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Conservation debate hosted at Bonhams, April 2018

A panel debate developed by Francesca, which took place in April 2018, at Bonhams, with key journalists, and members of government invited. The intention was to broaden the scope of how conservation issues are debated in the media, and encourage press interest,...

Exhibitions

Exhibition at Purdey's, London. November 2017

An exhibition of paintings and sketches from Scotland, England and East Africa, were shown in the historically significant 'long room' and throughout Purdey's flaghship store, for two weeks. The show was kindly hosted by James Purdey & Sons, and held in...

Conservation Work · Painting in Residencies

Painting Underwater

Partnership with Blue Ventures conservancy, East Timor. In 2017 Francesca spent several weeks with Blue Ventures, a marine conservation group, which originally began work in Madagascar. Whilst the team of scientists and volunteers counted and documented the underwater ecosystems of...

Painting in Residencies

Gorillas in Uganda

Partnership with Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy, Bwindi National Park Francesca was invited on a once in a lifetime field trip to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda, to study some of the remaining 800 gorillas in the wild. She also visited and...

Exhibitions

New collection of African paintings December 2016

A London Solo Exhibition of Francesca's new paintings from East Africa, in Chelsea, London. Sponsored by Aardvark safaris, in partnership with Lewa Wildlife Conservancy 10% sales was given to Lewa Wildlife conservancy Virry provided two spectacular VR (virtual reality) headsets showcasing...