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Frank

What works best in art is utter dictatorship!

About Me

Frank To is the younget and most promising artist to date. Graduated from Duncan of Jordonstone, with a Masters in Fine Art, in only 2005, yet Frank has already secured his success as a creator of highly original figurative work. His work is thoughtful and provocative, depicting mysterious figures in dream like surroundings, and often takes literary and classical subjects as its inspiration. Mystery surrounds the eery evocative lighting of the work The use of Baroque colours- gold, black and purple- intensify their mystique. MySpace Slideshow Upload Images Help! MySpace MySpace Editor Photo Collage

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www.axisweb.org/artist/frankto : - website of my art work for those who want to see more....
Posted by Frank on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:33:00 PST

The Last Abstract Painting

Icarus Oil on Canvas 2005 (5ft x 6ft) Icarus is perhaps the last abstract painting that I have done. It was painted during my Masters at Duncan of Jordonstone in 2005. Since then, I haven't...
Posted by Frank on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 05:00:00 PST

The Meaning Behind Fallen

As most you may know, this painting was done during the final year of my degree at the University of Huddersfield. The painting is entitled "Fallen" Alot of people keep commenting that this particula...
Posted by Frank on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:44:00 PST

Fairfax Gallery Statement on My Work

My London Gallery (Fairfax Gallery) wrote this statement about my for the Human Form show. I was a little bit surprised as I had no input what so ever. Frank To graduated from Duncan of Jordonsto...
Posted by Frank on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:15:00 PST

Freedom & Choice

Although most unified art work requires an idea, there is some problemation with the concept of the idea. If the idea is the main driving force of the work, then it can cause restriction of the applic...
Posted by Frank on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:07:00 PST

Knowing One's Breaking Point

I mentioned in my last blog about the artist using personal "breaking points" to further himself/herself in the work. I should have explained that there is a limit of where you can only break yoursel...
Posted by Frank on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:11:00 PST

My Experience of Discovering & Developing My Current Style

My visual language has taken me almost five years to develop. During my final year and MA, I did some heavy research on emotions and how they affect artists. Although emotions are the key fundamentals...
Posted by Frank on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 06:19:00 PST

Coping With Success

Tonight I met one of my old school friends, Paul. It was quite pleasant bumping into him as we haven't seen each other for nearly seven years. The first thing he mentioned was the massive success and ...
Posted by Frank on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:04:00 PST

Teaching at the University of Huddersfield

Today I had a pleasant phone conversation with my old BA tutor, Simon. I rang him up this evening asking where good place in New York to buy art materials is. He told me that he was meaning to call me...
Posted by Frank on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:19:00 PST

Who Needs The R.S.A, R.G.I & All That Glab

A couple of days ago, I was approached by this guy. I was walking through the cafe area to get to my studio when he stopped me. He just wanted to congratulate me on the newspaper article that was done...
Posted by Frank on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:05:00 PST