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Francis Iles has championed excellence in Art for the last 65 years. We hope that client's collections become legacies of love.

We show quality, lift your heart, enduring works from our family of Artists who we show online and at Art Fairs.

08/03/2026

With one week remaining of The Language of Landscape, it was wonderful to see Rowland Hilder’s daughter Mary and son-in-law Rado at 🤩 A lucky visitor got to hear firsthand how Rowland’s etchings were produced as Rado helped in the etching process for over a decade 💫✨ Don’t miss The Language of Landscape featuring Rowland Hilder, Astrig Akseralian, Gordon Rushmer and Susan Mulley - last day Sunday 15th March 2026 💫

27/02/2026

Calling all Rowland Hilder lovers!
Don’t miss The Language of Landscape in Canterbury.

Original Watercolours and Etchings are on show and available to purchase. You can also see Rowland’s paint box, ink stand and one of his etching plates too.

Rowland Hilder’s influence is felt throughout the exhibition. His iconic winter scenes, defined by dramatic horizons, bare trees, and rhythmic compositions, established a visual shorthand for the English countryside that shaped mid-20th-century landscape painting. Rowland approached his painting with both precision and atmosphere, merging the observational clarity of draughtsmanship with the poetic tone of memory. His work captures a rural world that was rapidly changing in the decades after the war, yet still held deep cultural resonance.

The Language of Landscape also features work by Astrig Akseralian, Susan Mulley and Gordon Rushmer and runs until Sunday 15th March - open every day except Mondays.

The Front Room, The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, 18 High Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2RA

01/02/2026

Featured at Fresh: Horatio and the Jay by Jennifer Miles
Framed Acrylic, Pen, Platinum / 24 x 32 cm (unframed) / 32.5 x 40.5 cm (framed)

Available to buy and view this weekend from or to purchase via our website

30/01/2026

Featured at Fresh: They Flocked to My Feet by Astrig Akseralian
Framed Acrylic on Wood / 53 x 53cm

View this weekend at on our stand (F1) and available to purchase in person or on our website

02/01/2026

Join us for the fabulous Fresh Art Fair which returns to Alexandra Palace at the end of the month - 30 January to 1 February 2026. See the link in our bio for tickets 🔗🎟️ - we are stand F1 💫

17/12/2025

✨ Exhibition: Christopher Jarvis – Local Scenes now on at Store 104 ✨

Discover the atmospheric paintings of Christopher Jarvis, capturing the character and quiet beauty of Rochester, the River Medway, and Rochester Castle. Through expressive brushwork and a subtle, muted palette, Jarvis brings familiar local scenes to life with depth and emotion.

📍 Store 104
104 High Street, Rochester, ME1 1JT

🕒 Opening hours
Monday – Saturday: 10am–5pm
Sunday: 11am–4pm

Whether you’re a lover of local landscapes or simply enjoy evocative contemporary painting, this exhibition is well worth a visit. Pop in and see Rochester through a fresh artistic lens. 🎨
104

11/12/2025

Introducing Mark Munroe-Preston - one of four Featured Artists in Divining Nature

Mark Munroe-Preston transforms his landscape photographs through collage and painterly processes, blurring the line between photography and painting. Printed on brushed aluminium, his works shimmer with subtle light and texture. Each is titled with GPS coordinates, linking the artwork back to the land itself.

Divining Nature is on show in the Front Room of The Beaney, 18 High Street, Canterbury CT1 2RA and runs until 11th January 2026 (closed Mondays).

Featured work:
MMP 167 - N50.9709 E0.3630
By Mark Munroe-Preston
Limited Edition Dibond Print on Aluminium
£600
Image size 80 x 80 cms

04/12/2025

Introducing Jade Taylor - one of four Featured Artists in Divining Nature

Jade Taylor: Working from a garden studio in the heart of the Kent countryside and immersed in the nature that inspires her, Jade’s work responds to the beauty and fragility of the natural world and in particular our native wildlife, habitats and ecosystems. Trained as a textile designer, her love of colour and pattern flows through her practice, where printmaking has long been central. Her delicate works combine acrylic on linen with layers of collaged botanical printmaking and etchings to weave in hidden narratives.

She is Winner of Mammal Illustrator of the Year 2025.

Divining Nature is on show in the Front Room of The Beaney, 18 High Street, Canterbury CT1 2RA and runs until 11th January 2026 (closed Mondays).

Featured work:
April’s Pink Moon
By Jade Taylor
Acrylic and botanical monoprinting on linen
£1,795
Image size 60 x 60 cms

28/11/2025

Come and meet Artist Kit Boyd at The Beaney tomorrow (Saturday 29th November 11am to 3pm) and chat to him about his processes, inspiration and the magic of nature ✨

Kit is one of four artists featured in Divining Nature in the Front Room of The Beaney, 18 High Street, Canterbury CT1 2RA. The show runs until 11th January (closed Mondays)

21/11/2025

Great to have visit Divining Nature at today.

With ‘s linocut as a starting point, the group experienced the show through touch, detailed picture descriptions, and conversation around texture and form.

Thanks to everyone who came 💛

20/11/2025

Introducing Kit Boyd - one of four Featured Artists in Divining Nature

Kit Boyd works in the British Romantic tradition, following the path of Samuel Palmer and the Neo-romantics of the 1940’s. His pastoral landscapes and dreamscapes offer contemplative spaces away from the distractions of modern life, inspired by the spirit of place and a pantheistic view of our lives intricately entwined with the natural world.

Divining Nature is on show in the Front Room of The Beaney, 18 High Street, Canterbury CT1 2RA and runs until 11th January 2026 (closed Mondays).

Featured work:
The Wanderer, Autumn Glow
By Kit Boyd
Hand Coloured Etching
£430
Image size 13 x 20 cms
Overall size 35 x 39 cms

Address

18 High Street
Canterbury
CT1 2RA

Telephone

01634 843081

Website

http://www.francis-iles.com/

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