Francene J. Levinson was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. She received her BA 1966 and MA Art Ed 1969 at Brooklyn College, NY. Her abstract paintings were influenced by her professor Ad Reinhardt and his contemporary, Mark Rothko. Her computer drawing skills were acquired at the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Her career includes 15 years as an award-winning art teacher in New York and Florida.
The modular paper sculptures she created have been juried into many national gallery and museum exhibitions. Francene’s sculptures have earned many first place and best in show awards. In addition, she was honored with “The Mastermind Art Grant” for South Florida 2010. Significantly, she was also awarded First Place – Boca Raton Museum of Art, 2010 - Biennial, in Boca Raton, FL
Now, coming full circle back to her painting and computer skills, Francene creates original abstract digital paintings. Her digital paintings have been published in Woventale Press Literary Arts Magazine and Salann Magazine. In 2019, she represented the USA, where the Art Dex International Competition awarded her digital painting 4th place among 88 countries. She exhibits her digital art at several galleries in Portland, Oregon and is represented by the Portland Art Museum’s RSG Gallery. Francene enjoys pushing the digital art medium to its full potential.

Statement
My paintings are original abstract manipulations of digital pixels. I use this medium to create visualizations of my observations, emotions, and commentaries. The environment and human experience are sources of inspiration for my work. This includes our climate, our politics, and our emotional reactions to it all. My immediate need is to paint the essence of being in the moment.
Simple compositions of circles and spheres are often my subjects. They symbolize life in various conditions. As I create compositions, I rely on the elements and principles of art. I use the unlimited range of colors available in digital form to express myself. Value, dynamic line, and symmetry are important tools that I use to describe my state of being. It’s important to me to have the viewer see all my images as a diary of memorialized thoughts. I find that titles create a narrative that helps people relate to my abstract visuals. As a digital artist, my computer is my pad, palette and portfolio. So, I use High Definition Aluminum to print limited editions of my compositions. The high definition print is permanent so I can share my paintings and communicate my thoughts.
My art has been influenced by several art movements. including, Abstract Expressionism, Color Field Painting, Op-Art, Geometric Hard Edge Painting. I try to reveal the essence of forms, lines, space, and forces within well balanced, dynamic compositions which depict our common state of being within our environment and world order. Digital painting programs are unique because they use algorithms to control light, color, form and texture in digital form. This new medium art requires mastery of all the program parameters in addition to knowledge of the elements and principles of fine art. My digital paintings are printed on High Definition Aluminum to enable the finest rendition of digital color and form. Each painting is dust, scratch and light resistant, frame-less and ready to hang.
Digital painting allows me to express unique artistic visions that I would not be able to render in any other medium.