Colour. Emotion. Memory. Not a particular place, but a coming together of Fran Marks’ visual and sensory experiences.
Whether the wild sea and landscape of the Cornish coast where she lives, an autumn walk in the woods, or the shapes and colours of a spice market in North Africa, these encounters find their way into her work.
Fran uses a rich palette to create abstract and semi-abstract paintings that evoke an emotional response to her environment. Observing texture, shape, movement and space, she brings these elements into her painting, constantly searching for connection to the land, sea and sky.
Walking by the shore or exploring new landscapes, Fran photographs anything that excites her, recording the marks on a rock, a stone wall, the blues of the ocean, the pattern of light through trees or the juxtaposition of colours. Back in her studio she uses this source material to inform her work, sometimes as direct inspiration, at other times as an impression or idea.
