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A PERFECT MARRIAGE of SCIENCE and ART

Paradise, CA By Elizabeth Wheeler

Frank Wilson�s Illusion Murals are totally contrary to everything we are accustomed to. You cannot see art in total darkness. You can see art in light. Now turn that around in your mind if you can. That�s right .. Wilson�s wall murals cannot be seen in the light. Think of a light colored wall in your home. Looks completely normal� just an ordinary wall. Now turn off the lights � a beautiful nocturnal mural instantly appears before you on the wall ! Turn the lights back on and the image is gone� just a plain wall! Frank Wilson�s murals glow softly all night long, night after night. He uses only the finest and brightest rare earth phosphors to create his Illusion Murals so they last for decades.

The artist invites us to, for a moment, imagine creating a sense of romance and mystery in your home. Wilson claims that his Glow-In-The-Dark murals are truly stress-relieving, very...

By DEEANN RESK - The Buzz - Chico Enterprise Record
Article Launched: 10/23/2008 12:00:00 AM PDT

PARADISE, CA- Paradise muralist, painter, illusionist and sculptor Frank Wilson recently said, "I'm going to need about 15 lifetimes to just scratch the surface of this area as an artist."

It's an absolute artistic playground said the Boston native.

Wilson, who draws inspiration from the land, enjoys preserving the natural world through his media.

"The land is so quickly disappearing," he said.

For example, Wilson, who loves drawing the canyons near Butte College, expressed gratitude for painting "Flowering Meadow" an original oil on hardboard before the field was eaten by the summer fires. With eerie foreshadowing, the director of the Doiron Gallery in Sacramento titled Wilson's exhibition, "The California Landscape: A Preservationist's View." "Little did I realize that would have a literal fulfillment with the fires that devastated...

Paradise, California artist Frank Wilson creates his unbelievable wall and ceiling murals in total darkness. He says that is the only way he can see what he's doing. Frank's murals cannot be seen in the light so the artist must work under the only conditions that allow him to see what he is doing in total darkness. �It�s a total reverse of everything that we are used to.� says the artist. �We normally cannot see a painting in the dark but only in the light. My paintings are invisible in the light and can only be seen in the dark!� Wilson says that his murals fit in any home or hotel as they cannot interfere with the rooms d�cor�. �When you can see the room, you cannot see the mural. When you see the mural in the dark you cannot see the room�s d�cor!�

The secret to Frank�s work is the use of rare earth phosphors that absorb light energy by day and releases that light energy during the night. In other words he uses glow-in-the-dark paints. �The rare-earth phosphors...

New England transplant finds plenty of artistic inspiration in Paradise. Visit his website: http://FrankWilsonFineArt.com
By Alan Sheckter

The life canvases of many artists are awash with boldly colored lifestyles, living quarters and wardrobes. But that doesn’t necessarily make them great artists.

Paradise painter Frank Wilson, a neatly groomed fellow with a tidy home and nary a spot of paint on his carpeted home studio floor, channels all of his dazzle into his works. And by all reasonable measures, he is a great artist.

Wilson, who named Thomas Hill and Maxfield Parrish his greatest influences, is a gifted realist—he’s even a card-carrying member of the International Guild of Realism. His bold colors and sharp lines not only re-create Mother Nature’s dazzling vistas, but also instantly demand attention, and respect, from the viewer. For more than 35 years, the Boston-born artist has put brush to canvas on thousands of works.

An avid...

California artist Frank Wilson recently completed one of his spectacular "double illusion" sky murals in a private residence. It was created in a large dome 33 feet high in the foyer. The dome was painted to look like a beautiful, luminous daytime sky with soft and ethereal clouds that could be seen from most any part of the expansive room below. The home was still under construction and scaffolding and ladders were used to access the high dome. Notice the luminosity of the painted sky in the top portion of the photo. It will be illuminated by recessed lights around the perimeter of the crown moulding.

As beautiful as the mural is in the daytime, a truly amazing transformation occurs at night as shown in the bottom portion of the photograph. When the lights are turned off the dome transforms itself into the night sky! Most of the major constellations of the Northern Hemisphere appear in their proper astronomical positions with intermediate and minor stars and even the...