Frances Sally McLaren is a British painter, printmaker and etcher who was born in London in 1936.
[1] She then completed her postgraduate training at the Central School of Art and Design in London from 1959 to 1961 under the tuition of Merlyn Evans and Tony Harrison where she gained a thorough grounding in etching techniques.
[2] McLaren won a French Government scholarship to study at Atelier 17 in Paris from 1961 to 1962 with Stanley William Hayter.
commented that her earlier work was influenced by Hayter, and although she had absorbed his techniques she subsequently 'turned it to her own ends'.
[8] Her colour palette echoes the landscape: Cinnabar Green and Raw Umber reflects the Wiltshire countryside with Ultramarine and Cobalt blue representing flax fields.