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Artist Statement:
KAY FRANCES
In my own words....
Living in Cairo, Egypt through
the 90's, I suddenly started
painting, partly inspired by
the ‘place’ I was living and
teachers who also encouraged
me in my artistic way. Then
moving to live in Eastern
Europe, and exhibiting in
Barcelona, my work has been
unfolding without following
any particular artistic style
or movement. Living alone in a
small Bulgarian village,
outside the capital Sofia,
(where my 70+ years old
neighbours were outside doing
the 'real' work in their
gardens), I discovered that
isolation was perhaps the most
profound 'self teaching' of my
artistic life.
When working on a painting I
am often surprised by what
comes, then sometimes
reworking, descending even
deeper, and am surprised yet
again..! Another painting
follows, and the process
begins again. I am intuitive
about colour and the light
just comes, or I am intuitive
about light and the colour
just follows. I delight in
when people have their own
experience of my work,
awakening their own creative
impulses, and somehow we all
transcend cultural boundaries
within this "secret
understanding" of humanness. I
feel very connected to scenes
and people in faraway places -
the pureness of the moment is
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