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
 
 
 
Going Back
22"x30"
Shinkansen
30"x22"
  
Marui
22"x30"
 
Uma
22"x30"
  
Sumida River
22"x30"

 
 
 
 

Arizona Images

 
 
 
 
Kachina Kinda
15"x22"
A Trio of Gatherers
11"x15"
  
Whirling Pots
15"x11"
 
Fire on the Mountain
15"x22"
  
Solar Glare
15"x22"
 Nature's Energy
22"x22"

Buildings/Structures
River City
Blue Adobe
  
THe House Down The Street
          
River City
30"x22"
Blue Adobe
30"x22"
  
The House Down the Street
22"x15"
 
 
 

Landscapes
Blue Mesa
Spirit Scape
  
North Shore
  
 
Blue Mesa
20"x16"
Spirit Scape
30"x22"
  
North Shore
24"x24"
  
En Busca de Agua
11"x14"
  
Purple Canyon
22"x30"

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"
  

 
Tucson Monsoon
A Study of Friends
  
  Self Portrait  
Tucson Monsoon
20"x20"
Photo Friends
22"x15"
  
Mia Zia
15"x22"
 
Self Portrait
11"x14"
 

Floral/Still Life
Free Fall
Vessels
  
Spilling Forth
  
 
Free Fall
12 "x24"
Vessels
24 "x24"
  
Spilling Forth
15"x22"
  
Tripodi
15"x22"
  
Fioristi Fantasy
24 "x24"

Political
 
 
 
America You Broke My Heart
22"x15"
Star Spangled Blunder
15"x22"
  
Divide the Partisan
46 "x36"
  
Barrio?Palermo?USA?
20"x30"
  
Complicity
30"x22"
 
 
 
A-Frayed
11"x15"
Resist
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"
  

Pure Abstracts
Water's Edge
Abtract Jaune
  
 
High School Reunion
  
Water's Edge
20 "x16"
Abstract Jaune
36 "x36"

  
They Are Coming for You
15"x22"
  
High School Reunion
22 "x30"
  

Artist Statement

Self Portrait

Fran McNeely is a signature member of both the Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona and 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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"Community Ties"
 acrylic on canvas in the
Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona (CASA)
"Contemporary Abstract Art" show at
The Office of Mayor Jonathan Rothschild
255 W. Alameda Street 10th Floor
Tucson

Artist reception 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Wednesday, October 18th
Show runs through April, 2018

  

 

    
 
Community Ties
24"x24"
  
 
 
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Ten works of invited artist
Fran McNeely

in the
Arizona Feature Artist Exhibition
at the
Ventana Gallery at Roche Tissue Diagnostics
(known locally as Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.)
1910 East Innovation Park Drive, Oro Valley, AZ

Artist reception 5 - 7 PM Thursday, October 26
Show runs October 20, 2017 - January 11, 2018

  

 

    
 
 
 
 
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"Resist" and "A-Frayed"
watercolor and ink paintings in the
Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Gallery Signature Member Show
at the
SAWG Gallery
Williams Center, 5420 E. Broadway, Suite #240
Tucson

October 12 through November 5, 2017


  
   
Resist
15 "x22"
A-Frayed
15"x22"
  
 
 
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"Fioristi Fantasy"
acrylic on canvas
in the
Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona (CASA)
fall show at
Habitat for Humanity
3501 N. Mountain Ave., Tucson

Artist reception 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Friday, October 20
October 7, 2017 - April 14, 2018

 

  
   
  Fioristi Fantasy
24"x24"		  
 
 

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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

  
 
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Desert Sea
20"x20"
  
 
 
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Happy Yellow
Special Merit
Light Space & Time Online Gallery
All Women Art Competition – January 2016

    
Happy Yellow
22"x30"

 
 
 
               
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High School Renunion
 


High School Reunion
Special Recognition
Light Space & Time Online Gallery
All Women Art Competition – February 2015

    
High School Reunion
22"x30"

 
 
 
               
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Abstract Bleu
 


Abstract Bleu
Special Merit
Light Space & Time Online Gallery
Abstract Art Competition– September 2014

    
Abstract Bleu
20"x20"

 
 
 
               
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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"

 
 
 
               
 
North Shore
 

North Shore
Special Recognition
Light Space & Time Online Gallery
All Women Art Competition– March 2014

    
North Shore
24"x24"

 
 
 
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Into the Deep Blue
 

Into the Deep Blue
Special Recognition
Light Space & Time Online Gallery
Animals Art Competition– September 2013

    
Into the Deep Blue
30"x22"

 
 
 
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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"

 

  
 
 
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Facing You
 
   
Facing You
22"x30"
 
 
 
 

 

 

Contact Fran McNeely at: famcneely@comcast.net

Copyright Fran McNeely; All Rights Reserved
   
 
 
 
 
       

 

 
   
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 

    

 
 
 
 

 
 

 

    

 
 
 
 

 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
         
   
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 

    

 
 
 
 
 

 
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
   
 
 
 
 

 
 
 



       
   
 
 
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