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ART APPRECIATION

PRESENTED B Y FR ANCESC A BEA TTIE

ranca Greene has not studied art world bit by bit. And hopefully yours.
at any level, although she has
been an appreciator of art all her Because of the freedom in the way I do my
Flife. Born in England to an Italian paintings, I don’t take commissions.
mother and Russian father, she has lived
in South Africa for many years. I am recovering from a long, slow 3rd
stage cancer, but recovering swiftly. I am
This is what she has to say about her gradually getting back to painting again
creative process and her life: – although not back to painting giant
canvases yet.
Not having a single art lesson means I
don’t know the rules. So there are no People often ask me for advice on how to
rules to be broken. Art without rules is start. You can start in a style you like. There
liberating. You can literally colour outside are literally thousands of ideas either on
the lines. Had I considered the skills the internet or Pinterest. For me, my very

involved in painting, I doubt I would rst painting was a Rothko Abstract idea. I
have started. When you know the right or love his work together with Kandinsky and
wrong of anything . . . you end up creating bit of Miro.
nothing.
I no longer have a favourite subject to
Clients who have bought my work just say paint. I keep changing my style. But
it makes them happy. That's exactly how I still always in abstract and using mostly
feel when I paint them. It’s colouring my acrylics and ink as my preferred medium.

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