Artist Statement

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Megan Frances is a Los Angeles based artist whose paintings symbolically portray humanity’s imprint on the natural world. Inspired by the experience of living in the Bahamas during her formative years, in her current body of work, Frances pays homage to lost or threatened settings like the lush landscapes of the islands. Precision of line and structured composition form her foundation, and her palette is infused with the light and colors of the subtropics. 

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The theme, Botanical Takeovers, references the dramatic vision driving her latest series. In these formal compositional interventions, the artist’s hard edge abstract curvilinear shapes interact with the botanical motifs in the background, both in harmony and in contrast. Through this orchestrated visual push and pull, Frances alludes to the colliding forces of the manmade and natural worlds. With these allegorical paintings, she seeks to extol the fragility and beauty of nature, striving to preserve it, if only in two dimensions.

 

“I seek to create an aura of beauty, harmony of color, precision of form and a sense of balance, disrupted by flickers of the unexpected contrived to entice the viewer to linger, and take nothing for granted.” Born in Canada, Frances attended art school in Canada and France.

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