FRANCES BAXTER

A painter from Australia. Studied painting with Frank Hodgkinson, another Deia alumni. Moved to Deia in 1977 and married Juan Graves, son of Robert. She has returned to Australia now and continues to make art and music.

Frances Maria Baxter, born Armidale, N.S.W., Australia in 1948. She was an elementary school teacher, but after her children were born she studied painting and drawing in Australia with two gifted artists: Estelle Costell and later Frank Hodgkinson. She came to Deia in 1977, remaining there painting, drawing and making music for the next 40 years. She returned to Australia in 2017 where she continues her art and music in the third part of her life.

Interview with Frances

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