About the event

Frances Daunt is an award-winning animal artist living in Derbyshire. As an animal lover she is fascinated in the 'soul' or character of animals and this shines through in her work. A lot of her inspiration comes from her walks around her local area – Lea, Holloway, Crich, Cromford Canal and beyond.

Frances keeps her work fresh by working in a variety of media. She mainly works in oils or acrylics but also loves pastels and coloured pencils, creating artwork which is held in private collections world-wide. She finds that by using different media she is continually challenging herself and learning something new which helps keep her work fresh and interesting.

She is also well known for her ever popular and rather unique map art. These are mixed media pictures painted directly on to vintage maps and then dry mounted and framed.

She has also created some new felted artwork (pictures made entirely from wool) which will be displayed for the first time at Aqueduct Cottage.

If you would like to follow Frances' work please take a look at her website www.francesdaunt.com or follow her as @FrancesDauntAnimalArtist on Facebook or Instagram.