ABOUT

Francoise Viglietti is an impressionist, figurative oil painter who enjoys using colour as a means to create emotive impact, juxtapositioning strong complimentary colours and using light fragmented in many different hues.

Her work is exciting and full of energy!  It has strong leanings to ethnic genres and colour schemes. These influences are drawn from her many travels throughout Africa and her visits to the Massai, Himba and other people.

She documents her inner life-journey through the means of symbolism, colour, texture, dreams and subconscious mark making.  Weaving a tapestry of oil paint amalgamated with spirit, time and reality.

Recently Francoise has returned to her love of sculpture and works with free energetic strokes leaving marks to remain indicating energy and movement. Her work is modern and unique. She portrays themes of intimacy, such as “mother and child”, ” lovers” and of balance like acrobats and risk like trapeze artists who fly without wings!

Artists are priests who pray in colour…
Who sing the sound of
Blue and Red and
Indigo
And weave them all together…
And fly towards the untamed sun
With eyes wide with wonder…

• 2019 A New Day – Noordhoek Group Show
• 2015 Summer Show – Noordhoek Art Gallery
• 2013 The Colour of Freedom – Noordhoek Art Gallery
• 2009 Memories, Dreams, Reflections – Lindberg Art Foundation
• 2008 Carpe Diem – Lindberg Art Foundation, Muizenberg
• 2007 Return to Innocence – Skaife Street Gallery
• 2004 Woman – Scott Estate Hout Bay
• 2001 The Secret Place – Nova Constantia Gallery
• 2000 Towards the Light – Nova Constantia Gallery
• 1999 Summer Show – The Foundation Drive Gallery
• 1997 Winter Exhibition – The Foundation Drive Gallery

My day begins with a swim in the ocean and then I begin my painting to music! Always beautifull high frequency music like Vivaldi! It energises my creative spirit! Usually I will paint for a six hour stretch before packing up for the day!

I become obsessive and have to literally close the door and walk away. Beautiful works can be ruined very quickly!  So I have learned to walk away before it’s too late. I draw inspiration from my travels in Africa and the beautiful natural environment surrounding me!  Nature is my Muse.