Contemporary abstract painting · United Kingdom

Finding
order in
colour.

Original paintings by William Watkin. Layered, scraped and reworked surfaces exploring the space between structure and spontaneity.

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Original abstract painting displayed in a contemporary interior

Original works · Acrylic on canvasDated & signedWorldwide delivery included

01 / The practice

A language of
colour and rhythm.

What looks chaotic at first can reveal its own quiet architecture. Through layers of acrylic paint, intersecting lines and deliberate scraping, William Watkin makes paintings that hold tension and harmony in the same surface.

Working intuitively, he adds, disrupts and uncovers. From a distance, fields of colour settle into a coherent whole; closer inspection reveals their physical history — small shifts, fragments, marks and decisions. The result is work that changes with the viewer, the room and the light.

Colourful abstract painting displayed in an interior — Works in situ / I

Original painting shown in a considered interior — Works in situ / II

02 / Selected works

The collections.

Three bodies of work, connected by colour, material and gesture. Select any painting to view its individual details and availability.

01 / Large Stripes

Scale, movement, presence.

The large paintings work with rhythm and interruption. Layers of colour are built, crossed and drawn back; the resulting surfaces shift between careful structure and exuberant movement.

Crosshatchwork Red Yellow Pink, original painting by William Watkin

Crosshatchwork Red Yellow Pink

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Dirty Pastels Orange Blue Ochre, original painting by William Watkin

Dirty Pastels Orange Blue Ochre

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Dirty Pastels Springwood, original painting by William Watkin

Dirty Pastels Springwood

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Explore all 13 works in Large Stripes

SOLD, original painting by William Watkin

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Hatchwork Green Blue Yellow, original painting by William Watkin

Hatchwork Green Blue Yellow

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Crosshatchwork Red Yellow Pink, original painting by William Watkin

Crosshatchwork Red Yellow Pink

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Dirty Pastels Orange Blue Ochre, original painting by William Watkin

Dirty Pastels Orange Blue Ochre

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Dirty Pastels Springwood, original painting by William Watkin

Dirty Pastels Springwood

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Dirty Pastels Waveflow, original painting by William Watkin

Dirty Pastels Waveflow

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Dirty Pastels Morocco, original painting by William Watkin

Dirty Pastels Morocco

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Crosshatchwork Mutework, original painting by William Watkin

Crosshatchwork Mutework

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Intersections, original painting by William Watkin

Intersections

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Crosshatchwork, original painting by William Watkin

Crosshatchwork

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Dirty Pastels Horizon, original painting by William Watkin

Dirty Pastels Horizon

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Crosshatchwork Mostly Red, original painting by William Watkin

Crosshatchwork Mostly Red

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Crosshatchwork Blackwork, original painting by William Watkin

Crosshatchwork Blackwork

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Original acrylic painting · £750

Contemporary painting in an interior — The work in a lived space

02 / Small Stripes

A more intimate rhythm.

Condensed compositions that hold the same intensity as the larger works. Repetition and colour meet at a quieter scale, rewarding close looking.

Small Stripes — Study 20, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 20

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 19, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 19

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 18, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 18

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Original acrylic painting · £400

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Small Stripes — Study 20, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 20

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 19, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 19

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 18, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 18

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 17, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 17

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 16, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 16

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 15, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 15

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 14, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 14

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 13, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 13

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 12, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 12

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 11, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 11

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 10, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 10

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 09, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 09

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 08, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 08

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 07, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 07

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 05, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 05

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 04, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 04

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Stripes — Study 03, original painting by William Watkin

Small Stripes — Study 03

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Produce, original painting by William Watkin

Produce

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Produce, original painting by William Watkin

Produce

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Produce, original painting by William Watkin

Produce

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Original acrylic painting · £400

03 / Small Scrapes

What lies beneath.

Scraping is a way of finding, rather than removing. Colour is layered and drawn away again, revealing unexpected connections and traces of the process.

Endless sirocco, original painting by William Watkin

Endless sirocco

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Marrakesh wasn't it?, original painting by William Watkin

Marrakesh wasn't it?

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Lost twilight, original painting by William Watkin

Lost twilight

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Explore all 29 works in Small Scrapes

Small Scrapes — Study 25, original painting by William Watkin

Small Scrapes — Study 25

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Scrapes — Study 24, original painting by William Watkin

Small Scrapes — Study 24

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Scrapes — Study 23, original painting by William Watkin

Small Scrapes — Study 23

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Scrapes — Study 22, original painting by William Watkin

Small Scrapes — Study 22

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Small Scrapes — Study 21, original painting by William Watkin

Small Scrapes — Study 21

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Endless sirocco, original painting by William Watkin

Endless sirocco

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Marrakesh wasn't it?, original painting by William Watkin

Marrakesh wasn't it?

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Lost twilight, original painting by William Watkin

Lost twilight

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Cities seen in passing, original painting by William Watkin

Cities seen in passing

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Barkwork, original painting by William Watkin

Barkwork

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Flags of no nation, original painting by William Watkin

Flags of no nation

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Her envy settling, original painting by William Watkin

Her envy settling

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Rothko Striped, original painting by William Watkin

Rothko Striped

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Glacial Moods, original painting by William Watkin

Glacial Moods

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Nostalgia of Beaches, original painting by William Watkin

Nostalgia of Beaches

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Original acrylic painting · £400

To the waterfall, original painting by William Watkin

To the waterfall

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Original acrylic painting · £400

From the pond, original painting by William Watkin

From the pond

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Gulfoss, original painting by William Watkin

Gulfoss

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Dusk on trees fall, original painting by William Watkin

Dusk on trees fall

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Some things I remembered later, original painting by William Watkin

Some things I remembered later

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Lightfall, original painting by William Watkin

Lightfall

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Original acrylic painting · £400

I looked up and, original painting by William Watkin

I looked up and

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Deeper than..., original painting by William Watkin

Deeper than...

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Magic moon mountains, original painting by William Watkin

Magic moon mountains

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Why did they do that?, original painting by William Watkin

Why did they do that?

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Original acrylic painting · £400

It was as it seemed, original painting by William Watkin

It was as it seemed

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Sometimes yes, oftentimes no, original painting by William Watkin

Sometimes yes, oftentimes no

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Lasagne, original painting by William Watkin

Lasagne

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Original acrylic painting · £400

Fire next time, original painting by William Watkin

Fire next time

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Original acrylic painting · £400

03 / Artist statement

“The chaos has a pattern.
The noise has a harmony.”

The paintings are an invitation to see intricacy as richness rather than disorder. Their crossing stripes, accumulated gestures and textured surfaces ask us to spend time looking — until new patterns become visible.

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04 / Collecting

A painting
to live with.

Each work is an original. Available paintings may be acquired directly through secure Wix checkout. Choose a painting above to see its full details, current price and availability.

Prices are in GBP. Small paintings £400; large paintings £750. Worldwide delivery is included. Sold works remain in the archive.

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