Frank Boyle

Frank Boyle was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1960 and has been living in Australia since 1982. He currently resides in the Blue Mountains, West of Sydney. Since graduating with a BFA from the National Art School, Sydney in 2000, Frank has undertaken several successful solo exhibitions in Sydney and been featured in many group shows. Frank had predominantly been a landscape painter, producing work inspired by the Scottish landscapes of his childhood and later the NSW south coast. However, whilst living and painting in India for a year (2008-2009), Frank's art was transformed by the colours, culture and masses of people around him. He began experimenting with figure studies and has continued to develop his portraiture since, which has become a distinct aspect of his studio practice: “My work tends to evolve out of long and deliberate observations of the world around me. I’m drawn to investigate situations that suggest a sense of mystery, isolation and solitude. I respond mainly to what I see and the feelings it evokes and if I’m happy with any work I produce then hopefully it can speak for itself.”