Over the past 25 years Frances Law has investigated the intrinsic balance between nature and culture using her own archaeology, memory and intuition at the cornerstone of her inquiry. Since the early 80's to the present her work has undergone a series of transformations each renewal revitalizing her research and yielding up deeply provocative imagery. From her large expressive figurative paintings of the early 90's to her more recent ethereal shell works Frances Law invites us to question our own relationship with the natural world and the emotional energy that lies therein.

"Nature is the fundamental and recurring inspiration of my work. Living organisims both in their outward forms and in their inner structures offer endless ideas and concepts. For me painting is like a journey where I set off to find out, to learn, to accept the unexpected. Each painting is a new start, venturing into unexplored territory. The method by which my work comes into being is an organic process where the shape and form, colour and scale make contact with light and shade allowing space and structure to develop. Similar in principal to the culture of organic architecture I seek to create spaciousness, grace, lightness and openness in my work, following the flow of energy and the dynamic forces of nature."

Born in Scotland in 1958, Frances Law's work has been exhibited extensively throughout the UK and internationally. In 2007 her work was represented at the Qi Bashi International Arts Festival in China as part of a Scottish/Chinese cultural exchange. She has won several major awards and prizes including 1st prize winner of the Scottish National Art Prize in 2008 and more recently shorlisted as one of the finalists of the prestigious Aspect Prize.

For the past fifteen years, Frances Law has supported her studio practice by working in further and higher education and with community arts programmes throughout Scotland. Challenging perspectives and teaching others to see through the discipline of drawing are issues which repeatedly embody the philosophy behind her work as an educator. Both her studio work and education work inform each other, the two practices interacting to form a symbiotic relationship, one which looks beyond appearance, beyond conditioning allowing seeing to become a radical act.