Image: Belgravia Gallery, London
Belgravia Gallery has made Cicely Creswell’s ink drawing 'The Great Oak' available for purchase, presenting the work as part of a broader selection of the artist’s original drawings. The piece is listed at £5,500 and measures 117 cm by 75.5 cm, or 132 cm by 88.5 cm framed. The gallery describes the work as ink on paper and notes that it comes framed.
The London-based gallery, which is sending the newsletter, frames Creswell’s practice as one built around close looking. In its presentation of 'The Great Oak', Belgravia says the artist works almost exclusively in ink on paper and creates highly detailed drawings that invite viewers to slow down. The gallery’s text emphasizes that what first appears to be a landscape reveals layered narratives on closer inspection.
According to the gallery, Creswell’s imagery weaves together tiny figures, architecture, wildlife and fragments of human experience into imagined environments shaped by the relationship between people and nature. That approach is reflected in the gallery’s description of the work as part of a collection featuring intricate narratives woven into landscapes, with themes of human connection and the natural environment running through the presentation.
Belgravia Gallery says Creswell’s drawings are entirely unique and meticulously hand-crafted. The gallery also presents the work as one that rewards time and attention, describing a sense of quiet contemplation that becomes more apparent the longer a viewer spends with each piece. The newsletter positions 'The Great Oak' within that interpretive framework, presenting it as an example of the kind of work the gallery wants collectors to discover online or by private viewing.
The artist’s profile page adds that Creswell is based in the Surrey Hills and that her works have been exhibited across the UK. It also states that her work is held in the NHS Tonic Arts Collection. The gallery further notes that she received the Edinburgh Printmakers Prize at the Royal Scottish Academy in 2024 and was shortlisted for the John Ruskin Prize in 2025.
Belgravia Gallery says it is exhibiting a carefully selected collection of Creswell’s original drawings and describes the opportunity to acquire work by what it calls one of Britain’s exciting emerging artists at an important stage in her career. The gallery invites enquiries for additional images or a private viewing, and lists 'The Great Oak' as available online through its website.
