Fran Lightman Gibson


Fran Lightman Gibson during her exhibition at Cerulean Arts

Moving at the Speed of Life: 2022  This is a year of continued thoughts, physical emergence, and unceasing movement. I started several charcoal drawings at the beginning of 2021 with the understanding that I was advancing the energy I found in my familiar place, My City: Philadelphia. Now, as things pick up, I am creating formal elements like brushstrokes that are both place, purpose, and speed, colors that are empirical and evocative, and lines that carry the viewer and me far away with attitude. What were angles are now projections. Fast lines spread out and follow paths to the ends of thought, heights, and depth. This is my personal perspective.  As I wrote:
I Am Living at the Speed of Life on all Fronts. Much of what I learned, I have held close, kept with me for a long time. Some of what I know, I have seen with my own eyes. Most of what I have seen is still inside me. To wit: refresh the pictures, the statues, the trees, the towering vaults, the heroes. The most current picture of them I have, and carry it all in my heart. 

Fran Lightman Gibson Resume 
Cerulean Arts Collective Virtual Tour & Talk - April 20, 2022 

Fran Lightman Gibson's most recent solo exhibition was held April 6 - May 1, 2022. A selection of her works is currently available at the gallery as indicated. For inquiries on all other works shown, please Contact Us



Approaching the Night, oil on canvas 40" x 30"  Available


Reemergence, oil on canvas, 20" x 30"  Available 


Moving into the World of Light, oil on canvas, 36" x 24" 


Accelerating at the Speed of Life, oil on canvas, 20" x 24"  


The Tree and the Pole Dance, oil on canvas, 18" x 14"  


Portrait of a Street, oil on canvas, 18" x 14"  


Weighing Options, oil on canvas, 20" x 24" 


Stillness of a Cold Day, oil on canvas, 24" x 18" 


Wandering with My Memories, oil on canvas, 18" x 14"  Available 


Anticipating the Spring, oil on canvas, 24" x 36" 


Passing Under the Canopy, oil on canvas, 17.5" x 22"  Available 


Racing the Night, oil on canvas, 20" x 16" 


Holding My Ground, charcoal & watercolor on claycoat paper, 20" x 27"  


Bridge to Anywhere, pastel pencil, charcoal on paper, 14" x 18"  SOLD 


Trees and Poles Holding Up the Sky, pastel pencil, charcoal on paper, 11" x 14"  


Angles and Energy, oil on canvas, 44" x 40" 


Empty Streets, oil on canvas, 44" x 40" 


Late Autumn Evening in Old City, oil on canvas, 30" x 36" 


Iron and Concrete, oil on canvas, 20" x 24"  SOLD  


Bridge over Old City, charcoal and pastel on paper, 20" x 24"  Available 


One Way, charcoal and pastel on paper, 20" x 24"  Available 


All Road Connect, oil on canvas, 20" x 24"  SOLD  


Quarantine: View from My Window, oil on canvas, 20" x 24"   


After the Eruption, oil on canvas, 24" x 30" 


Can't Find My Way Home, oil on canvas, 16" x 20" 


Dream, Baby, Dream, oil on canvas, 12" x 12" 


Sun on Route 40, oil on canvas, 12" x 12" 


Redondo Beach, oil on canvas, 16" x 20" 


Mountain and Sky Steps, oil on canvas, 24" x 36"  

New Mexico Mountains, oil on canvas, 16" x 20"  SOLD