Frances Lewis contemporary painter, printmaker and author of print guides.
Frances Lewis has been working as an artist and expressionist painter and printmaker at her studio in South Yorkshire since graduating in 2004 with a BA in Fine art, Painting and Printmaking from Sheffield Hallam.
Throughout her lifelong vocation to art, she has painted prolifically using watercolour, gouache and acrylic techniques. Redkite press is her painting and printmaking studio where she also writes her printmaking guides.
Frances Lewis produces art that originates from her subconscious mind to some degree or another, often described as ‘dream like’ themes return the female form, animals and mythical creatures.
The ‘process’ of painting and printmaking has always been a means to channel her creativity to make solid the illusive nature of her narrative-based work and enabling her to share the importance of process lead work in her practice.
Working from the imagination and visual memory, she sketches ideas in seconds, some are reworked and retold some are disregarded.
In 2022 she gained an Arts council award in Developing Your Creative Practice and completed training in InDesign, photoshop and illustrator to gain the skills to make her own printmaking guides now she is reaching a wider audience as an author of printmaking guide books.
Education
2000 - 2001
Chesterfield college Art Foundation BTEC
2001 - 2004
Sheffield Hallam University Painting and Printmaking degree BA
Awards
2022
Developing Your Creative Practice, Art Council England
Exhibitions
Solo
2011
A4 imprint a solo exhibition of Etchings’ Bank streets Arts Gallery, Sheffield
2020
Natures insight, A selection of paintings spanning a decade, Art Social, Sheffield
Group
2025
The Fronteer open 2025, Fronteer Gallery Sheffield
Surrealism, The open gallery, Halifax
The summer open, The mill gallery Leeds
Inside outside, a cupola gallery Sheffield
2024
Persephone, The old lock up gallery, Cromford, Matlock
Sheffield printmakers exhibition, The art house Sheffield
2023
Celebrating printmaking, Carousel print studio Yorkshire ArtSpace, Sheffield
Print, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
2021
Autumn almanac Yorkshire Artspace membership show,
Yorkshire ArtSpace Sheffield
2020-Sheffield Printmakers membership exhibition, The old barn, Dronfield
2018-The Bridge, an exhibition of studio members, Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield
2017- Printed impressions, St Marie’s Cathedral Sheffield
2016- The Beast within exhibition of studio holders, Yorkshire Artspace Sheffield
2015 The process of print, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
2015- Love and devotion, Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
2014- The juju showcase spectacular, The corn exchange, Leeds
2014- ‘Sheffield printmakers festival’ The workstation, Sheffield
2013 -‘Landmarks by Jean Davey Winter & Sheffield Printmakers,
Studio eleven, Hull
2013 -‘Water print’ Prints raising money for water aid, The workstation, Sheffield
2012 -‘Derby City Open’ Derby Museum, Derby
2012 -‘Where have all the interesting women gone’
Bloc projects gallery, Sheffield
2012 - ‘ Waterproof’ Greys Art Gallery, York
2011- ‘Too much is barely enough’ Bloc projects gallery, Sheffield
2010- ‘Drawn’ The clock tower gallery, Northern General hospital, Sheffield
2008- ‘Non- toxic printmaking’
Nottingham society of artist gallery, Nottingham
2007- ‘Celebrating internationals day’ The workstation, Sheffield
2006- ‘Flora and Fauna’ The coach house gallery, North Derbyshire
2007- ‘A selection of screenprints’ Archipelago gallery, Sheffield
2006- ‘Femme XX Chromosome’ Swinton lock activity art centre, Rotherham
2004- ‘Recent graduates of Sheffield Hallam year 2004’
The art pavilion Mile London