Understanding the natural world through art is my jam.
Greenville, South Carolina-based artist working primarily with oils and acrylics.
I've had a long circular journey back to painting. Most of my work is abstract, yet references nature using texture, line, and color to imply depth. After a formal education in fine art, I came to designing landscapes for many years. Each design began free of preconceptions and open to possibilities. I wanted to create a whole outdoor experience by manipulating shape, color and form. That is also how I begin each painting - no preconceptions. I push and pull the medium to create spaces with color and light, texture and form. I don't find peace when painting until I work through the process of how a particular work will achieve depth, clarity, and a resolution of form.
My circular journey also meandered through the influence of other artists and important gardens. While initially inspired by the paintings and gardens of the impressionists, I later came to better appreciate how the interaction of interesting lines and shapes create an experience.
If you would like to purchase or commission a painting, or just learn more about my work, please e-mail me:
maryjofranks@gmail.com
mary jo studio art
Mary Jo Franks
The Lake of Tupelo Honey
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 12 x 16
Work: Bok Choy Me This
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 8 x 10
Price: $90.00 (Sold)
Work: Morning Swim
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 30 x 40
Price: $735.00
Work: Golden Seed Fields
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 12 x 18
Price: $385.00
Work: Red Posies
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 6 x 6
Price: $85.00
Work: Mixed Up
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 6 x 6
Price: $85.00
Work: Dead Lake Alive
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $185.00
Work: The Shore
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 10 x 20
Price: $195.00
Work: Jocassee Hills
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $135.00 (Sold)
Work: All the Feels
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 30 x 40
Price: $775.00 (Sold)
Work: Rufina
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 36 x 53.5
Price: $990.00
Work: Jocassee Sunset
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 10 x 10
Price: $180.00
Work: Fall Marsh 2
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 5 x 5
Price: $40.00 (Sold)
Work: Fall Marsh 1
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 8 x 6.5
Price: $90.00 (Sold)
Work: Marsh Parish
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 24 x 24
Price: $430.00
Work: Say What? Yellow 1
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 5 x 7.5
Price: $50.00 (Sold)
Work: Say What? Yellow 2
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 5 x 7.5
Price: $50.00 (Sold)
Work: Say What? Yellow 3
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 5 x 7.5
Price: $50.00
Work: Say What? Red 1
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 5 x 7.5
Price: $50.00 (Sold)
Work: Say What? Red 2
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 5 x 7.5
Price: $50.00 (Sold)
Work: Say What? Red 3
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 5 x 7.5
Price: $50.00
Work: Ginkgo Deconstructed
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 5 x 7.5
Price: $50.00 (Sold)
Work: Afternoon Walk in Falls Park
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 18 x 23.5
Price: $360.00 (Sold)
Work: Ginkgo
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19 x 23.25
Price: $395.00 (Sold)
Work: Jocassee October
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 10 x 10
Price: $180.00 (Sold)
Work: Sienna
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 10.75 x 38
Price: $330.00(Sold)
Work: Play Ball
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 29.5 x 44
Price: $670.00 (Sold)
Work: Bird Tree
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 36 x 48
Price: $680.00(Sold)
Work: Monotone
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $180.00 (Sold)
Work: Helmut
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 18 x 24
Price: $375.00 (Sold)
Work: Reflection
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $200.00 (Sold)
Work: Molly Ringwald is Complicated.
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 8 x 8
Price: $100.00 (Sold)
Work: San Juan
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 28 x 28
Price: $625.00 (Sold)
Work: Appalachian Aerial
Medium: Oil on board
Size: 31 x 38
Price: $875.00
Work: Crash
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $175.00 (Sold)
Work: Devil's Drip
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $185.00
Work: Fall Study
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 24 x 36
Price: $785.00
Work: Feeling Wassily
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $285.00 (Sold)
Work: Jocassee Winter
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 20 x 16
Price: $575.00
Work: July Dance
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 15.5 x 15.5
Price: $360.00
Work: Machine Love 2
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 10 x 10
Price: $180.00 (Sold)
Work: The Lake of Tupelo Honey
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 12 x 16
Price: $385.00 (Sold)
Work: That Happy Feeling
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 9.5 x 9.5
Price: $135.00 (Sold)
Work: I See You, There
Medium: Oil on panel with mirrors and steel frames
Size: 41.25 x 49
Price: $1160.00
Work: Peachy
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 8 x 8
Price: $90.00 (Sold)
Work: Pink Posies
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 6 x 6
Price: $85.00 (Sold)
Work: Blush Posies
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 6 x 6
Price: $85.00
Work: Orderly Trees
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 24
Price: $185.00 (Sold)
Work: Marsh at Edisto
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 9.5 x 9.5
Price: $185.00
Work: Waters Near Wewahitchka
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 30 x 24
Price: $485.00
Work: Postcard from Aunt Eva
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 15 x 30
Price: $525.00
Work: Lowcountry Fence Row
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 9 x 12
Price: $120.00 (Sold)
Work: Farmer's Market Haul 1
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11 x 11
Price: $180.00
Work: April Dance
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 18 x 18
Price: $330.00 (Sold)
Work: Summer Study
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 19 x 27
Price: $652.00
Work: Landscape Vertigo
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 23.5 x 25
Price: $635.00
Work: Edisto
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 9 x 12
Price: $120.00 (Sold)
Work: Garden Afternoon
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $135.00 (Sold)
Work: Sullivan's Island
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 4 x 12
Price: $180.00 (Sold)
Work: Fall at GC Library
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 30 x 24
Price: $480.00 (Sold)
Work: Division
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $250.00
Work: Splash
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 8 x 8
Price: $80.00 (Sold)
Work: Arteries
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 10 x 10
Price: $175.00
Work: Overpass
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 36 x 36
Price: $598.00
Work: Arkansas Rear View
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $120.00
Work: Grid Space
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 24 x 24
Price: $560.00
Work: Florida Watershed
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $200.00
Work: Spot On
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 16 x 16
Price: $370.00 (Sold)
Work: Toro
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 18 x 24
Price: $360.00 (Sold)
Work: Look Out
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 22 x 28
Price: $530.00 (Sold)
Work: Mississippi Delta
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 29.5 x 29.5
Price: $500.00 (Sold)
Work: Data Point
Medium: Oil on board
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $130.00
Work: Data Point 2
Medium: Oil on board
Size: 12 x 12
Price: $130.00
Work: Party Line
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 18 x 18
Price: $330.00 (Sold)
Work: Tennessee Morning
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 14 x 16
Price: $380.00 (Sold)
Work: Horizon
Medium: Acrylic on panel
Size: 18 x 18
Price: $475.00
Work: Cloud Break
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11 x 36
Price: $360.00
Work: Jocassee Fall
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 10 x 10
Price: $130.00
Work: October Dance
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 16.5 x 22.5
Price: $690.00 (Sold)
Work: Saluda
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 9 x 12
Price: $90.00(Sold)
Work: Patriot's Point
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 19 x 29.5
Price: $682.00
Work: Formation 1
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 16 x 16
Price: $170.00(Sold)
