Frances Law
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My current work explores the archaeological and mythic undercurrents of the landscape where I live and travel to in Scotland. Walking in the landscape and connecting to ancestral voices through maps, stories and language, I work with drawing, print-making and collage overlaying textures, symbols and universal imagery in an attempt to understand the spiritual relationship between people, the land and nature.
I am attracted to ancient imagery; concentric circles, spirals, prehistoric stones and mounds, archetypical symbols that crop up in many different cultures around the world. Bearing the seeds of buried meaning, these signs often cannot be analysed or understood but possess a deep kinship to human identity stirring up memory of a lost affinity with the land, it’s rhythms and spiritual connections.
My work as an artist requires me to slow down, to be still, to be quiet and to be aware and open to my inner world and at the same time to the outer world. I work slowly and methodically and at times my practice feels like a meditation. The more that the inner and outer worlds come together and overlap the more deeply I have come to understand that there is no division between the two.
I am attracted to ancient imagery; concentric circles, spirals, prehistoric stones and mounds, archetypical symbols that crop up in many different cultures around the world. Bearing the seeds of buried meaning, these signs often cannot be analysed or understood but possess a deep kinship to human identity stirring up memory of a lost affinity with the land, it’s rhythms and spiritual connections.
My work as an artist requires me to slow down, to be still, to be quiet and to be aware and open to my inner world and at the same time to the outer world. I work slowly and methodically and at times my practice feels like a meditation. The more that the inner and outer worlds come together and overlap the more deeply I have come to understand that there is no division between the two.
Based in rural Angus, Frances studied drawing and painting at Glasgow School of Art and now works in a variety of media. She received a Masters in Art, Society and Publics from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) in 2015. Her solo exhibitions include 'Voices from the River', Perth Art Gallery 'The Architecture of Nature', Charles Rennie Mackintosh Church, Glasgow, 'Beyond Appearance', Park Gallery, Falkirk, and 'Paths and Journeys', Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. Her work is held in private, public and corporate collections including Art UK, Cornhill Macmillan Centre, Perth Royal Infirmary, Glasgow School of Art and Edinburgh Central Library Arts Collection. Frances has exhibited widely in Britain and abroad participating in group shows in Lithuania, France, Holland, Germany, and China, She has received numerous awards including RSW Watermark Award (2024), short listing for the Aspect Prize (2010), Scottish National Art Competition (2008), first prize winner. She has worked part time at DJCAD and as a visiting lecturer at Perth College Department of Contemporary Arts Practice. She has worked with Tayside Healthcare arts Trust (THAT) as a Lead artist and has been employed by various regional councils throughout Scotland leading education and community arts projects, including immersive arts weeks at Perth Museum and Art Gallery for Artist Rooms, National Gallery of Scotland.
Through her art practice, Frances is engaged in mapping the landscape in place based research, weaving together strands of history, archaeology and the ecology of place with the stories and memories of its inhabitants.
Through her art practice, Frances is engaged in mapping the landscape in place based research, weaving together strands of history, archaeology and the ecology of place with the stories and memories of its inhabitants.
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- Here is where we meet
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- Et in Orcadia Ego
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- Callanish
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- Mythos
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- Dreamtime
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