Frances is best known for her work involving retail display, public instillations, sailing and flag imagery. Recently she returned to her childhood home on the Isle of Wight after retiring from teaching on ‘The Mainland'.

The latest artwork focuses on notices, fences, barriers, rules and regulations around her home using Victorian, Edwardian and military architecture mixed with local waters.

What man is doing to the planet and how fragile the eco system is of great concern to her, what is done now will impact on everyone's grandchildren. The textile industry is responsible for much of the world’s pollution from what is produced now to the non-degradable items filling landfills and countryside. ‘Greenwashing’ is of particular concern to her and she wants people to re-use, upcycle and stop the consumer culture that has taken over the planet.

 

Due to her catastrophic brain injury in 2004 and resulting paralysis she has found a way to walk and to physically be able to create her artwork. Disability has forced her to rethink how she and others view, design, and create. To cope with a damaged brain, she must surround herself with lists and ‘post it’ notes to ensure she completes tasks, these instructions have now become an integral part of her work. The messages, written in many language scripts, navigational markers, dance notation and codes can be found amongst the seams and folds of her fabrics. Graffiti imagery has been an interest to Frances from her time studying in Paris and travelling in Europe, the use of graffiti has given a voice to the proletariat since the Roman times and has become more advanced and somewhat clever over the years. The images seen, or not seen, are made from a variety of media both natural and man-made, these are sprayed across large sections of the work but not to produce twee images that are ‘over done’ but to indicate meaning though the investigation of others.

Graffiti imagery has been an interest to Frances from her time studying in Paris and travelling in Europe, the use of graffiti has given a voice to the proletariat since the Roman times and it is only right and proper to include this into her work.