| ARTIST BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Francine Gravel studied at l’École des Beaux Arts, Montreal, PQ with Albert Dumouchel and Pierre Ayot (1961-1966), in Antwerp, Belgium (1964, 1967) and obtained an M.A. from the University of Calgary in 1975. Gravel works mainly in oil and some watercolour, but she has also worked with colour etchings, linocuts, lithographs, aquatints and drawings. She taught at University of Calgary (1972-76), Concordia University (1978), and University of British Columbia, Vancouver (1978).
Gravel settled in Kelowna, British Columbia in 1980. In her paintings, the artist draws from her love of theatre and dance to create an imaginary world and capture an inner sense of concentration and peace in her figures. Her work is in University collections across Canada and in the collections of the Glenbow Museum (Calgary, AB), the Kelowna Public Art Gallery (Kelowna, BC) and the National Hoger Institute en Koninklijke Academie, Voor Shone Kunsten (Antwerp, Belgium). |