Frances Thomas: The Broader Picture
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Peter Robertson Gallery 12323 104 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5N 0V4
Frances Thomas, "Just Floating," 2018
acrylic on canvas, 30" x 30"
Join us for the Opening Reception Thursday, May 23 from 7 - 9 pm.
Artist Talk: Saturday, May 25 at 3 pm
'For me painting is a way of thinking. I have always just followed the work. Even if something is completely different from what I have made before, I know it’s right—it either works or it doesn’t as an artwork. I am interested more in what is happening in the moment, with the materials and my instincts, and less with rigorous conceptual strategies. My hope is that the viewers who come face to face with the work can follow their own pathways through the internal logic of each piece and find something to hang on to and enjoy. ' - Frances Thomas, 2019
Frances Thomas was born in Parry Sound, ON. She received both her BFA and MFA from York University, Toronto, ON. She has participated in residencies in Pouch Cove, Newfoundland and Triangle Arts in Brooklyn, New York and in 2016 spent three months in Berlin on a self-directed residency. Her paintings were featured in a solo exhibition, “but wait”, with an accompanying catalogue, at the MacLaren Art Centre in 2009/10. Thomas currently lives and works in Barrie, Ontario. She has exhibited in Edmonton, Barrie, Toronto and New York and her work is in the permanent collections of the MacLaren Art Centre, Bank of Montreal and York University.