Artist Spotlight: Frank Levine
Artist Spotlight: Frank Levine
My name is Frank Levine and I’m originally from Philadelphia, PA. I lived in Los Angeles most of my adult life, and I’ve retired to a rural town in southern Nevada called Pahrump. It’s about 60 miles west of Las Vegas.
I have been influenced by many different styles of art and many different artists but my biggest influences have been the Abstract Expressionists, such as Jackson Pollock.
I was strongly influenced by Kandinsky and Georgia O’Keeff, but I have been influenced by all the art I’ve seen in one way or another.
And of course, I have been highly influenced by using psychedelics since 1966 (the first time I took LSD at age 16), as well as all the incredible psychedelic art that has come out since the 1960s.
I work in several different media but the one I use the most these days is Alcohol Ink. I also work with Acrylics and house paint.
I find inspiration in the world around me, I live in a desert and the beauty of my surroundings makes me want to paint. I have a series of popular abstracts called Desert Nights.
Dark Carnival by Frank Levine
Creating art and music (I’m a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter), is what helps me get through the day. I’ve been drawing and painting since I was very young but never spent much time doing it until I retired. I worked as a house painter/painting contractor for 40-odd years and by doing so I learned a lot about the properties of paint. My company did far more than just repainting homes. We specialized in decorative painting and the usual stuff. Faux finishes, murals Trompe L’oeil, and other decorative techniques were our specialties.
Upon retirement, I decided to put my knowledge of paint to good use by creating art.
My main motivation for creating art is to bring a little beauty into what can be an ugly world at times. I don’t try to paint sociological themes; I just work with shapes and colors to make an image that will make people say, ‘Gee, that’s pretty!”
I don’t follow current trends in art, and I don’t particularly have a ‘style’. Each painting is unique.
I don’t pay much heed to critics, but regular people all seem to enjoy my pictures. That means more to me than a truckload of critics’ opinions.
I hope you all enjoy the pictures I have submitted to Psychedelic Scene.
Dragon by Frank Levine
Cellular Level by Frank Levine
I Dream in Technicolor by Frank Levine
FAERIE GARDEN by Frank Levine
