Artist Talk & Book Signing with Frank Ferrante

Please join plein air landscape oil painter Frank Ferrante for a gallery talk at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. He'll also sign copies of his new book, Inspired by Nature: Plein Air Painting and The Prismatic Palette. Seven pieces of his work will be on display (and for sale) inside our reception gallery from January 6th to 8th. He has been a studio artist at The HUB on Canal, New Smyrna Beach for more 10 years. He regularly participates in many shows and has won many top awards. His paintings hang in galleries throughout the United States, including The Daytona International Airport and New Smyrna Beach City Hall. This program is free, but advanced registration is encouraged. ABOUT the ARTIST Frank Ferrante graduated Rutgers University and Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts in New Jersey. It was not until later in his career, in the 1980s, that he painted with John Phillip Osborne at the Ridgewood Art Institute in New Jersey. Osborne was influenced by the American Impressionist painter, Frank Vincent DuMond and his “prismatic” palette (originated in Paris, France 1880s). It is this method and palette that Ferrante uses with all of his paintings.