COMMISSIONED ARTIST: FRAN RILEY

Hello to Fran Riley, our 3rd Commissioned Artist. You may have seen Fran's work at Ford Park around Christmas. Fran makes collages using her own photographs and layering techniques, which she then prints onto canvasses...she also makes artwork from old pieces of furniture, and interesting objects which she places in boxes.

 Fran has a first class Degree in art and psychology and a Masters Degree in art therapy. She has exhibited regularly in London and Cumbria and has run creative workshops for 33 years.

says Fran.." I  work with all sorts of things, including collage,mosaic and photography. You don't need fancy art equipment to make art .
You can use the camera on your I phone, bits of litter that you find and express your own unique imagination.
I'm  an avid keeper of journals and sketchbooks.

 These are used as a kind of laboratory or playground. Any ideas, drawings, scrawlings and found objects can be stored here.
The journals can then used as a reference for art work to be developed and exhibited."

Here below is a piece Fran made for us showing details from a walk she took around a particular part of town...can you work out which part it is?