Frances Roberts


Frances’ subject matter consists of geometric and organic forms coming together on canvas or paper. It is a mixture of sharply defined edges and scratchy textural color. All forms float in an ethereal background of painterly brush strokes. Her adventurous combinations of techniques give depth and dimension to her collections of unusual shapes and objects. Currently she is also including figures and plant-life into the mix. Each work of art has a poem as its title written on the front, which describes what is seen as well as what is not seen on the picture plane.

Artist’s Statement

I’m learning how to paint more and draw more. Talking about your paintings with different colors and designs. When I first started it was trees and houses. I put the sun and the sky and clouds. I’m learning how to draw people right now. I like coming here to the studio. I haven’t made flowers in a long time, I’m trying new things. I like to make art because I’m learning new things.

I like to draw flowers, I just do. I like to draw people too. I like to make all different people, in different places walking on the cracked sidewalk with the flowing river. I just do, it comes in my mind. It’s sometimes like seeing in my head. I see places that I would like to visit.

I use acrylic paint. When I draw flowers I draw from books. When I paint people they come from my head. I like to use paint because of the many different colors. I like to write poems on the backs of the pictures.

I don’t know where I got it from. My friends are like, “Oh money, get rich!” Knowing different things about my paintings. I like bowling and shopping and eating. I eat everything, barbeque and chicken.

My mother, before she passed away, would buy different artist paintings. Like ones of a girl crying and trees and houses. I love the pictures and the different easels, big ones and small ones. I want their work and my work and put it together and get money.

I want to learn about how to really draw and make money. I want to get a red Chevy with no top & no license. With fancy spinning tires, headlights, and no license. I would go through the mountains and hills, going up and down. More freedom and knowing different things. If I had clay, I would make art with clay and let my mind run. Just give me the money and the car.