FPA Francis Pavy Artist
American, b. 1954
Francis X. Pavy is a painter and mixed-media artist known for retelling the traditional stories and folklore of South Louisiana through a visual vocabulary of mystic iconography and vibrant colors. Pavy’s career as an artist began as a ceramist before working in glass for many years, eventually transitioning to brush painting, mixed media, and block printing. Common themes in his work include Cajun and Creole music, folk-mysticism, and the native flora and fauna of the Gulf Coast. Francis’ work is represented in galleries around the United States and his work is held in national and international collections. .
Pavy’s work has been well-received regionally, nationally, and internationally with one-man exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Aspen, New Orleans as well as France, and Switzerland. Pavy has also participated in many notable group shows such as Outward Bound: American Art on the Brink of the 21st Century (traveling from the United States to Indonesia and the Middle East), Elvis And Marilyn: 2 Times Immortal (traveling from the United States to Japan), Southern Narrative Painting (Southeast U.S.) and Invites: Peintres Louisianais (Paris, France).
Major corporations such as Brown-Ferguson Corporation, Premier, Bancorp, BMG Music, Capitol Records and Rounder Records have collected Pavy’s work in addition to many museums and individual collectors. Notable museums and individual collectors include: The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Morris Museum of Art, Ron Howard, Paul Simon, Lorne Michaels, GLen Frey, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz,Walker Percy, Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia, Antoine de Caunes, Philippe Djain and Steve Cropper.
Pavy’s work has been published in a variety of catalogs, books and magazine articles. Among them are: Elvis & Marilyn: 2 Times Immortal (US & Japanese Editions), The South: A Treasury Of Art and Literature; Francis X. Pavy, La Musique Zydeco: The Colors of Rhythm; and Outward Bound: American Art on the Brink of the 21st Century.
Francis X Pavy lives with his wife and two children in Lafayette, Louisiana.(Biography provided by FPA Francis Pavy Artist)
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SPIRAL STUDY
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
This small reduction print is signed on the front. The full paper size measures 5.88 inches by 6.38 inches. On the front is the artist's signature, "spiral" ( title ) 1/2 (the first ...
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2010s American Modern FPA Francis Pavy Artist
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Ink
Man Study
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
Signed and dated In graphite pencil en verso ( on the Back) the writing in graphite pencil reads: Seaside suite(a body of work completed at the Seaside art...
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2010s FPA Francis Pavy Artist
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Printer's Ink
La Chanson de Maurice (Sea Side suite) fortune series
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
This print is on archival water-soluble ink on lightweight rag paper measuring 13" by 13". On the reverse it reads: Sea side suite ( made at the seaside artist residency in 2010) fo...
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2010s Modern FPA Francis Pavy Artist
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Printer's Ink
Camera, Steak, Beer, Crab & Baguette
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
This small multiple block print, entitled camera, steak, beer, crab & Baguette. Is part of the series of prints called five-block image study series....
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2010s American Modern FPA Francis Pavy Artist
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Printer's Ink
Blue Star
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
In Pencil on the reverse it reads: Seaside suite ( a body of work completed at the seaside artist residence in 2010) Fortune series ( a series of work in this suite) #0312010 ( Artist stock number) © Francis X PAVY 2010(copyright notification signature and date), Blue star ( title) on the left "Seaside suite Fortune series ) is written at 90degrees counter-clockwise and crossed out.
Signed and dated In graphite pencil en verso ( on the back) the writing in graphite pencil reads...
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2010s FPA Francis Pavy Artist
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Printer's Ink
Maurice come for his Christmas Bonus
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
This small multiple block print is entitled " Maurice comes for his Christmas bonus". Maurice worked for me for many years doing odd jobs around the studio. I made this piece
after...
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Early 2000s Modern FPA Francis Pavy Artist
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Printer's Ink
The Captain and the Blue Points
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
This one-of-a-kind multiple block print is made of archival water-soluble ink in medium weight 100% rag paper. On the reverse
it reads: The Captain and the Blue points ( title ) pu...
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Early 2000s Modern FPA Francis Pavy Artist
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Printer's Ink
Red Betty
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
This work is Entitled " Red Betty". The main image is of a woman with a round hairdo looking off to the right.
Signed and dated In graphite pencil en ve...
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2010s American Modern FPA Francis Pavy Artist
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Printer's Ink
Solange Avec L'accordion
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
Entitled Solange Avec L’accordion, this work on paper depicts a high contrast image of a woman with a stylish hairdo set against a backdrop of imagery that includes an accordion, a b...
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2010s Post-Modern FPA Francis Pavy Artist
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Oil
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