Canadian Art online review of "but wait"
Frances Thomas: Natural Abstraction
by Terrence Heath, Canadian Art online
Seldom does a viewer see what a painter sees. Writers about art often turn to other artists and schools to categorize the art they are looking at,or second-guess what they perceive to be emotional or psychological messages subliminally secreted in the works, or draw from their own experience to “complete” the paintings, that is, participate in the imaginative world from which the art comes. These approaches are often interesting and insightful, giving readers interpretations and guidelines for their own viewing. Frances Thomas’ work, however, I think demands just persistent looking, a means of permitting the paint and colour of her works to accumulate and separate into new experiences... (for complete article, see the attached pdf.)
