| Fran McIlvain offers a bold new approach to watercolor artwork. Her painting combines watercolor, acrylics and paper collage to exciting new visual effects. Fran's subject matter comes from varying motivations. Extensive world travel has supplied inspiration, but her everyday visualizations also influence what she paints. At times, the paint itself can be the impetus, a kind of spontaneous reaction. Creating a watercolor, acrylic and paper collage requires a great deal of concentration and a thorough understanding of those mediums. Using many innovative combinations, she conveys new freedom of expression in both color and design. CREDENTIALS Temple University, Philadelphia, PA - Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Science in Education Collateral scholastic pursuit of the arts in Europe and the United States together with working symposiums include: studying with Nicholas Reale, Frank Webb and Louise Cadillac; Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; Mounts Bay Art Center, Cornwall, UK; Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; Monmouth University, Long Branch, NJ; and Friends of Arts & Science, Sarasota, FL. Career Background: Halsted & Van Vechten Advertising Agency - Staff Artist Listed in: Who's Who of American Artists & Who's Who of American Women GALLERIES Frances H. McIlvain is represented by The Hang-Up Gallery - Sarasota. Florida and by The Guild of Creative Art - Shrewsbury, NewJersey. She also maintains a collection of her original paintings and prints for sale at the gallery in her Red Bank- NJ studio. ASSOCIATIONS - American Watercolor Society - Signature Member
- New Jersey Watercolor Society - Past President
- Garden State Watercolor Society - Elected Member
- Guild of Creative Art - Founding Member
- National Collage Society, Inc - Associate
- Intl. Society of Experimental Artists - Associate
- Hilton Leech Studio - Member
- Longboat Key Art Center - Member
PUBLICATIONS - Schlenm, Betty Lou. Best of Watercolor - Painting Color. Glouster, MA,: Rockport Publishers, 1997.
- Wolf, Rachael, ed. SPLASH 3. Cincinnati, OH: North Light Books, 1994.
- Maxwell, Shirley Boyden, ed. Portaits / 2. Clark, NJ: NJWCS, April 1998
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