Studio No. 4, Fort Kochi · Kerala 682001 · India

Begin an exploration through a lifetime of painting, colour & quiet creativity.

Joseph Francis gallery interior

A blend of memory, colour & light

Step into a realm of artistic expression, where every surface holds the light, weather and colour of being somewhere in the world.

Tidal Rooms virtual exhibition Live · virtual exhibitionTidal Rooms

Welcome to the studio of Joseph Francis — a working space and living archive in Fort Kochi, devoted to the belief that a colour remembers far more than it depicts.

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New & featured

Unveiling the featured works

Explore a rotating selection of recent paintings and wall works. Each piece can be viewed in detail, walked through in 3D, or collected securely on Saatchi Art.

Wall · TemperaSaffron Procession

Saffron Procession

A long horizontal frieze .

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Oil on linenCobalt Threshold

Cobalt Threshold

A doorway of deep blue.

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Mixed mediaRose Cartography

Rose Cartography

Map-like channels of rose and bone, charting a coastline that does not exist.

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The practice

Explore the work by series

Decades of looking, gathered into bodies of work — each series a different question asked of the same light.

Tidal Works
Water, stillness & memory. · 3 works
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Ochre Fields
Earth, sand & heat. · 3 works
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Verdigris Walls
Site-specific wall works. · 1 work
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Nocturnes
Night & deep colour. · 3 works
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