fiona millais

Fiona Millais graduated from University of Newcastle with a degree in Fine Art in 1984. Her work has been extensively exhibited at venues including Thompson’s Gallery and Thackeray Rankin Gallery both in London and The Royal College of Art.

Fiona’s paintings are often based on landscape or still life – of the coasts of Cornwall and Scotland, but are rarely a direct representation. Often produced on the completion of a journey – either abroad or within the British Isles and are evolved from memories, drawings and notes. Music and literature sometimes provide additional source material.

Fiona will paint and repaint canvasses so that traces of original images remain present and her work undergoes a process of metamorphosis.

In 2004 she was commissioned for the P&O Liner ‘Arcadia’ to produce 8 large works. Fiona is the great-granddaughter of the pre-Raphaelite painter Sir John Everett Millais.

Exhibitions & Galleries:

Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance
The Lund Gallery, Yorkshire
The New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
Broadway Modern, Worcestershire
The Affordable Art Fair, London
Rowley Contemporary, Winchester

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Estuary
acrylic on canvas
56 x 61cm £1,400



Kentra Grazings
acrylic on canvas
26 x 30cm £475

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1 Parade Street, Queens Square, (top of Chapel Street), Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4BU
Telephone: 01736 874749
Opening times: Monday - Saturday 10 - 5
Gallery Director: Sarah Brittain sarah@cornwallcontemporary.com