Frances Faminow is a well known Canadian artist who has exhibited her work in shows at the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Burnaby Art Gallery, the Victoria Art Gallery and many others. Her gallery, The Artery, and her home is on Mayne Island, British Columbia. St. Mary Magdalene Lately Frances has been working on a series of collages.
Birdsong is one.
Unfortunately photographs do not do her collages justice as some of the texture is lost. This is better seen enlarged. Click on the image for a larger photograph. She has taught art and given workshops since the 1940s. Children as well as adults have attended her classes in Saskatoon, Vancouver, and the Gulf Islands To visit Frances and her paintings, you can find the Artery on Bayview Road, Mayne Island.