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“Tell Me The Truth About Love” (W.H. Auden)

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Colder

These paintings were inspired by the following lines from The Lives Of The Heart by Jane Hirshfield:

“You must try, the voice said, to become colder. I understood at once. It’s like the bodies of gods: cast in bronze, braced in stone. Only something heartless could bear the full weight.”

You Must Try To Become Colder - St Mark's-Square, Venice-# 1-Acrylic-and-Conte-on-Canvas-24"x36"

You Must Try To Become Colder - St Mark's-Square, Venice-# 2 -Acrylic-and-Conte-on-Canvas-24"x36"

You Must Try To Become Colder - St Mark's-Square, Venice-# 1-Acrylic-and-Conte-on-Canvas-30"x40"

You Must Try To Become Colder - St Mark's-Square, Venice-# 4 Vendor-Acrylic-and-Conte-on-Canvas-30"x40"Vendor

R.Francis_Girl-at-the-Seashore_30x30_acrylic-conte-on-canvas

R.Francis_The-Photograph-Twins-1_12x12_acrylic-conte-on-birch-panel

R.Francis_Girl-in-Water-1_12x12_acrylic-conte-on-birch-panel-Final

R.Francis_The-Photograph-2_12x12_acrylic-pencil-conte-on-birch-panel-Final

Rachel-Francis_Colder-6-The-Photograph_30x30_acrylic-conte-pencil-on-canvas-7001

R.Francis_The-Photograph-Twins-2_30x30_acrylic-conte-charcoal-on-canvas

R.Francis_Untitled_30x40_acrylic-conte-charcoal-on-canvas

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Ode to Andalusia

These paintings belong to a series called Ode to Andalusia. Odes move through their subject matter in a particular way – they begin in a place, go on an interior journey and return by way of ending to a somewhat transformed starting point. For me, the end of the journey was a recognition of the Spain that Lorca captured in the following words:

“And a single poplar – the Pythagoras Of the blank plain – Lifts its hundred year old hand And strikes the moon.” (The Interrupted Concert, trans. Ted Hughes)

Ode to Andalusia #1: Tiles, 30"x30",acrylic on canvas

Ode to Andalusia #2: Night-time, 24"x 36",acrylic on canvas

Ode to Andalusia # 3: The Macarena, 24"x 36", acrylic on canvas

Ode to Andalusia # 4: The Plain 30"x 30", acrylic on canvas

Ode to Andalusia # 5: The Shade, 24"x 36", acrylic on canvas

Ode to Andalusia 6 The Bar, 30"x30", acrylic on canvas

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Somewhere in the South of France

SOLD Somewhere in the South of France: Ceret 2016

SOLD Somewhere in South of France , 2016, 24 x 36, Acrylic on Canvas

Somewhere in South of France # 5 2016/2017, 24 x 36, Acrylic on Canvas

Somewhere in South of France: After the Rain: 2016/2017, 24 x 36, Acrylic on Canvas

SOLD Somewhere in South of France # 4, 2016, 24 x 36 Acrylic on Canvas

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“Souvenirs of Hope” (Marianne Moore)

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Goldworks

These paintings are part of an experiment to work with metallics. The great challenge is taming them – it’s a very fine line to walk. Painting this series makes me think of an Emily Dickinson poem that goes something like this:

A Pit—but Heaven over it—

To stir would be to slip—
To look would be to drop—

To dream—to sap the Prop
That holds my chances up.
Ah! Pit! With Heaven over it!

$Hallelujah Song Sketch #1, Acrylic & conte on Paper, 2014, 18\"x10\" PRIVATE COLLECTION$

$Hallelujah Song Sketch #2, Acrylic & conte on Paper, 2014, 18\"x10\"$

$Goldworks #5, Acrylic on Canvas, 2014, 24\"x36\" SOLD$

$Goldworks #3, Acrylic & conte on Paper, 2014, 18\"x18\" SOLD$

$Goldworks #9, Acrylic on Canvas, 2014, 30\"x30\"$

$Goldworks #6, Acrylic & Conte on Paper, 2014, 18\"x10\"$

$Hallelujah Song Sketch #5, Acrylic & Conte on Paper, 2014, 18\"x10\"$

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Interiors

R. Francis - Arrigas with Red Chair

R. Francis - Galicia

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Some Nights

R. Francis - Some Nights # 1

R. Francis - Some Nights # 4

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Foolish Heart Series

Foolish Heart Series # 1, Acrylic on Canvas, 2009, 22

Foolish Heart Series # 2, Acrylic on Canvas, 2009, 24

Foolish Heart Series # 3, Acrylic on Canvas, 2009, 24

Foolish Heart Series # 4, Acrylic on Canvas, 2009, 24

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Tower of Song Series

Tower of Song - Choosing Leonard C., Acrylic on Canvas, 2010-11, 36

Tower of Song # 2, Acrylic on Canvas, 2010, 24

Tower of Song - Standing by the Window, Acrylic on Canvas, 2011, 18

Tower of Song # 4, Acrylic on Canvas, 2011, 24

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Walking the Milky Way

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way #16

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way #12

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way #14

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way #10

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way #11

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way #15

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way # 1, Acrylic on Canvas, 2011, 30

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way # 2, Burgos, Acrylic on Canvas, 2012, 30

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way # 3, Estella, Acrylic on Canvas, 2012, 30

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way # 4, Acrylic on Canvas, 2011, 30

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way # 5, Dawn, Acrylic on Canvas, 2012, 30

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way # 6, Starry Fields, Acrylic on Canvas, 2012, 18

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way # 7, Acrylic on Canvas, 2011, 30

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way # 8, Najera, Acrylic on Canvas, 2011, 30

R. Francis - Walking the Milky Way # 9, Formista, Acrylic on Canvas, 2011, 24

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Saturday

R. Francis - Saturday # 1

R. Francis - Saturday # 2

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Portraits

R. Francis - Woman with Computer

R. Francis - Andromache

R. Francis - Astyanax

R. Francis - Helen

R. Francis - Homer's Guide

R. Francis - Sophie 1

May-Day-2021

The Bathers 2021

Canal-in-the-Midi-France-2018

The-White-Shirt-Jan-11-2022

Litae # 3, Acrylic on Canvas, 2010, 30

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