Frances B. Ashforth
Breakwater 2
oil on panel, 40 x 50", private collection

Frances Ashforth has always been drawn to line, color, edges and boundaries and fascinated by the horizon line and its relationship between land, water and sky. "My drawings and paintings are quick memories of color and light within landscape", says Ashforth. "I find solace in landscape and open spaces and awe in nature's details. Whether it is the vastness of the American west or the familiar farmlands of New England, I am as equally enamored with the distant details of clouds as I am with the moss and lichen that cover old stonewalls."