- Ronald Francis
Ron Francis is an artist painting in a
trompe-l'œil style.Born Ronald Malcolm Francis in Stanmore, Sydney, Australia in September 1954.
In 1974 he moved to Melbourne Australia where he exhibited with Profile Gallery and MCA (Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery) before starting to paint
trompe-l'œil mural s in affiliation with a company called 'Fresco Site Specific Art', mostly painting residential murals, but also painted a few commercial murals.He moved to South Australia in 1991 and continued to paint trompe l'oeil murals until 2005 when he became ill with throat cancer and since then has been concentrating more on fine art.
He has been published in "Trompe L'Oeil Today", written by Ursula E. and Martin Benad.The book was originally published in German under the title "Illusionsmalerei Heute"
External links
* [http://www.RonaldFrancis.com Artist's web site]
* [http://www.scottliveseygalleries.com Scott Livesey Gallery]Articles
* [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/06/14/1118645804242.html "Just take the plunge" by Ashley Crawford]
* [http://www.terrain.org/arterrain/7/ Art Terrain.org]
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