Paintings by Fran McNeely		  

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Orchestra Series
 
 
 
The String Section
30"x22"
The String Section Too
30"x22"
  
Percussion
30"x22"
  
The Woodwinds
30"x22"
  
Brass
30"x22"
Irish Harp
14 "x22"

 
 
 
 
 

Looking Back on Japan
 
 
 
Shinkansen
30"x22"
Marui
22"x30"
 
Uma
22"x30"
  
Sumida River
22"x30"
  

 
 
 
 

Arizona Images

 
 
 
 
Kachina Kinda
15"x22"
The Seed Gatherers
11"x15"
  
Whirling Pots
15"x11"
 
Fire on the Mountain
15"x22"
  
 

Buildings/Structures
River City
 
THe House Down The Street
  
   
River City
30"x22"
Bergen Harbor
7.5"x15"
  
The House Down the Street
22"x15"
 
Ortygia
8"x8"
 
Siracusa
8"x8"
  

Landscapes
Spirit Scape
North Shore
    
 
Spirit Scape
30"x22"
North Shore
24"x24"
  
En Busca de Agua
11"x14"
  
Persimmon Water
9"x12"
  
Purple Canyon
22"x30"
   
 
Looking Down
22"x15"
Looking Through
22"x15"
  
Conferring with the Clouds
30"x22"
  
 

Figurative
Royalty
Two Votes Here
  
Facing You
  
Gele Gaze
  
Royalty
22"x30"
Two Votes Here
22"x30"
  
Facing You
22"x30"
 
Gele Gaze
22"x30"
  
The Swimmer
15 "x30"
A Study of Friends
  
  Self Portrait  
The Bad Boy
12"x12"
Photo Friends
22"x15"
  
The Faceless
20"x30"
 
Self Portrait
11"x14"
 
King Friday
22 "x30"

 
 
     
The Dancer
20"x20"
New Age Scarecrow
22"x15"
  
 
 

Floral/Still Life
Vessels
  
Spilling Forth
  
 
Geraniums on a Swing
20"x16"
Vessels
24"x24"
  
Spilling Forth
15"x22"
  
Tripodi
15"x22"
  

Political
 
 
 
America You Broke My Heart
22"x15"
Star Spangled Blunder
15"x22"
  
Complicity
30"x22"
  
Barrio?Palermo?USA?
20"x30"
  
 
 
 
A-Frayed
11"x15"
Resist
11"x15"
  
360 Border View
11"x15"
  
 

Sea Scapes
Deasert Sea
Little Creek Cove
  
Into the Deep Blue I
  
Into the Deep Blue II
  
Desert Sea
20"x20"
Little Creek Cove
10"x10"
 
Into the Deep Blue I
22"x15"
  
Into the Deep Blue II
22"x15"
  
Joe's View
24"x24"

Pure Abstracts
 
 
 
Super Bird
24"x24"
Pescado
15"x22"

  
Musica Fronteriza
36"x36"
  
Waiting for the Moon I
20"x30"
  

Artist Statement

Self Portrait

Fran McNeely is a signature member of the Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona and a Saguaro Fellow member of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild. Fran paints both abstract and representational pieces that strive to engage the viewer to spend time looking at a painting. Often a viewer will react immediately to a painting based on color preferences or familiarity with a subject. But a painting is much more than a viewer saying “I like the colors or I like seascapes.” A painting will engage the viewer with seeking to analyze the shape, form, design, and color of a piece, and also the feelings that might arise---all part of the elements used to create a unique work of abstract art. Georgia O’Keeffe said it best----“Nothing is less real than realism.”

Contact Fran McNeely at: famcneely@comcast.net

Copyright Fran McNeely; All Rights Reserved

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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"The Bad Boy" and "Irish Harp"
in the 2019 SAWG Signature Members Show
at
Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild (SAWG) Art Gallery
Plaza at Williams Center
5420 E. Broadway #240, Tucson, AZ 85711

Artist Reception 5-7PM, Thursday, February 14, 2019, show runs through March 3, 2019

 

  

 

    
The Bad Boy
20"x20"
Irish Harp
15 "x22"
  
 
 
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"The Faceless"
 in "Arizona Aqueous XXXIII"
National juried show at
Tubac Center for the Arts
9 Plaza Road, Tubac, Arizona

Exhibition open from January 18 through February 24, 2019

 

  

 

    
 
Looking Through
28"x22"
  
 
 
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"Waiting for the Moon I" and "Musica Fronteriza"
watercolors in the
Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona (CASA)
"Rhythm" juried show at the
Tucson Symphony Orchestra Offices
S2175 N. 6th Avenue, Tucson

Show runs through April, 2019

 

  
   
Waiting for the Moon I
20"x30"
Musica Fronteriza
36"x36"
  
 
 
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"The Dancer" and "Late for the Moon"
watercolors in the
Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona (CASA)
"Possibilities" juried show at the
Toscana Studio and Gallery
9040 N. Oracle Road #A

Show runs January 26 through March 9, 2019

 

  
   
The Dancer
20"x20"		 Late for the Moon
12"x15"		  
 
 

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Awards
  
 
               
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Tripodi
Award of Excellence
in the juried
51st Annual Show of
Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild (SAWG)
Tucson, Januaary 2019

    
Tripodi
22"x30"
  
 
 
               
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Musica Fronteriza
Best of Show
in the
Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona (CASA)
Juried show "Rhythm" at the
Tucson Symphony Offices
Tucson, January, 2019

    
Musica Fronteriza
36"x36"
  
 
 
               
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Looking Down
Award of Merit
in the
Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild (SAWG)
"Color My World" juried show at the
SAWG Gallery
Tucson, November 2018

 

    
Looking Down
22"x15"
  
 
 
               
 
 

Complicity
Honorable Mention
in the
Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona (CASA)
Juried show The Persuasion of Art at the
Tucson Jewish Community Center
Tucson, June 2017

   
Complicity
30"x22"
  
 
 
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The String Section
Honorable Mention
in the juried 49th Annual Show of
the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild
Tucson, February 2017

 

    
The String Section
22"x30"
  
 
 
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Sumida River
Special Merit
Light Space & Time Online Gallery
CitiScapes Competition, January 2017

 
   
 
Sumida River
22"x30"

 

  
 
 
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Desert Sea
First Place Award
in the
Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona (CASA)
juried fall, 2016 show at
Habitat for Humanity
   
Desert Sea
20"x20"
  
 
 
River City
  

 

River City
Merchants Award Winner
Arizona Watercolor Association - May 2015
and
Honorable Mention
Light Space & Time Online Gallery
CityScapes Art Exhibition – July 2013

 
   
River City
30"x22"
  
 
 
 
  Self Portrait    

 

Self Portrait
5th Place Overall and 3rd Place Painting and Other
Light Space & Time Online Gallery
Figurative Art Competition– May 2014
   
 
Self Portrait
11"x14"
  
 
 

 
 
 
 

Contact Fran McNeely at: famcneely@comcast.net

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