As an ecoartist, Gwen Frankton honours and celebrates the natural world through her work.
Her paintings, drawings, pastels and hand-drawn maps tell the story of our complex, beautiful ecosystems, of our watersheds, forests, fields and oceans, and of the biodiverse multiplicity of species which inhabit them.
Her work calls forth deep, visceral knowledge and memory connected with the natural world, the world we all share.
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I support ecological causes through my work wherever possible. Causes dear to my heart are:
"I have always loved that collision point
of nature with the desire to create art."
— Frances Mayes
About Gwen
I am an eco-artist, a chronicler of the natural world. I believe making art that calls forth the viewer’s deepest memories connected with water, land, sky, and forest is my highest calling.
After receiving my BFA, I lived and worked for many years in the Canadian Arctic. My Arctic paintings focused on the microcosmic world of the tundra underfoot, that place of tiny beauties. Now, as a resident of both Ontario and Nova Scotia, I am interested in trees and water and especially in biodiversity and species loss.
For more information about Gwen's background, artistic philosophy and influences visit her biography page.