Collection: Frances Clark-Stone : Artist : Stroud

I am a visual artist working in oil and pastel. I aim to create a narrative in which the viewer may place themselves. Inspiration comes from dreams, experiences and relationships with both people and places. Everyday places become extraordinary in moments of awareness, feeling, mood. My work is often described as magical or spellbinding and often find a feeling of vulnerability in the paintings which  contain figures, or a stillness in the place based ones.  The drama of the moment is what I aim to convey. 

I use a combination of oil paint, oil bars, cold wax and oil pastel, usually over a period of weeks so that each layer can dry.   For the soft pastels,  fixative and a liquifying medium increases flexibility,  allowing a build up of texture and accidental pattern. 

Having studied art history I am influenced by a wide range of art. However my style is most strongly influenced by impressionism, post impressionism and fauvism as well as some illustrative artists working today.