Frances Van Dammen presents a visual language that is neither entirely real or completely imagined. While trying to remain faithful to that which she observes, she is seduced by the possible; while her research is anchored in almost obsessive observational studies, the hand creating the work is diverted down a mysterious ‘what if’ path. The result is a sphere of intensely detailed plant life emerging from the deep blackness of the canvas beyond. Colours as beautiful as those plucked from nature itself, sealed in resin in a surreal, imagined reality.

Garden Path

Acrylic on canvas

400 x 590

$650