Gloucester Room is pleased to present a collection of original oil paintings on canvas by contemporary portrait artist Josie McCoy
August 3rd – 25th
All featured artworks are available for purchase.
To enquire about sales or reserves, please contact the gallery on 020 7935 1114
Or via email: info@gloucesterroom.com
“The idea of the female gaze is central to my painted portraits of iconic female characters from film and television I'm mesmerized by the power these characters hold in the collective psyche Generally, I focus on strong female subjects in response to the way women have been represented, where they have been the ‘passive’ subject of art I present them as active protagonists with agency and power
Film and TV characters act as means of communication and connection I usually hang my work so that the subjects of the paintings look at each other and the viewer can interact with their gaze. Whether the viewer is familiar with the character governs whether the paintings are read individually or in dialogue within a space
When looking at a painting of someone you recognise, the line between fiction and reality can become blurred.
Light is significant throughout the process of making the works. By building my portraits in thin layers of paint, I make the surface glow in imitation of the cinema screen I want the viewer to lose themselves in the complexity and emotion of the human face, trying to capture, as Barthes says in Mythologies, "that moment in cinema when capturing the human face still plunged audiences into the deepest ecstasy"
– Josie McCoy, 2024
Josie McCoy was born in Plymouth in 1969 and currently lives and works between London and Valencia, Spain She graduated from the MA Fine Art course at Central Saint Martin's, London, in 1999, and has since widely exhibited her paintings of iconic female characters from film and television. McCoy has had solo shows in London, Milan, Santiago de Compostela and Valencia and has participated in numerous group shows worldwide, in the UK, Europe, South America and the U.S.
Björk II
Bjork II is part of Josie McCoy’s Pop and Punks series
Oil on canvas on panel
Presented in hand-finished tray frame and laid onto a linen-wrapped board
Artwork dimensions: 15 x 15 cm
Framed dimensions: 31 x 31 cm
£1,400
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Oil on canvas on panel
Presented in hand-finished tray frame and laid onto a linen-wrapped board
Artwork dimensions: 15 x 20 cm
Framed dimensions: 31 x 36 cm
£1,400
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Oil on canvas on panel
Presented in hand-finished tray frame and laid onto a linen-wrapped board
Artwork dimensions: 15 x 20 cm
Framed dimensions: 31 x 36 cm
£1,400
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Film and TV characters act as means of communication and connection. I usually hang my work so that the subjects of the paintings look at each other and the viewer can interact with their gaze. Whether the viewer is familiar with the character governs whether the paintings are read individually or in dialogue within a space.
When looking at a painting of someone you recognise, the line between fiction and reality can become blurred.
Enquire about this item
Presented in hand-finished tray frame and laid onto a linen-wrapped board
Artwork dimensions: 15 x 20 cm
Framed dimensions: 31 x 36 cm
£1,400
Enquire about this item
Oil on canvas on panel
Presented in hand-finished tray frame and laid onto a linen-wrapped board
Artwork dimensions: 15 x 20 cm
Framed dimensions: 31 x 36 cm
£1,400
Enquire about this item
Presented in hand-finished tray frame and laid onto a linen-wrapped board
Artwork dimensions: 15 x 20 cm
Framed dimensions: 31 x 36 cm
£1,400
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Artwork dimensions 40 x 40 cm
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Billie Piper as Belle in the 2007-2011 tv series, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, based on the diary of the anonymous sex worker known as Belle de Jour.
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 40 x 40 cm
£2,500
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Artwork dimensions: 60 x 90 cm
£4,800
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Artwork dimensions: 90 x 145 cm
£7,500
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Artwork dimensions: 100 x 100 cm
£6,000
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Artwork dimensions: 90 x 145 cm
£7,500
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Artwork dimensions: 100 x 100 cm
£6,000
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Penelope
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 135 x 135 cm
£8,700
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Josie McCoy’s collection of oil paintings are available for viewing at Gloucester Room.
To enquire about reserving or acquiring any of the artworks,
please call the gallery on 020 7935 1114 or email info@gloucesterroom.com.
Dimensions are quoted in cm
Prices are quoted inclusive of VAT (UK Sales Tax).
For information about Net Export prices, please contact the gallery.