Francesca graduated from Plymouth University (Exeter Faculty of Art and Design) in 1993 with a BA Hons in Fine Art, some of that time being spent at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin. She then moved to Paris, where she worked and painted. During this period she involved herself with a small operatic company for whom she designed a set for a production of Blaise le Savetier, an opera by Philador. Since then, she has painted and exhibited in and around London in both solo and group shows. She lives in London.
SOLO EXHIBITS
2015: Parallax Art Fair, Kings Road, London
2010: Shipton Street Gallery, London
2008: Shipton Street Gallery, London
2007 : Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
2006 :Inn on The Green, Notting Hill, London
2003 : Studio Lounge, Waterstones, Piccadilly, London
2002 : First Out, Cafe/Bar, Westminster
2000 : Soho Curzon, London
1999 Wine Gallery, Chelsea, London
GROUP EXHIBITS
2008: Upstream People Gallery, 10th Annual Painting, Drawing, Photography & Print International Online Juried Art Exhibition
2008: Sartorial Contemporary Art, Group Show, Mothers Exhibition, London
2006 : ‘For Peel’ group show, No More Grey Gallery, Shoreditch, London
2004 : ‘Mothers’ group show, Oxford House, London
2001 : Start Gallery, Fulham, London
1999 : Boston University, London
OTHER INFORMATION
2011: Tulane Review, Spring Issue, Tulane University
2010: Tulane Review, Spring Issue, Tulane University
2009: Tulane Review, Spring Issue, Tulane University
2008: Graphic commissioned work, Just Like Starting Over, theatre poster
2010: Commissioned painting, Radiology Department, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
2007: Commissioned painting, Head-Rapson Sisters
1996: Blaise Le Savetier, theatre design, Paris
1994: HAL, record cover design, Vinyl Japan Record Label
I started painting dogs in 2017. Although a committed cat lover, my son’s obsession with dogs has helped to nurture my own love affair with these loyal and wondrous creatures.
Following a commissioned request to paint my nephew, Eddie, my dog painting career took off!
Although I am based in London, I have received commissions for all parts of the UK.
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