Fran Forman

We are pleased to present the colorful and inventive surreal photography of Fran Forman (b. 1945). Using her expertise of working with Photoshop for over 20 years, she creates dream-like scenes with old and new photographs, scanned object, textures, paintings and drawings. Ms. Forman observes about her work: “In merging photography with painting, portraiture with dreamed landscapes, technologies and generations, my images blur the boundaries between the real and the unreal, re-imagining worlds that, like our own, remain forever a mystery. I invite the viewer to look closely, to engage with me in an imaginative discourse, and to enter into a world of dreams and memory. The visual narratives of my photo collages dissolve the boundaries of time; they connect my fantasies and dreams with the generations that have come before me and attempt to bring them back to life. Perhaps it’s my attempt to stop time.” Ms. Forman, who lives in Massachusetts, is presently a Resident Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. She has been in numerous shows and has won several prestigious international awards and honors for her art.

Prices: Fran Forman's creations are digitally printed onto fine archival paper, usually Ilford Gold Fibre, using an Epson 9600 printer. Her two sizes are: prints on 17 x 22 inch (43 x 56 cm) paper are $1,500.00, in editions of 15, and prints on 13 x 19 inch (33 x 48 cm) paper are $1,000.00, in editions of 20. Matting and shipping are extra.

This is an image from Fran Forman's new series:
To Insure Domestic Tranquility. Four other newer ones are below.




Blue Trio




Emmas




Requiem for the Giraffe




Twilight for the Polar Bear

Carousel Escape	Boy on a Boat	Méliès' Dream	Flying Boy over Truro's Pond
The Flyer	Phases	Hiding	Innocence Reflected
The Rower	Airborne	Riding Uphill	Secret Gift
Sisters at the Marsh	Girl with a Rainbow	Girl with a Bird	Flight
October Moon	Hangzhou Moon	Cosmic Aria	Solitary Bird
Portrait of a Man	Two Portraits	Boy and a Knight	Charles Martin's Dream