Frances Ashforth’s spare paintings, drawings & prints reflect the geography and geology of intersecting habitats that she has visited and studied. Land, water, mountains and deserts are what inspire Frances. She looks with intention to the land and researches the environments she finds herself in. Her passion for fly fishing and time spent in remote places has allowed her to experience sparsely populated and wild lands across the United States.

Her work, whether print, drawing or painting will continue to share feelings of sense of place through observation of weather, light and time. Her hope is that her spare images evoke tension, detail and nuance within landscape, aspects that strike a chord of respect towards the preservation of the raw beauty found in both land and water. Curator and artist, Austin Thomas once wrote, “where some artists don’t look beyond their studio practices or drawing tables, and where others look to the world for attention, Frances looks with intention at the land. She is a conservationist of her own making. Her art is her voice and one that inspires us to think about the bigger picture. Her images are deep and poetically beautiful like a Jonathan McPhee essay that propels one to act or think differently about the earth and our movements on it. Her work is a true balance of both clarity and time.”