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Illusory Oil Painter - Fran Williams

Writer's picture: Jordan BrinkworthJordan Brinkworth

Updated: Jul 5, 2024


An oil painter who primarily paints illusory figures and abstract landscapes, Fran aims to capture the very essence of our emotions and experiences by playing on both our credulity when it comes to other worldly elements and our deep curiosity when faced with things we don’t understand. To do this, Fran will take a photograph of something before then employing a variety of techniques to create a silhouette of the figure or landscape within the image, something which will then make the subjects appear as more illusory than realistic. As well as oil however, Fran will also sometimes add patterns to her works by making use of the likes of wood to use as a panel to paint on.

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