About the artist

Frank is a native Tennessean with the passion to capture many of Tennessee's typical scenes of beauty on canvas. Working mainly in oils, the artist renders paintings that are reminders of childhood memories, actual images of old buildings, or perhaps the romance of a large city ...his subject changes daily. He uses unusual techniques which include painting with a palette knife, painting with a small brush...or even a nail! His impasto style is a combination of Impressionism as well as Realism and can be seen done in demonstrations at both his studio or when doing demos at a gallery or other venues. "Oftentimes I will walk past a place that I have crossed many times in the past, but this time the sunlight strikes it, and it suddenly becomes an inspiration," Baggett says. He enjoys using light in his cityscapes which can depict the noisy, chaotic lifestyle of urban life which often folks can identify with.

”All my life I have been blessed with being in the outdoors and seeing nature's beauty firsthand. As a boy, I fished the creeks around home as well as hunted in the woods. During my lifetime of living in Tennessee, I have been a sawmill worker, logger, commercial fisherman, as well as an artist. To observe nature firsthand and to have the opportunity to put on canvas what I have witnessed is my ambition in life. Many of my works are taken from daily observations and hikes around my studio. Other works are from travels across the United States. As I grow older, I want my children and their children's childrento have the same opportunity to grow up surrounded by the beauty of nature as I have. This will only happen with conservation of our natural resources and proper management of them. Life is short, my friend, so please take the time to sit down and watch a sunset...as it is hand crafted, right from God's own easel..” - Frank Baggett