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I’m‍ Jenny Oldknow, a plein air painter from Derbyshire, in the middle of England.

Working in oils, I create vibrant paintings with bold expressive brushwork, and a focus on capturing the effects of colour and light.

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'Soleil', oil 8x8" gessobord. Sharing another sunflower painting, and another sunflower emoji, or three! 🌻🌻🌻 #sunflowerpainting #floraloilpainting #flowerpainting
My daily sunflower fix! 🎨 'Golden', oil 6 x 6" gessobord #sunflowerpainting #flowerpainting #oilpainting #dailysunflowers #floralart
I've had a lovely Sunday afternoon painting sunflowers in my garden. I've deicided to set myself a challenge to paint sunflowers everyday in August - any excuse to visit the sunflower fields! Yesterday's was a sketchbook watercolour I'll photograph a
This painting is another one of my early plain air’s I’ve dug up from the depths of the photos app on my phone! It was painted in my parents garden. I love this shed, literally held together by the ivy growing on (and in) it! #pleinair