Landscape artist Frances Knight will open her studio as part of the Arundel Gallery Trail during the last two weekends in August. Visitors can enjoy her summer exhibition of paintings from 19th - 22nd and 26th - 30th August.
Work on display will include a springtime woodland series created during the first lockdown when Frances was able to visit a local wood outside her apartment to paint en plein air. The paintings show the slow changing of the season during this month of working in the same location, with leaves beginning to open more and the undergrowth growing more thickly as the series progresses. Reflecting on the series, Frances says "I loved the effects of sunlight and shadows as they filtered through the trees."
Frances likes to paint directly from nature exploring the effects of light, colour and structure and then work on larger paintings from these studies once back in the studio.
