Frances Aviva Blane (née Sternberg), is a British abstract painter who works in the Expressionist tradition.
She has exhibited alongside Frank Auerbach, Basil Beattie and John McLean in Europe, Japan, Australia and the UK.
She has had two-handed exhibitions with Basil Beattie and John Mclean, both prominent British abstract painters.
She was sponsored by the British Council and the Goethe Institut to take part in a painting swap with German artists.
She has also exhibited at The Architectural Biennale in Clerkenwell in 2004 and at Our Most Holy Redeemer Church in Exmouth Market.