. Oenone’s paintings won ...