Busacca Gallery

Watercolor and graphite on clayboard panel, fixed and varnished so no glass necessary for framing. Artist Fran Hardy, works as a painter, sculptor, printmaker and fine artist. Depth of knowledge, commitment, and a creative master are just a few of the phrases used in describing Fran Hardy. Having spent over 20 years refining her creative craft Fran has received numerous awards and recognition's for her work. Fran constantly strives for telling the best story in each one of her images. Education: Kutztown University, Temple University, School of Visual Arts, Parsons School of Design. Solo Museum Exhibitions Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Brevard Museum of Art, Gulf Coast Art Museum, Museum of Florida Art Select Solo Gallery Exhibitions Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe ,NM Uptown Galllery, NYC Millenia Gallery, Orlando FL Longstreth Goldberg Art Naples FL documentaries on my work aired on FEC-TV, PBS stations "Pentimento, The Artist's Process" "Fran Hardy, In a Brilliant Light" 2001 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship. Art in all its forms doesn't just make people feel good, it makes people feel alive! It can surprise, inspire, excite, and ignite your entire outlook for a moment, a day, or an entire lifetime. It opens eyes, minds, and hearts like no doctor or medicine can. The artist has the ability to transform the mundane into the sublime. When artists touch something deep within us, our lives suddenly have more meaning, joy, and possibilities.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watercolor_painting

The term "watermedia" refers to any painting medium that uses water as a solvent and that can be applied with a brush, pen or sprayer; this includes most inks, watercolors, temperas, gouaches and modern acrylic paints. The term watercolor refers to paints that use water soluble, complex carbohydrates as a binder. Originally (16th to 18th centuries) watercolor binders were sugars and/or hide glues, but since the 19th century the preferred binder is natural gum arabic, with glycerin and/or honey as additives to improve plasticity and dissolvability of the binder, and with other chemicals added to improve product shelf life. Bodycolor is a watercolor made as opaque as possible by a heavy pigment concentration, and gouache is a watercolor made opaque by the addition of a colorless opacifier (such as chalk or zinc oxide). Modern acrylic paints are based on a completely different chemistry that uses water soluble acrylic resin as a binder. Encyclopedia Article From the late 18th century through the 19th century, the market for printed books and domestic art contributed substantially to the growth of the medium. Watercolors were the used as the basic document from which collectible landscape or tourist engravings were developed, and handpainted watercolor originals or copies of famous paintings contributed to many upper class art portfolios. Satirical broadsides were extremely popular.