Sally French
1947 Born Stockton, CA
2001 Penland School of Craft, NC
1996, 1998 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1976-1980 University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
1976-1979 San Francisco Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA
1968-1969 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
1966-1968 University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
1966-1967 Stephens College, Columbia, MO
Born and raised in California, lives in Kauai, Hawaii, Sally French
comes to terms with life and contemporary issues through art using
vivid colors, cartoon like imagery and stark honesty.
As a woman who sees a world obsessed with money, youth, pop culture
and violence, French is not timid about speaking her mind. French
is a provocative artist doesn't hold back. Many of her images are
deceptively cheerful with bright colors and child-like images. However
a second examination will reveal blunt and shocking truths about our
culture's vanity, consumerism and materialism.
Primarily a painter, French uses comic animation as her main mode
of expression.
By executing a highly textured canvases, the artists creates multiple
layers that convey her ideas concerning age and other perils of modern
society.
