Macey Percle

@FrancisRoseDesigns

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About

My name is Macey Percle and I am the artist behind Francis Rose Designs. The inspiration for Francis Rose Designs comes from combining the middle names of my two children.I am a wife and mother, living in Southern Louisiana. I have been drawing and creating for as long as I can remember. When I was younger, I would obsess over my coloring books choosing the perfect colors, mixing colors, and shading in the shadows, just as my daughter does now. I would attend art classes and either paint or learn to crotchet in the summers spent at my Nana’s. Having a creative outlet has always been my way of escaping from stress and anxiety and I feel like my best self when I am creating. While I do not have a degree in art, I am trained in watercolor and charcoal (which is my first love) from my art classes with a local artist growing up. I have recently fallen in love with heavy body acrylics using an impasto style to sculpt out my painting adding more depth and texture. I am a former teacher and taught grades Kindergarten-3rd for six years before deciding to stay home with my little ones. I am grateful to have had that time with them, but now that they are both in school, I have decided to dive headfirst into creating again. I always knew that my path would eventually lead to art in some form but it just took some time to get here and work up the courage to share my art with others.

Artist Statement

My work is rooted in Southern tradition. Using the natural motifs of the south to guide my practice, I explore texture and light and southern symbolism through heavy body acrylics, charcoal, and acrylics inks to build my paintings sculpturally layer by layer. Texture is my language and palette knives and brushes allow each piece to be not simply painted, but constructed, inviting touch, shadow, contemplation, and the true study of form. Each collection is designed to feel timeless and anchored in Southern heritage yet contemporary in execution. If you love southern charm and that welcome home feeling you get from front porch sitting and sweet tea drinking, spending time with family and friends who become family, eating outside and enjoying the bounty that the south has to offer then I hope find that in my art. Most of my art centers around capturing the essence of that feeling so that you can display things in your home that bring more than just beauty but also that feeling of home by bringing in the elements of the south that we all know and love. I am inspired by the beauty around me and you should be too. Watercolor being my first love. I also enjoy creating house portraits and heirloom portraits. Each piece is created as a keepsake focusing on capturing the natural likeness of the subject and preserving tiny details that may only last a season.