La Grange Art League

Fluid energy sparks the beautifully rendered paintings of Gordon France of La Grange. He originally trained at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago for a successful career in the ad agency business, but says it wasn’t until a few years before his retirement in 2000 that he enrolled in adult night classes at The Art Institute and picked up a paintbrush.

He now has a new full-time occupation that finds him capturing images from Chicago to East Coast seascapes and embarking on overseas painting workshops he shares with his wife, Jacqueline, a fellow artist.

 La Grange artist Gordon France works out of his home studio. STAFF PHOTOS BY BILL ACKERMAN