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Artist Exhibitions:
AB Project Gallery & projektGALERIE showrooms presents:
Vision of the Ghost-B&W Photography by Francis A Willey
Fashion week Berlin
Time and Place Start Time: Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 7:00pm
End Time: Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 10:00am
Location: Berlin, Germany
Street: Torstrasse 96 10119
City/Town: ...
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Artist Reviews:
Christopher Walken-Actor
Francis,
I might not know from where the cold wind blows, but I know what I like and I dig your work. You can take that to the bank on your way mental baby! Don't go, Don't go yet, it's wonderful stuff.
CW
It'...
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Collections:
Carmen Hawk, Los Angeles, USA(The Enchantment)
Danielle Jamieson, Canada(The Rocker, The man that felt so alone he blended with the staggering air)
Chester Osborn, Australia(Red Portal)
Paula Dozois, Canada(The ghost of what was, a dancer and her flowers, Full moon seen over cedars)
Chrysta Bell, Austin,...
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Commissions:
Confessionals broken flame 2004- Duncan Sinclair, Edmonton,Canada....
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Artist Statement for Francis A Willey
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B&W analog film Photographer
Self taught-artist-poet-composer
Francis A Willey was born in Alberta in July of 1969, the day that man first walked on the moon. A modern day renaissance man, Francis expresses his creative force through drawings, paintings, photography, ballads and poems. He is a self-taught artist who draws his inspiration from nature, the plight of people less fortunate and from a strong spiritual connection to the world around him. Francis’ extended travels through India and South-East Asia have added significant depth to his work as he lived in different monasteries and with local families throughout his journey. His first hand experience with the day-to-day lives of people with different values and beliefs sharpened his creative forces and his concern for the highly material values of North America.
In recent years, Francis’ energies are split between the two great loves of his life, his family and his art. Francis’ earlier works focused more on the darker sides of our culture but as he walks, Francis looks for hope, opportunity and forgiveness in our world. A journey Francis made himself and from which he can empathize with the course of tears that each man lives through to find true love and happiness in his life.
Francis’ works are owned by private collectors throughout North American and Europe. Francis regularly performs his poems and ballads at various poetry readings in Canada.
Currently recording his first solo piano CD.
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