“When I’m not touring I like to paint when I get home. Many of his images have taken shape from what he encounters on the road. Francey has been penning great image-laden songs for much of his career. This shouldn’t be a surprise to fans of his music. He does a lot of landscapes including prairie scenes and has gradually come to add human figures but “playing around with it until I get it right is the most fun.” I can still tell what looks good together so I stick with what I know, and what moves me.” David Francey has been touring the country with his visual art work and a new album, but had to take a break from performing. “I don’t see why that should be an impediment. In the end he tried acrylic “and ended up loving it.” He’s been an occasional painter ever since, all this despite the fact that he has red-green colour blindness. I’ve never failed to be inspired by them since and they kept that alive for me.”Ībout 25 years ago, his wife Beth Girdler, a gifted watercolour painter, tried to get him interested in painting. “I realized as a kid that they’re just a cut above. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. One of the lasting impressions of his school years in Scarborough, Ont., was a set of Group of Seven paintings that sat on the school walls.
The Scottish-born singer-painter has been based in Canada since age 12 when his parents moved here. In the meantime you can enjoy his new songs on record and his new visions on canvas. The good news is that he managed to record another album before his break, The Broken Heart Of Everything, and that he has plans to get back to performing next year. From last June until about March I just painted steadily, enjoying myself and losing myself in it.”Ī good friend and documentary filmmaker named Tony Girardin suggested they should go on a tour together, which is how Francey came to take a cross-country promotional tour for his painting and his music in April and May. When I’m painting I don’t think about anything, so I bought the biggest canvases I could find and started painting large instead of small. “I’m pretty prone to worrying so I did what I could to not worry, which was paint. He misses performing a lot and continues to write new songs, but last June he was forced to cancel intensive tours of the U.S., U.K. “My voice just gave out and there was nothing I could do about it.” Activate your Online Access Now Article content If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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