Frances Russell Allen

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A Selected Process

A Selected Process

2019, Screenprint and Chine Colle Etching with hand applied Thread, 11” x 14”

Take Care.

Take Care.

2019, Tufted Wool, Acrylic, and Graphite on Canvas, 25” x 25”

detail: Take Care.

detail: Take Care.

2019, Tufted Wool, Acrylic, and Graphite on Canvas, 25” x 25”

detail: Take Care.

detail: Take Care.

2019, Tufted Wool, Acrylic, and Graphite on Canvas, 25” x 25”

Lost Art

Lost Art

2019, Pencil and Colored Pencil on Clayboard, 6 x 9 in.

Preparatory School

Preparatory School

2018, Acrylic on Panel, 6 x 9 in.

Lay Me Down

Lay Me Down

2018, Charcoal and Coffee on Paper, 22 x 30 in.

 2018, Graphite and Ink on Yupo, 11 x 14 in.

2018, Graphite and Ink on Yupo, 11 x 14 in.

All Bend

All Bend

2020, Graphite on Paper, 28” x 28”

Striving ceaselessly to bend nature to our will, we are often left vulnerable and weak, especially in states of unrest. During a season such as this, I grow increasingly interested in where we bend and cast our faces. It is in this space that we, as individuals or a community, experience either a void or emptiness. A void is when our systems register absence as threatening, unsafe; emptiness is when our systems register absence as safe, open space. Void is the product of something destroyed which has not been grieved and healed. Emptiness is a space in which the lack of something is not experienced as horrid; we are drawn to this space, when we recognize it, because it is where life arises.

detail 1: All Bend

detail 1: All Bend

2020, Graphite on Paper, 28” x 28”

detail 2: All Bend

detail 2: All Bend

2020, Graphite on Paper, 28” x 28”

detail 3: All Bend

detail 3: All Bend

2020, Graphite on Paper, 28” x 28”

Install of Desert Fathers

Install of Desert Fathers

Desert Fathers

Desert Fathers

2022, Graphite and Ink on Yupo, 30” x 40”

Install of Cast Your Face

Install of Cast Your Face

Cast Your Face, view

Cast Your Face, view

Cast Your Face

Cast Your Face

Cast Your Face, Detail

Cast Your Face, Detail

Cast Your Face

Cast Your Face

Cast Your Face

Cast Your Face

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A Selected Process
Take Care.
detail: Take Care.
detail: Take Care.
Lost Art
Preparatory School
Lay Me Down
 2018, Graphite and Ink on Yupo, 11 x 14 in.
All Bend
detail 1: All Bend
detail 2: All Bend
detail 3: All Bend
Install of Desert Fathers
Desert Fathers
Install of Cast Your Face
Cast Your Face, view
Cast Your Face
Cast Your Face, Detail
Cast Your Face
Cast Your Face