Fran Gould

Born in New Zealand. Figurative painting is my main interest, using mainly oil and graphite. My family have been artists for several generations, so am fortunate to have inheritated the artistic ability

Have just completed 6 years of Art Education and am at present doing another year this time photography as it is so helpful with my Art practise. Two years with the TeKura Correspondence School, four years with the Learning
Connexion. When in the U.K. did a summer school course in Suffolk. A lovely hot summer and meeting new people plein- air painting in some of the gorgeous lanes lined with thatched cottages, was a dream like existence.

Have held a lot of exhibition over the years, however the latest last year were at the "Icon Gallery" "Hospice Gallery" and the "Kaimira Wines Gallery" All the work displayed was black and white, oils and graphite.

Black and white oils I have been experimenting with, and my paintings in black only have a different feel and look to the ones using black and white paint. The black only= gives a much softer effect. This is shown in some of my paintings displayed here at Saatchi.