Bidspirit auction | Sherron Francis, American, 1940, Grey

Sherron Francis, American, 1940, Grey Ghost, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas - Sherron Francis, American, 1940 Grey Ghost, 1977 Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, H 56.5 x W 50.75 x D 1 inches Signed on back Wood frame, H 58 x W 52 x D 2 inches Condition: Good, frame has some wear Provenance: Private Texas Collection Further Details: Francis always marched to the beat to her own drum. Although she admired the works of Jules Olitski, Jack Bush, and Kenneth Noland, Francis never felt that her work and lifestyle were influenced by others. When her friends summered in the Hamptons, Francis opted instead to spend time in the North Fork, then a relatively undeveloped area. She liked it because she did not want to recreate her New York neighborhood on Long Island “Out East”. In Aquebogue, she even worked as a commercial fisherwoman on her own boat named Bay Queen, and enjoyed setting her own hours. In the late 1970s, Francis became more interested in utilizing new acrylic and gel mediums that were becoming available. She moved away from her floating rectangular compositions and became freer in her brushstrokes adding thick layers of acrylic impasto. In the 1978 traveling group show “Recent Works by New York Artists, ” her work is described in the Roanoke (Virginia) Times as “clean, smooth curves of pure color against a densely mottled, deeply stained background texture.” - https://www.lincolnglenn.com/artists/221-sherron-francis/