FRANK TAKES THE HIGH ROAD FOR HIS ART by David Oliver, The Extra Newspaper, 11/09/08

A SOUTHSIDE artist will be featured in an exhibition next week in the Highlands.

Frank To (left), from Newton Mearns, will have his work displayed from September 19 in the Art and the Word show at the Kilmorack Gallery in Beauly, near Inverness.

Frank (26) has already exhibited alongside Tracy Emin, Damien Hirst and Peter Howson, and sold pieces to high- profile buyers including Star Trek legend Patrick Stewart, currently on stage in Hamlet in the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Frank's work has also been featured on screen in STV detective drama Rebus.

This latest show is of artists who have created work inspired by literature. But Frank says his main inspiration comes from Michelangelo.

He said: "This will provide me with the opportunity to show the public how I am inspired by literal text. I'm showing a more personal side in my new work."

For more information, please visit the official website of Frank To Fine Artist