About me
Whichever you choose, Portrait Art, Figurative Art, "Genre" or Expressionism, my work embraces all these descriptions. For simplicity, I describe myself as an Expressionist. I use real life only as a "point of departure" and then let my vision take me where it wants me to go. The result is something more than a photograph can reveal. Frank himself has said about Big Frank, "He looks more like me than I do."
I find the idea of a "mission statement" a little off the mark. Such a description suggests to me the painted work can be subordinate to its own description. I can only talk about what I like to paint and my approach. I go after my first impression and then add color to it until it lights up.
Stylized, therefore revealing, my images resonate with the presonality of the person portrayed and give you much more than a mere sizing up of face hands, and body. The viewer is left feeling he knows that person. My images "pull you in" and "take you there."
I have sold many portrait comissions as well as fine art "off the wall" so to speak . My work has been featured in one -woman and group exhibitions throught the Bay Area and Silicon Valley, London,UK and in Livermore. I now reside in Livermore, California.
Purchased by Manos Nouveu, French/Mezo-American fine dining in San Francisco. (no longer operating in S.F.)
Big Frank.
