fantastic mr. frank

I first became aware of Dale Frank about a year ago, and on my trip back
to the land of Aotearoa I was able to go to one of his recent exhibitions
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now after confirming my love for his work it must be shared
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A one point two five liter bottle of paint is too tall to finish off a sedan,
you need a four wheel drive with that extra roof height to lift the bottle.
2009
varnish on canvas
200 x 260cm
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everyone else looked eighteen
2010
varnish on canvas
200 x 260cm
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He felt a twinge in his knees, still sunburnt from the day on the ride on. He pushed forward in his seat,
adjusting to his side, finding temporary comfort. The electronic adjuster was useless,
up down, forward back, deep incline, lumbar support.
2009
varnish on canvas
200 x 200cm
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Even though almost everything he did had the consequence of doing the opposite.
One small wrong decision, a bad decision, leads to wrong options, which had l
ed to further wrong options. Further and further from the intention.
2009
varnish and acrylic on canvas
200 x 200cm
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these paintings are all rather large so the colours are awesome,
his work really is amazing and how interesting are the title's?
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