Frances Topping

TEL 401-364-8002
EMAIL fmtopping at gmail.com
URL www.francestoppingvisuals.com

Drawing requires really seeing and understanding your subject.

I have long loved and appreciated nature in all its glories, interactions and complexities. I love to travel and have been fortunate to visit many countries which I sketch and photograph. Sketching is more personal; the image is ingrained in the brain and it is selective. By really looking and seeing wonder is increased. I wish to share this with others.

I blend experience and education in geography, botany, zoology, graphic design and nature science illustration with interpretation for educational purposes. I have created text and illustration for brochures and exhibits, painted murals for institutions and private homes, led nature journalling classes for all ages and taught botanical art. I also do personal fine art, often landscapes or botanicals.

Some of my work is on display for sale in Scrimshanders in Wickford ,Rhode Island,(in the back of Wilson’s store on Brown Street.
http://www.scrimshanders.com/)

BS Geography, Botany, Zoology, University of Sheffield, England
BFA Graphic Design with Illustration and Photography, University of Akron, Ohio
Certificate of Natural Science Illustration, Rhode Island School of Design.

Frances Topping
illustrator, fine artist, educator and naturalist