Frances McMahon

{"Id":8848,"Name":"Frances McMahon","Biography":"\u003Cp\u003EWEBSITE\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;francesmcmahon.com\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEMAIL\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;birdart65@gmail.com\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EINSTAGRAM\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;frances.mcmahon.birdartist\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFACEBOOK\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;FrancesIreneMcMahon\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMasterfully painted, exquisitely detailed and completely original watercolour bird art.\u003Cbr /\u003EGuarante\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eed to take your breath away!\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAustralian artist Frances McMahon has been obsessively painting Australia\u0027s beautiful native birds in watercolour since age five.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIndeed, it was at this tender age that she firmly decided that she was going to paint birds and since then has had an undying and passionate obsession in capturing the beauty of our Australian native species.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe has lived in Canberra for most of her life and is entirely self-taught. She sold her first painting when she was fourteen, to renowned artist Paul Ashton Delprat, principal of the Julian Ashton Art School.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDeveloped over many years, her technique consists of airbrushed backgrounds, with the main work completed in watercolour and small touches of gouache. Using a\u0026nbsp;tiny brush, her masterful and elaborate paintings take between 13 and 297 hours to complete. Many of the details are so fine they may only be seen with a magnifying glass.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEnsuring the longevity of her work, only the highest quality materials are used, including artist quality lightfast paints and 2000gsm (8 ply) Rising museum board for the ground. This is an archival quality board, buffered against acid migration and deterioration and contains no optical brighteners.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince turning professional in 2021, Frances has won multiple awards, been featured in (and written for) art magazines, had her work licensed with QPuzzles and is regularly artist in residence at the prestigious and highly acclaimed Morpeth Gallery. 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