Ron Francis


Born 1954, Stansbury, New South Wales


EDUCATION

1970 Studied at Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney
1980 Began developing vector and plane geometry formulas for application with perspective, which led to the development of a computer program


EXHIBITIONS

2022 At Last, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2021 Twenty One, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2020 Winter Salon 2020, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2017 Metaphorically Speaking, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2016 602 art fair, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2015 Sydney Contemporary, Art Fair, Scott Livesey Galleries
2014 Twenty Fourteen, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2013 Personae featuring Ron Francis, Matt R Martin, Lily Mae Martin and Heidi Yardley, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2011 Not Quite Real, Scott Livesey Galleries, Armadale
2009 New Works, Scott Livesey Galleries, Armadale
2006 Light and Dark, Scott Livesey Galleries, Armadale
2005 Exhibition at Scott Livesey Galleries, Armadale, Victoria
1995 Ron Francis and Ian De Sousa at the Barry Newton Gallery, Malvern, South Australia
1989 Group exhibition, Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery, Fitzroy
1989 Ron Francis and Colin Stevens, Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery, Fitzroy
1983 Represented in the Bougainvillea festival Art Award, Darwin1986
1981 Profile Gallery, Caulfield, Melbourne.
1980 Ron Francis and Emile Barolle, Profile Gallery, Caulfield, Melbourne


COMMISSIONS

2005 Mural for North Eastern University, Boston, USA
2001 Mural for Palm Gardens Retirement Village foyer, Hamstead, SA
2000 Mural for Heathfield Ridge Winery, Naracoorte, SA
1998 Mike Bergin, Advisor Investment Services
1997 Mural for Maxim's Wine Bar, Norwood, S.A.
1993 3 ceiling panels for the Meatworkers building, Melbourne
1992 2 murals for the Department of Administrative Services, Melbourne
1991 Mural for Shell Corporation, Shell Building, Melbourne
1991 Mural for Reg Withers, domestic. Sth. Yarra, Melbourne
1990 Mural for Lady Leah Lynch, Toorak, Melbourne.
1989 Two murals and one painting for the Tilley Corporation Foyer, Camberwell, Victoria
1988 Mural for Holy Trinity Church, Kew
1988 Working in affiliation with Fresco Site Specific Art, painting Trompe L'oeil Murals


COLLECTIONS

Tilley Corporation
Lady Leah Lynch
Shell Corporation
Reg Withers
The Department of Administrative Services, Melbourne, VIC
The Meatworkers building, Melbourne, VIC
Maxim’s Wine Bar, Norwood, SA
Mike Bergin, Advisor Investment Services
Heathfield Ridge Winery, Naracoorte, SA
Mural for Palm Gardens Retirement Village foyer, Hamstead, SA
North Eastern University, Boston, USA


PUBLICATIONS

2002 Six paintings published in “Illusionsmalerei heute” by Ursula E and Martin Benad. English edition: “Trompe L’oeil Today”.
1989 Article written in the Herald by Mathew Pinkey.
1982 Photograph included in exhibition commentary, Art and Australia, volume 19, no. 3.




Ron Francis
Hope

2024

oil on canvas

70.00 x 100.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Home Fires

2017

oil on canvas

90.00 x 140.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Pearls Before Swine

2022

oil on canvas

100.00 x 100.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
An Evening in Nightvale

2018

oil on canvas

100.00 x 120.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
A New Beginning (after Babylon)

2018

oil on canvas

70.00 x 120.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Me Looking at You at the Folk Festival

2019

oil on canvas

106.00 x 76.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
One Hour Parking

2021

oil on canvas

100.00 x 140.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Room With a View

2021

oil on canvas

120.00 x 85.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Kate

2022

oil on canvas

76.00 x 122.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
My Obsession

2021

oil on canvas

120.00 x 90.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Russell William's Tree

2015

oil on canvas

150.00 x 110.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Stormwater

2017

oil on canvas

90.00 x 90.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Walking Leviathan

2017

oil on canvas

110.00 x 110.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
King of the Hill

2017

oil on canvas

85.00 x 160.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Tree Museum

2017

oil on canvas

117.00 x 86.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Furnace

2015

oil on canvas

66.00 x 110.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Homer and the mini

oil on canvas

35.50 x 30.50 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Wrong Way Home

oil on canvas

70.00 x 100.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
How I Found Out

oil on canvas

112.00 x 76.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Microchip

2013

oil on canvas

90.00 x 70.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Stormy Weather

2013

oil on canvas

144.00 x 122.00 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Olympic Dad

oil on canvas

102.00 x 76.50 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Waiting

oil on canvas

102.00 x 76.50 cm

sold 

Ron Francis
Pigeon Man

oil on canvas

76.50 x 102.00 cm

sold 

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HOURS

Monday
By Appointment
Tuesday - Friday
11:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday
11:00AM - 4:00PM
Sunday
Closed

CONTACT

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610 High Street, Prahran
Victoria, Australia, 3181
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