by Jo Frances Arts | Jul 20, 2022 | New Collection
Fart like a French print Dogs have always played a huge part in my life, from an early age my family joked that my first word was dog. It’s quite possible but not something I remember. My cousins had numerous dogs from a lab to a Rottweiler, to a rescue mix breed. My...
by Jo Frances Arts | Nov 13, 2021 | About me, Artist life
As an artist and someone who previously has worked with animals, in particular dogs, I’m often asked why I have such an affinity with animals. And if I’m honest I’m not 100% sure where it came from, but I 100% know why! A little bit of history… I owned my first rabbit...
by Jo Frances Arts | Nov 4, 2021 | Artist life, Joyful Art, New Collection
“Saving one animal wont change the world, but it will change the world for that ONE animal” Unknown quote. It wasn’t my intention to write a post about endangered animals at this time, when the COP26 Summit is being discussed in Glasgow. I have...
by Jo Frances Arts | Sep 30, 2021 | Art Studio, Art tips, advice and nformation, Artist life, Blog, Dog Portrait, Joyful Art
Over on Instagram I have been sharing my painting journey of my recent commission, a Collie x who is mostly white with black markings. As part of my journey I photograph and often video each stage of my process for the customer so they can see my progress and let me...
by Jo Frances Arts | Aug 18, 2021 | About me, Art Struggles, Art tips, advice and nformation, Artist life, Blog, Joyful Art
My earliest memory of doing anything art related was sitting at my Nan and Grandads dark mahogany dining room table (in fact we still have two of their carva chairs, which I sit in now and paint). My Nan was a painter and worked in Water colours, and when I went to...