THE ARTIST

Florida born Kentucky artist Bruce Robert Frank has been actively involved in art organizations since the mid-Seventies, creating widely-exhibited, unconventional photographic artwork along the way. His current work is an exploration of botanical diversity, incorporating painting and drawing techniques in digital form.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Capturing an image through the camera lens and manipulating the resulting 'digital pigment' by hand with a graphics tablet is a creative process that endlessly fascinates me. This process allows me to transport the original photograph into the realms of painting and drawing, accentuating the essence of the subject's nature, while retaining the original photographic properties of the image.

RECENT CAREER OVERVIEW

• Sponsored by Lexinton Arts and Cultural Council and private funds to create Garden Door as part of the 2003 public art project Dynamic Doors. Published in the accompanying catalog.
• Awarded 2-person show at the Lexington Arts and Cultural Council's exhibit space, ArtsPlace, Fall 2002.
• Awarded solo exhibition, Botanica, by the Lexington Art League, Fall, 2003. MetroLex Gallery.
• Juried member of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen.
• Juried member of the Kentucky Crafted Visual Arts at The Market program, Kentucky Arts Council, one of only 50 artists currently in this group, statewide.