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September 5th, 2024
12.23.10.
PAINTER OF NIGHT LIGHTS
Paradise Artist Brings The Stars Inside
By Vic Cantu
Paradise resident Frank Wilson leads me toward the doorway of his walk-in closet for an artistic "magic trick". The closet is huge: approximately 10 feet by 6 feet, neatly organized, its walls and ceiling painted a pleasing, flat white.
"I invite you to please come in and close the door, then shut off the light," he says very cordially, in his Boston accent.
When I do so, a seemingly impossible scene comes to life in the pitch blackness. All four walls turn into an extremely realistic night sky, the kind one marvels at on the clearest of romantic, summer evenings. Stars by the thousands, of all sizes and groupings, adorn what was previously the plain white interior. Toward the far end of the ceiling a shooting star has left a green, foot-long trail. As three or four minutes pass, the four-foot-long Milky Way galaxy above, itself made of...
September 5th, 2024
The largest mural in Butte County California was completed by artists Frank Wilson and his mural painting partner,Ted Hanson. The 2,700 square foot mural depicts five steam locomotives that once serviced the gold rush town of Oroville, California. The painted 3-D illusion has the locomotives set into individual bays of a round house where steam locomotives were serviced in the1800's. Much research went into the design to make sure the locomotives depicted were historically accurate. The mural took six month of working high on ladders and scissor lifts. The project was funded by the City Of Oroville's City Arts Council.
September 5th, 2020
Located at 1267 Montgomery Street in Historic Downtown Oroville, CA, this 72.5 x 18 foot tall mural was a commission from the City of Oroville Arts Council.
Paradise, California artist Frank WIlson painted this mural in collaboration with artist Ted Hanson of Oroville, California. This mural celebrates the rich gold mining industry that built the "City of Gold". This 3-D illusion took hundreds of man hours to design, layout, paint and protect. Using the finest mural paints available, Ted and Frank worked for months until the illusion was complete.
Frank and Ted are available for free mural consultations for homes, hotels, resorts and businesses.
May 12th, 2017
How do they do this? ... by creating a more MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE for your guests. Sure, service and all the amenities are important to having a pleasurable stay at your hotel but what will your guests remember that will want to make them come back again and again and tell all their friends and family about what they experienced.
What if they could stargaze at the most beautiful night sky right from the comfort of their bed! Think of the added attraction and advantage your hotel can have in offering your guests the option to relax and gaze up in awe under a beautiful canopy of softly glowing stars, constellations, and the majestic Milky Way. This Illusion creates a very romantic, stress-relieving atmosphere for them to enjoy! In addition, kids and teens love it! Perfect for the stressed-out business professional. Many hotels offer special romantic packages with StarScapesFX Rooms.
December 29th, 2012
Paradise, California artist, Frank Wilson, has never outgrown his childhood fascination with dinosaurs even though he is now in his sixth decade of life. "Dinosaurs had to have been such incredible creatures and we know so little about them" said the artist. The artist is creating a series of original, hand painted dinosaur illustrations, which he then photographs and sets into a photograph of a landscape.
After much research of fossil skeletal remains, each dinosaur was hand painted in gouache and acrylics on Crescent 300.3 Illustration Board. After photographing the dinosaur painting and superimposing the painting onto the landscape photograph the entire composite image was digitally tweaked for realism. The artist is proud to offer these stunningly lifelike images as fine art prints on your choice of seven fine art papers or stretched artists canvas. And for those who prefer a contemporary look his dinosaur prints are now available printed directly on acrylic!...
March 21st, 2012
Have you ever enjoyed a long walk along the hard packed, wet sands of a deserted beach in the off season?
The solitude of a walk with just a loved one and the powerful waves rolling in from a relentless sea is an experience many treasure.
To capture those moments, artist Frank Wilson painted a series of four different 12 x 24 inch oil paintings depicting moments in the lives of those who have enjoyed the sublime joy of walking long, deserted stretch of the seashore with a loved one. The artist chose low tide for the patterns of the diminishing waves as they roll...
March 21st, 2012
Frank Wilson, your "Painter Of Dreams" as created another incredible glow in the dark mural. This glow in the dark mural, "Bali Hai, Tunnels Beach, Kauai", measures 10 feet tall and is almost 17 feet wide!
It is painted on a plain white wall that has a slight knockdown sheet rock texture. The mural is virtually invisible in the daytime or when the rooms lights are on! The scene is accurate and is the view is from Tunnels Beach looking towards the Bali Hai Cliffs of the North Napali coast on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai. This mural is astonishing in it's beauty and the realism that he captured using nothing but five different glowing phosphors on a plain white wall.
Contact Artist, Illusionist, Frank Wilson for more information on having a custom Glow Mural in your home, home theater, hotel, resort or spa! He works on location in all fifty of the United States. Wilson also ship canvas glow murals anywhere in the world and can even create smaller version of his...
December 24th, 2011
California painter Frank Wilson, who is a member of the International Guild Of Realism, has just finished the latest work in his continuing series of large, dramatic oils of Lake Tahoe. This new oil painting, "Lake Tahoe Sand Harbor", is 60" wide x 36" tall and is painted on a frame-less 2" deep cradled hardboard panel. It will be available through the James Harold Gallery of Tahoe City in Lake Tahoe, California as soon as it is dry. The price is $10,800.00. We are now accepting advance orders for full size giclee prints that will be available in a signed and numbered limited edition of 75 for $2,000.00 each. Eight artists proofs will available for $2,500.00 each.
December 24th, 2011
By Alexandria Page
Paradise, California
Frank Wilson asked me to look up at the ceiling. I did and saw nothing extraordinary, just a plain white ceiling. He shut off the lights and I could not believe the stars that I saw! No Folks,... I'm not talking about those phony looking, greenish yellow, plastic stars that fall off your ceiling or fade out in less than a half hour. What I saw was a planetarium quality replica of the night sky, complete with the major constellations in their proper astronomical positions relative to one another and even the majestic, shimmering Milky Way! In one corner there was even a cluster of three shooting stars! The depth perception was unbelievable, my eyes were tricking me into thinking that the ceiling was gone and I was gazing light years into space. When I asked; �How long will it will glow?� Wilson said; �The rare-earth phosphors that I use glow with icy blue white colors and glow all night long, night after night, just like the...
September 29th, 2010
Featured in the fall issue on page 22 of Northern California Spaces Magazine in a 'finishing touch' article is Northern California artist Frank Wilson. The article feature two of the artist's works one of which won first place in February 2010 in the Turner Color Works Of Japan International Gouache Painting Competition. This award winning artist has been written up in many publications over his thirty nine year professional career. He has also been featured on on ABC's nationally televised "Good Morning America" show as well as on local California CBS television news stories. Wilson is available for custom painting commissions, mural both exterior and interior as well as his amazing illusions that can only be seen in total darkness.
Frank Wilson is represented by the following fine art galleries.
Gallery On Merchant's Square, Historic Williamsburg, Virginia
Gallery On The Green, Woodstock, Vermont 'Featuring the Best Of New England'
James Harold...