Francine has been an artist her entire life. Her paintings are in private collections all over the world from Japan to Alaska. She has shown in galleries and shows in Hawaii, Laguna Beach, San Diego, and Las Vegas. She now resides and has her studio in Henderson, Nevada. She has enjoyed a wide variety of painting mediums from watercolors, oils, and pastels. Once She discovered painting on silk She was enchanted. She loves the excitement of pure vibrant color. She sometimes feel like silk painting is a direct connection to the Divine in all of us. She enjoy sharing her love for silk painting through showings and teaching.

Painting has always been as natural as breathing for me—and as necessary. It’s a passion for life and essence, expressed through art and creativity.

Her intent, as a person and as an artist, is to see, appreciate, and then express the beauty and spirit in the living things around us. Her work has been described as joyful, dancing with lots of movement, bold, colorful, playful, and even sassy—and always uplifting and fun!

Painting on Silk
The art of painting on silk begins with a luxurious base of pure white China silk stretched tightly on a frame. She use the combination of imported French silk dyes and a resist of Gutta (which is like a rubber cement), or sometimes She will use a hot wax resist. The purpose of a resist is to stop the flow of dye and create a barrier, which makes the outline of an image. One of the things that excite me the most, about silk painting is the purity and the intensity of color that can only be achieved by this unique technique. After the painting is complete She steam the silk for many hours; this sets the dye and increases the intensity of the color.

The magic of painting on silk comes from the luminous images that emerge within the boundaries on pristine silk. She am always amazed and delighted!

We hope you enjoy looking as much as she enjoys creating.