His style is unique, powerful, challenging. He creates breath-taking and poignant mixed media assembleges which compel the viewer to consider urban decay and neglect in a different light.

His paintings and subject matter reflect francis' artistic influences....the haunting canvases of Edward Hopper, the urban waselands of Scottish artist Jock McFadyen, and the raw documentary style of American photographers, Stephen Shore and Joel Sternfeld.

Francis' works are original, highly competent and boldly painted; their intriguing and sometimes lonely horizons convey an ambiguous mood. They are not just a deadpan depiction of the actual. They reflect that critical balance between seeing and feeling which the very best documentary artists seek to achieve.