Ian Francis is a painter based in Bristol, England. He attended the University of the West of England for his BA degree, and frequently shows at Lazarides Gallery in London, among a couple places in the U.S. His latest show, Fireland, can be found at the Joshua Liner Gallery in NYC until April 2.
I am in love with Ian Francis' work. His style combines a spontaneous application of paint freely with areas that get tighter in form to create a juxtaposition of the intricate and the direct. Layers of washes create a rich surface in which the forms find definition, then digress. It gives the appearance of half-recalled dreams or incomplete memories.
He's done some great pieces in 2011 already, which you can check out on his site. Also, see his blog to discover more about his process. He posts bits and pieces of what he's working on, his inspiration, photos, and sketches. Fecal Face did a great interview with Ian awhile back, which reveals a bit more about his process:
"I normally describe what I do as mixed media painting... the idea is to get different kinds of marks to work off of each other - so sometimes I'll paint/draw fairly accurately, then work quite loosely on a section, then break up elements of print on another section. At the moment I think a lot of the painting I do is too tight, it should really be looser and more expressive." (John Trippe, Fecal Face)
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