I’m Fran, and I make things on purpose
Cheerful art, seriously made. I paint small creatures, catalogue everything, and get genuinely excited about a well-labelled drawer.
PHOTO — a portrait of Fran. Doesn’t need to be formal: at the desk, holding a finished piece, or laughing at something off-camera all work.
Francesca “Fran” Chalfoun
The short version
I’ve been drawing for as long as I’ve been able to hold something to draw with. What changed somewhere along the way is that I started keeping records of it — dates, sizes, what worked, what absolutely did not.
Most people expect an artist’s studio to be chaos. Mine looks more like a lab. There are labelled jars. There is a spreadsheet. Every finished piece gets a catalog number before it gets a photograph, and I find that genuinely delightful in a way I’ve stopped apologising for.
The work itself, though, is soft. Small creatures having a nice day. Tide pools, clouds, birds counted from a back step. I like the contrast — a very organised person making very unserious things.
[YOUR PARAGRAPH HERE] — the bit where you say where you grew up, what you studied, and what finally made you decide to sell your work. This is the part people remember, so it should sound exactly like you.
These days you can find my work at L’Artisan in downtown Jacksonville, and in my Etsy shop, itsfranmann. Both are stocked by me, packed by me, and — inevitably — logged by me.
Field notes
The kind of details that don’t fit anywhere else, so naturally I made them a table.
- Favourite colour
- Blue. This is not up for debate.
- Colour I actually use most
- Yellow. I’ve made peace with the irony.
- Medium of choice
- Gouache, on cold press paper
- Based in
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Desk situation
- Immaculate. Ask anyone.
- Currently obsessed with
- [FILL IN] — a subject, a book, a snack
The studio, such as it is
Three photos that show how the work actually gets made. People love this part — it’s worth taking them properly.
PHOTO — the desk, from above. Brushes, palette, a piece in progress.
PHOTO — hands at work. Close up on a brush and a half-finished painting.
PHOTO — the organised bit. Labelled jars, the catalog notebook, tidy shelves.
Follow along
Works in progress, new drops, and the occasional photo of my very tidy desk.
- itsfranmannPrints, stickers, and originals — shipped to your door.
- itsfranmannWorks in progress, studio mess, and new drops first.
- [email protected]Commissions, wholesale, or just to say hi.
I answer everything myself, usually within a couple of days