Frances Ross is a graduate of Brighton Polytechnic where she studied Fine Art (Painting) after doing a Foundation Course at Portsmouth College of Art. During her time at Brighton she worked as a studio assistant for the constructivist artist Gillian Wise.
Although a career in fine art had to be put on hold for many years Frances attended many classes including painting, ceramic and life drawing.
Frances’ main inspiration comes from a love of colour field and abstract expressionist paintings Music, choreography and poetry play a huge part as does a fascination with meditation, thought patterns and words.
Her work has sold in Canada and the UK and has been selected for open calls nationally in group She will be exhibiting in group shows in St Ives and Leeds in the summer this year.
Frances was born in Derbyshire but has lived all over England as well as the Sultanate of Oman and Canada. She currently lives in North Yorkshire.
Statement
My paintings are non objective and explore different combinations of colour to create an enigmatic and rhythmical presence inspired by choreography, music and poetry.
My main intention is to express a visual stream of consciousness through colour and line to encourage conscious and subconscious thoughts and evoke emotions and memories.
I work on a series of paintings at a time over several months in a process of call and response: adding, removing and editing. The final composition comes towards the end of the painting. My fascination is primarily with how we see colour differently according to its relation to another. I hope to make the observer feel something rather than to curate a reaction. I aim to create joyful paintings sometimes underpinned with an element of discord or unease
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