Her paintings can be found in several area collections including Woodmere Art Museum, The Glenmede Trust Company and the law firm of Stradley Ronon Stevens and Young. Her work has been reviewed by Edward Sozanski in The Philadelphia Inquirer, by Diana Cercone in Art Matters and by Peter Trippi in Fine Art Connoisseur, and she has won various awards in juried shows including First Award at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, the Award for Outstanding Achievement at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, and the Edith Emerson Prize at Woodmere Art Museum. Frances is represented by Artists House Gallery in Philadelphia and she teaches painting at Woodmere using the subjects she herself explores – still life, figure and landscape, and working from life as well as from photographs. Website: francesgalante.com