FRANK COLE
A rural upbringing in Virginia and a busy life as a landscape designer and real estate investor have forged an artist of the land and sky and water. After BFA work at Virginia Commonwealth University and an MFA from Yale, I worked at trying to make relevant paintings. I chose ocean and sky to offer up my feelings about man's arrogance toward nature, as well as nature's indifference to man, and the resulting emotional pressure that builds up. The vulnerability of weather and wave, but more so, the vulnerability of man.
My use of storm, sunset and sunrise, and wave imagery also suggest the passage of time and the fleeting quality of time. These are images of events that occur every day but are infinitely changing. I want to respond/paint to these common events and let them tell a story.
My use of storm, sunset and sunrise, and wave imagery also suggest the passage of time and the fleeting quality of time. These are images of events that occur every day but are infinitely changing. I want to respond/paint to these common events and let them tell a story.
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