Sherie Franssen

Mermaids in the Basement

2017

Color Derivatives #149, 2016 by Natasha Zupan From the series Color Derivatives Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D. Canvas on a stretcher Unique ___...

These trees grow in the woods opposite Emily's house. She loves to stand between them and look up. They seem to have grown in perfect harmony - each one making room for the other. This painting is part of a series called Look Up Trees. Emily spends time with trees daily to help her mind heal from PTSD in 2021. She has 'grown' over 140 trees in oil paint and digitally on her ipad. The mindful painting process she's established helps her to recognise and work through some difficult emotions. She's currently working on ways she can share these tools with others through a mindful sketching practice. Emily has always been hugely inspired by the natural world, growing up on a farm in Wiltshire, South West England. At school, Emily was the art scholar and pushed the boundaries of what was possible in terms of scale and ambition for her art projects with her art teachers, making sculpture and installations which were deeply conceptual. At the age of 18, Emily became disabled overnight after a failed hip replacement and was left in a wheelchair. The decision was taken to abandon her dreams to go to art college, so she obtained a degree and went on to have a successful career in the City and then in TV, career highlights including working with David Attenborough...

Colorful modernist impasto figure painting of a seated woman by an unknown artist. This contemporary figurative piece uses expressive textures and colors, featuring a palette of pink...

The stories we tell ourselves [2022] original Oil, oil stick, pastel and wax on canvas Image size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:100 cm x D:2cm ...

Spirited by Luana Asiata [2022] original Acrylic Paint and Oil Pastel on Canvas Image size: H:76 cm x W:61 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x...

Tactile memory #128, by Natasha Zupan Mixed media oil, acrylic, and lace on Canvas Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D. canvas on a stretcher 2022 _________________________________...