About Frank

Baltimore City
The universal themes I attempt to address in my abstract paintings are:
truth, uncertainty, identity, leave taking and memory. I utilize color, form
and texture. Words are also often used as an integral part in many of these
abstract paintings in the form of script, printing or text. They sometimes
give a clue to the ideas expressed while at other times serve solely as a
compositional element. Script (very soon to be archaic) can often regress
into an… more

Musings

Oil on paper. Back to basics.
  • Musing I
    Musing I
  • Musing III
    Musing III
  • Musing II
    Musing II
  • Musing V
    Musing V
  • Musing VI
    Musing VI
  • Musing IV
    Musing IV
  • Blue Musing
    Blue Musing

Here and Now

The present themes dealing with power, greed and corruption in high places.
  • Reprieve
    Reprieve
    oil, collage on canvas, 36'' x 36'', 2018
  • Twins
    Twins
    Oil, mixed media on canvas, 30'' x 30'', 2017
  • Age of Reason
    Age of Reason
    Oil, crayon, pencil, paper, collage on canvas, 36'' x 36'', 2017
  • Surface Identity
    Surface Identity
    Oil, paper, pencil, crayon, collage on canvas, 36'' x 36'', 2017
  • Sacrilege II
    Sacrilege II
    Oil, fabric, cardboard, collage on canvas, 20'' x 16'', 2017
  • Extreme Unction IV
    Extreme Unction IV
    Oil, mixed media on canvas, 12'' x 12'', 2017
  • Extreme Unction III
    Extreme Unction III
    Mixed media on canvas, 12'' x 12'', 2017
  • Sacrilege I
    Sacrilege I
    Oil, fabric, cardboard, collage on canvas.
  • Here Come the Priests I, II, III
    Here Come the Priests I, II, III
    Oil, gouache, collage, crayon,wooden cross on canvas, 64'' x 14'' (each panel), 2018
  • Excavation II
    Excavation II
    Oil, collage on canvas, 2018

Aceboo series

These mixed media works are a response to the technologic ubiquity of the present, where communication and emotions have been replaced by the click of a button and beliefs have been packaged into demographic blocks on a seemingly infallible graph labeled: human truth.
  •  aceboo II
    aceboo II
    Oil, fabric, paper, collage on canvas, 19''(variable) x 12'', 2016
  •  aceboo I
    aceboo I
    Oil, fabric, paper, collage on canvas, 17''(variable) x 12'', 2016
  •  aceboo IV
    aceboo IV
    Oil, fabric, paper, collage on canvas, 13''(variable) x 12'', 2016
  • aceboo V
    aceboo V
  • Relic
    Relic
    oil, fabric on canvas, 15''(variable) x 12'', 2016
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    aceboo III (742x800).jpg
    Mixed media on canvas, 2016
  • aceboo VI
    aceboo VI
    oil, fabric, collage on canvas, 12'' x 12'', 2016
  • Fossil
    Fossil
    Oil, fabric on canvas, 12.5'' x 12.5''(variable), 2016

New Cities

Mixed media paintings of the past few years reflecting the move back to the city.
  • Tresspass Diptych
    Tresspass Diptych
    oil +mixed media on 2 canvas panels, 48''x60'', 2015
  • Find a City III
    Find a City III
    mixed media on canvas, 12''x12'', 2015
  • Find a City II
    Find a City II
    mixed media on canvas, 12''x12'', 2015
  • Swan Song II
    Swan Song II
    mixed media, 30''x30'', 2014
  • Tresspass (left panel)
    Tresspass (left panel)
    oil + mixed media on canvas, 48''x30'', 2015
  • Tresspass ( right panel)
    Tresspass ( right panel)
    oil + mixed media, 48''x30'', 2015
  • Swan Song I
    Swan Song I
    mixed media on canvas, 30''x30'', 2014
  • Find a City
    Find a City
    mixed media on canvas, 12''x12'', 2014

On the Ledge

Mixed media paintings of the On the Ledge series.
  • Evacuation Route
    Evacuation Route
    mixed media on canvas, 48''x30'', 2013
  • End of Ledge I
    End of Ledge I
    mixed media on canvas, 48''x30'', 2013
  • Over the Threshold
    Over the Threshold
    mixed media on canvas, 48''x30'', 2013
  • End of the Ledge II
    End of the Ledge II
    mixed media on canvas, 48''x30'', 2013
  • Revisionist II
    Revisionist II
    mixed media on canvas, 30''x30''
  • Other Cheek
    Other Cheek
    mixed media on canvas, 48''x30'', 2013
  • Caravan
    Caravan
    mixed media on canvas, 48''x30'', 2013
  • Air is Thin
    Air is Thin
    mixed media on canvas, 36''x36'', 2013

Summer Silence

The goal of the Summer Silence series was to create a group of abstract paintings to express the essence of summer.  Reality intrudes (summer 2016). Noteworthy or perhaps prescient is that the book leaves for these mixed media works are from the John Hersey novel The Wall about the Warsaw ghetto imposed by the Nazis during WW II.
  • Summer Silence IX
    Summer Silence IX
  • Summer Silence II
    Summer Silence II
    oil, collage on canvas
  • Summer Silence I
    Summer Silence I
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    DSCF2433 (515x640).jpg
  • Summer Silence III
    Summer Silence III
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    DSCF2436 (505x640).jpg
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    Mercury.JPG
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    summer for silence.JPG

Contemplations

Abstract mixed media works contemplating  truth, power, identity, the passage of time and the state of the world.
  • Histories
    Histories
    mixed media on canvas,30''x30'', 2012
  • Power
    Power
    mixed media on canvas, 30''x30'', 2011
  • Fools Fool
    Fools Fool
    mixed media on canvas,30''x30'', 2011
  • Liquid Nostalgia
    Liquid Nostalgia
    mixed media on canvas, 30''x30'', 2012
  • Nevermore
    Nevermore
    mixed media on paper,31''x31'', 2010
  • Leaving
    Leaving
    mixed media on canvas, 30''x30'', 2012

Figurehead Series

The rise of totalitarianism and fascism across the world led to brief exercise in the figurative realm. The paintings in this series grew from the Summer Silence series.
  • War is Peace
    War is Peace
    Oil, gouache, collage on canvas, 20'' x 16'', 2017
  • I Protest!
    I Protest!
    Oil, gouache, collage on canvas, 20'' x 16'', 2017
  • Sticks and Stones
    Sticks and Stones
    Oil, collage on canvas, 20'' x 16'', 2017
  • Water Protector
    Water Protector
    Oil, gouache, paper collage on canvas
  • Candidate
    Candidate
    Oil, gouache, paper collage, pencil on canvas, 20'' x 16'', 2017
  • Ministry of Fear
    Ministry of Fear
    Oil, gouache, paper collage on canvas, 20'' x 16'', 2017
  • Water is Life
    Water is Life
    oil, gouache, collage on canvas, 20'' x 16'', 2017
  • Minister of Arms
    Minister of Arms
    Oil, paper collage on canvas

Oil Paintings

Oil paintings . 2014 through 2019. On canvas, paper and panel. Oil paint!
  • Summer Beach
    Summer Beach
    Oil on panel, 12''x12'', 2019
  • Autumn Beach
    Autumn Beach
    oil on canvas, 12''x12'', 2019
  • This Day
    This Day
    oil on canvas, 30''x22'', 2015
  • History of Art in Green I
    History of Art in Green I
    oil on canvas,18''x10'', 2014
  • Night Beach
    Night Beach
    Oil on canvas, 12''x12'', 2019
  • Harbor Beach
    Harbor Beach
    Oil on canvas, 12''x12'' 2019
  • History of Art in Green II
    History of Art in Green II
    oil on panel, 20''x16'', 2014
  • History of Art in Green III
    History of Art in Green III
    oil on canvas, 14''x18'', 2014
  • Masque
    Masque
    oil on canvas, 28''x20'', 2015
  • Masque II
    Masque II