Frances Landel is a conflicted soul. When she is
painting out in nature, she can be very lyrical (depending on the bug
situation). At other times, especially in her drawings, she shows a darker and
edgier side -the yin and yang of life.Then she is struck by life's humorous "what ifs" (a deer driving a truck
with the man strapped on the back, Venus in the swamp, or Monet on a lily pad.)
Frances graduated in 2003 with a B.F.A degree (magna cum laude) from the Georgia
State School of Art and Design. Her previous degree in English Literature is from Emory University.
Landel has shown locally and nationally in many juried
shows and has won awards for her work. She is a
member of several art organizations and has had residencies at the Vermont
Studio Center as well as participatong in national workshops. Her initial life studies were with Constantin and Marc Chatov in
Atlanta.
Her recent work reflects her move from Atlanta to the small coastal town of
Darien, Georgia. It is also influenced by recent travels. She works in oil,
pastel and mixed media. Her
works are in various collections throughout the United States.
Events
2010 Degas Pastel Society 13th Biennial National Exhibition
Oct 8- Nov 5, 2010
Hammond, LA 70401
Solo Show: Spotlight Artist McInosh Art Association
Old Jail Art Center
Darien, GA February-March 2011
"Beachview Blues and Hues"
featuring 6 artists, Glynn Art Center,
ST. Simons, GA August 2010
Twenty-Third Annual "Coastal National Juried Exhibit"
May 2010
Southeast Georgia Health System
Brunswick, Georgia
from August 4-September 7, 2009
Twenty-Second Annual "Coastal National" Juried Exhibit
Two awards: Best of Show, and Third Place 2009
Jekyll Island Arts Festival
First Place in Pastel 2009
Landel, Rothwell, Smith-Recent Works
Douglasville Cultural Center September 2008 Douglasville, Georgia
Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center
September 28-October 13, Atlanta, Georgia
Quinlan Art Center Plein Air Artists
December 2008-February 2009
Chastain Art Center Plein Air Artists
March 2009
2008 Best in Show- Coastal Heritage Exhibition
Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Brunswick, Georgia
2008 Plein Air Painters of Georgia March, April 2008
McIntosh "Old Jail" Art Center, Darien, Georgia
2007 Southeastern Pastel Society
All-juried members' show through August 18, Art Station, Stone Mountain, Georgia
2007 November "Footloose"-Two Painters and a Woodworker.
Frances Landel and Susan Smith at Goodyear Cottage, Jekyll Island, Georgia
Frances Landel
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Spotlight Artist McIntosh Art Association
2006 Three Pines Regional Library,
Brunswick, GA
2004 Jekyll Island, Georgia Jekyll Island Arts Association, Goodyear House
1999 Knoxville, Tennessee Hanson Fine Arts Gallery featured artist
1998 Atlanta, Georgia Church of the Atonement, Frances Landel
1997 Birmingham, Alabama Lyda Rose Gallery "Meadows, Moons and other Musings"
1997 Birmingham, Alabama Lyda Rose Gallery "Frances Landel, Recent Works"
Group Exhibitions
2010 Degas Pastel Society 13th Biennial National Exhibition
2007 Quinlan Art Center Plein Air Painters
of Georgia Group Show Gainesville, GA
2007 Maryland Pastel Society- Charles
Sumner Museum Washington, D.C.
2006 Art in the Park, Blessing of the
Fleet-Darien, Georgia, First Place
2005 Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia "Four Artists"
2005 Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers, Georgia Plein Air Painters
2005 Jekyll Island Members' Arts and Crafts juried exhibit
2004 "Plein Air Painters of Georgia" Quinlan Art Center, Gainesville, Georgia
2004 Jekyll Island Members' Arts and Crafts juried exhibit
2003 Perry, Georgia Georgia Agirama all-juried exhibition
2003 "Plein Air Painters of Georgia" Goodyear House Jekyll Island, Georgia
2003 "Plein Air Painters of Georgia" Quinlan Art Center, Gainesville, Georgia
2003 Atlanta, Georgia Morris Brown College- all-juried Second and Third Place
2003 "Plein Air Painters of Georgia" Rabun-Gap Nacoochee Gallery Rabun Gap, Georgia
2001 Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta Artists Center all-juried Dogwood Show, Honorable Mention
2000 Atlanta, Georgia Portrait Society of Atlanta, Darius and Story Gallery
2000 Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta Southern bell Pastel Mini-Show Invitational
1999 Atlanta, Georgia Juried Student Exhibition, Georgia State University of Art and Design Gallery
1999 "Plein Air Painters of Georgia" Gainesville, Georgia cover, Gainesville Weekends, September 23
1998 Atlanta, Georgia, Governor's Office, State Capitol- Portrait Society Exhibition, juried
1997 Knoxville, Tennessee "New Artists, new Work" June, Hanson Artsource
1997 Douglasville, Georgia Cultural Center "Tuscany Revisited, Four Artists"
1997 Atlanta, Georgia "Southeastern Pastel Society International Exhibit"
(Also, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1989)
1997 Atlanta, Georgia "Georgia Pastellists, Governor's Office Juried Show"
1995 Stone Mountain, Georgia Art Station- "Annual Juried Show" (Also 1994, 1995)
1995 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania La Fond Galleries "First National Juried Pastel"
1994 Chicago, Illinois Midwest Pastel Society, "Annual International Exhibition"
1994 Albuquerque, New Mexico "Pastel Society of New Mexico, Annual International Exhibition"
1994 Atlanta, Georgia Gwinnett Cultural Arts Center, Juried Show
1993, 1992 New Orleans, Louisiana- "West Bank Annual Exhibit, World Trade Center"
1992 New York, New York- National Arts Club, "Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Annual Exhibit"
1992 Winston-Salem, North Carolina "Associated Artists National Juried Exhibition"
1992 Longboat Key, Florida "Florida Pastel Association, 12th International"
1990 New York, New York "Salmagundi Club 13th Annual Non-Members' Show"
Related Professional Experience
2005, 2004 Donations to Darien Methodist Church, Animal Shelter Building Fund
2004 Juror, "Art in the Park" Darien, Georgia
1996, 1995 "Beastly Feast" donations for Atlanta Zoo
1996, 1995 Show Co-Chairman, Atlanta Artists Center
1994 "St. Martins in the Fields" Aids Benefit
1994-1997 Secretary, Southeastern Pastel Society
Awards, Memberships
2009 Twenty-Second Annual "Coastal
National" Juried Exhibit- two awards: Best of Show, and Third Place
2009 Jekyll Island Arts Festival-First Place in Pastel
2007 Hanging Chairman, McIntosh Art
Association
2005 Jekyll Island Arts and Crafts Show, March-Second Place, Advanced Oil First Place, Novice Sculpture
2004 Glynn Art Association, Juried Member
2004 Jekyll Island Arts and Crafts Show, March-First Place- Pastel, First Place- Sculpture (novice), two Honorable Mentions
2002 Morris Brown Art Gallery- Second and Third Place
1994 Edison Junior College Purchase Award, Piqua, Ohio
1992 Wachovia Bank-Winston-Salem, N.C Purchase Award
1992 Travel Show, First Place, various First, Second and Third Place awards in:
Atlanta Artists Center Shows
McIntosh Art Association
Glynn Art Association
Jekyll Island Art Association
Education
BFA, GSU School of Art and Design, magna cum laude- Atlanta, Georgia 2003
Vermont Studio Center Johnson, Vermont one month residence in 1995 and 1997
B.A. Emory University 1956
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