When controversy was beginning to envelop the recent Glasgow Art Fair, there was at least one artist from whom the squabbling was immaterial.
While some were arguing that the art fair ought to favour Scottish galleries, Frank To was only too happy to be on both sides of the division – a local artist represented by a London Gallery.
Supported by the PSYBT office in Paisley, Frank only completed his Masters degree in Fine Art last year, but already enjoys the representation of the prestigious Fairfax Gallery in London, the thrill of having his work sell out and being noticed by the rich and famous.
Star Trek’s Patrick Stewart (pictured) has already bought a couple of pieces, courtesy of a relationship that goes back to Frank’s student days. While Frank was studying for his undergraduate degree at the University of Huddersfield, Stewart was the University’s chancellor.
Things are now developing exactly as Frank planned it. Whilst at Duncan of Jordanstone College of art in Dundee, he focused on making himself known in the art world by sending out photographs and slides of his work to galleries and prospective customers and the response was very encouraging.
After all that studying, Frank approached PSYBT because he wanted to put his years of training to the test. “I asked myself what would be the point of all that studying if I wasn’t going to give it a go and become a full time painter.”
Tipped for the top in the lifestyle magazine, Homes and Interiors Scotland – which recently selected its top five arts graduates in Scotland – Frank is now hopeful that, with London now taking notice, so might New York.
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