Original Oxford Paintings & Drawings

I paint and draw Oxford’s colleges, streets, market and river views. My selection ranges from Keble and Trinity to the skyline seen from Westgate, alongside a pencil drawing of the Bridge of Sighs. Choose Artwork details to read more about a piece and check its availability in my shop, or select an image for a closer look.

Bring a favourite Oxford view into your home with one of my original paintings, with UK delivery included and overseas delivery quoted on request.

Watercolour and ink

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Gloucester Green Market watercolour and ink sketch

<nav aria-label="Shop navigation"><p style="margin-bottom: 18px;"><a href="https://karenannetham.com/shop/" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7;">Browse shop</a></p></nav> "Gloucester Green Market" was the fruits of an outing with the Urban Sketchers Oxford group. It was a beautiful autumn’s day, the sun was shining and the colours of the market were overwhelming! I liked the flower stall best!

£199.00
Keble College, University of Oxford watercolour and ink original painting

<nav aria-label="Shop navigation"><p style="margin-bottom: 18px;"><a href="https://karenannetham.com/shop/" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7;">Browse shop</a></p></nav> "Keble College, Oxford" is a watercolour and ink painting of Keble College at the University of Oxford, in England.

£199.00
Watercolour and ink of flowers in Oxford Botanic Gardens England

<nav aria-label="Shop navigation"><p style="margin-bottom: 18px;"><a href="https://karenannetham.com/shop/" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7;">Browse shop</a></p></nav> This is a watercolour and ink painting of some of the incredible flowers in bloom at Oxford Botanic Gardens in the Summer of 2019. As the first botanic garden in the UK (founded in 1621), at the UK’s oldest University, Oxford Botanic Garden occupies a world-class position in terms of its history and academic location.

£199.00
Watercolour sketch of View from Magdalen College - Punting in Oxford

<nav aria-label="Shop navigation"><p style="margin-bottom: 18px;"><a href="https://karenannetham.com/shop/" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7;">Browse shop</a></p></nav> "Punting in Oxford - View from Magdalen College" is a watercolour and ink sketch of the view from the famous college in Oxford, England.

£199.00
Watercolour painting of The Oxford city Skyline from Westgate

<nav aria-label="Shop navigation"><p style="margin-bottom: 18px;"><a href="https://karenannetham.com/shop/" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7;">Browse shop</a></p></nav> "The Oxford city Skyline from Westgate" is a watercolour and ink painting on paper.

£199.00
Trinity College, Oxford Main entrance gate watercolour and ink

<nav aria-label="Shop navigation"><p style="margin-bottom: 18px;"><a href="https://karenannetham.com/shop/" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7;">Browse shop</a></p></nav> My take on the main entrance gate to Trinity College, Oxford painted in Watercolour and Ink. Trinity College (full name: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas Pope, on land previously occupied by Durham College, home to Benedictine monks from Durham Cathedral. My subject is the main entrance to the college, which is on Broad Street, located between Balliol College and Blackwell’s bookshop, opposite Turl Street.

£199.00
SOLD Turn Street, Oxford Watercolour and ink sketch

<nav aria-label="Shop navigation"><p style="margin-bottom: 18px;"><a href="https://karenannetham.com/shop/" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7;">Browse shop</a></p></nav> "Turl Street, Oxford" Watercolour and Ink

Jacob’s Inn at Wolvercote Oxfordshire Watercolour and Ink Original Art Painting

<nav aria-label="Shop navigation"><p style="margin-bottom: 18px;"><a href="https://karenannetham.com/shop/" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7;">Browse shop</a></p></nav> "Wolvercote, Jacob’s Inn" is a colourful watercolour and ink painting of Jacob’s Inn at Wolvercote Oxfordshire, painted across two watercolour sketchbook pages. Jacobs Inn is situated in the beautiful parish of Wolvercote, on the edge of Port Meadow.

£199.00

Watercolour

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At Osney Locks, Oxford Watercolour Sketch

<nav aria-label="Shop navigation"><p style="margin-bottom: 18px;"><a href="https://karenannetham.com/shop/" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7;">Browse shop</a></p></nav> "At Osney Locks" is a watercolour sketch of Osney Lock in Summertime. Osney Lock is a lock on the River Thames in Oxford, England, where the village or island of Osney is next to the river. The first lock was built of stone by Daniel Harris for the Thames Navigation Commission in 1790.

£199.00

Pencil sketch

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SOLD Pencil sketch of Oxford’s very own "Bridge of Sighs"

<nav aria-label="Shop navigation"><p style="margin-bottom: 18px;"><a href="https://karenannetham.com/shop/" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7;">Browse shop</a></p></nav> "Bridge of Sighs, Oxford" is a pencil sketch of the famous bridge in the English city of Oxford.

Different views of Oxford

Alongside college architecture, I’ve included everyday places: Gloucester Green Market, Jacob’s Inn in Wolvercote and the river at Osney. Each work offers a different view of the city.

I work across watercolour and ink, watercolour and pencil in this collection. I’ve kept sold works here as part of the wider collection.

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