NAA Featured Artist Show

Diane Francis

It's Life
Painting, pastels, printmaking and clay sculpture
July 8-14, 2010
Laura Coombs Hills Gallery
Reception: Friday July 9, 7-9PM

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Works on paper and sculpture by Diane Francis represent personal experiences from family history and childhood memories. The monoprints, pastels and paintings are developed using subtle color and textural relationships intended to create a sense of order and quiet reflection. Her examination of the ordinary by experimenting with form, color and composition creates a luscious layered surface.

The sophistication brought to these objects through her use of vibrantly dense colors, imagery and elegant artistry is evidence of this artist’s commitment to the process of art making.

Diane Francis’ approach to sculptural forms is much more classical in nature. Her knowledge of anatomy and skeletal structure is present in all the pieces. The standing, seated and reclining figures capture the human condition beautifully. The work comes alive through her mastery of forms.

Diane Francis was born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters of Art Education from Lesley University. She teaches at the Carroll School and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. She lives and works in Tewksbury, Massachusetts with her husband and two daughters. Her pastels, mono-prints, paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in a number of galleries and art festivals winning major awards. Her artwork is in many private collections.