About FRance Force
Bio
Frances Weltch Force was born and raised in Augusta Georgia. A 1964 Graduate of Agnes Scott College, she retired in 2002 from a career in Richmond County teaching elementary school.
Influenced By
She has been greatly influenced and inspired by the art works of her mother, Doris Simmons Weltch and aunt, Alice Simmons Randolph and her friend and local artist, Bea Kuhlke. Additionally, she has studied under Thomas Needham, Jim Gensheer, Gerald Brommer, Frank Webb, and Skip Lawrence.
Getting Started
Following retirement, she enrolled in various art classes at Gertrude Herbert and workshops at Springmaid Watermedia (Myrtle Beach), Boone, North Carolina and Edisto Beach.
Media
She works primarily with the media of watercolor and collage, and enjoys painting still lifes and landscapes, with particular interest in Historic Buildings in Augusta. Her high quality prints are rendered using the Giclee Print method.
Physical Gallery
Her work is displayed in Trends and Traditions in Fairway Square, 2825 Washington Road, Augusta Georgia and the Gift Shop at Sacred Heart Cultural Center,and
Augusta Canal Interpretive Center at Enterprise Mill. She can be contacted by emailing her. (see below)