Fran Rowe

My work is mainly oil painting but love to do watercolors or pastels for a change of pace.  My style is representational. I love the process of working with oils, being able to push it around, almost like sculpting it.

I started painting at a very young age. The first oil painting that I did for public viewing was in the 4^th grade for a school project. My teacher kept the work. Now I wish she hadn’t. I would love to see what I did back then. Painting has always been a way of life for me. I cannot imagine not doing it.

Due to an accident in 1997 I am now somewhat limited in what I can do. Going out to paint depends on someone having to go with me. My first love is landscape, the wilder and rockier the better, especially the Big Bend National Park, Texas. Painting rocks and water have been the subjects I have done more in the last few years.

My husband and family have been very supportive of my work and now especially that I have to have more help. They have encouraged and pushed me when I have been discouraged. But God has been so good to me by letting me be able to continue to do my work.