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Francis A Willey
Calgary,
Canada
Member Since: Jan 2001

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Artist Media:
Photography Color (3)
Photography Silver Gelatin (36)
Artist Statement:
Autodidact Francis A Willey is
a Canadian artist who's unique
vision of the ethereal and
macabresque realm of ghosts,
capturing the human body and
metoric light and dark
of the empyreal deities,
fabric and skin has brought
him international attention.

Francis expresses himself
artistically through analog
film photography,painting, ...

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Artist Exhibitions:
Presented by David Walker of
100Wines

101 Gallery
July16th-August 8th 2009

Francis A Willey
B&W Film silver gelatin
Photographs + Paintings
A New Romanticism

July 16th 2009 opening night

6-8PM
1109 Olympic way se
Calgary,Alberta
403-452-8820






AB Project Gallery &
projektGALERIE showrooms
presents:

Vision of the ...

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Artist Galleries:

Seeking Agent or gallery
representation....

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Artist Reviews:
Christopher Walken-Actor

Francis,
I might not know from where
the cold wind blows, but I
know what I like and I dig
your work. You can take that
to the bank on your way mental
baby! Don't go, Don't go yet,
it's wonderful stuff.

CW


Translated ...

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Collections:
Carmen Hawk, Los Angeles,
USA(The Enchantment)
Danielle Jamieson, Canada(The
Rocker, The man that felt so
alone he blended with the
staggering air)
Chester Osborn, Australia(Red
Portal)
Paula Dozois, Canada(The ghost
of what was, a dancer and her
flowers, Full moon seen over
cedars)
Chrysta Bell, Austin,...

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Commissions:
Confessionals broken flame
2004- Duncan Sinclair,
Edmonton,Canada....

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Artist Galleries:

Seeking Agent or gallery
representation....

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Artist Reviews:
Christopher Walken-Actor

Francis,
I might not know from where
the cold wind blows, but I
know what I like and I dig
your work. You can take that
to the bank on your way mental
baby! Don't go, Don't go yet,
it's wonderful stuff.

CW


Translated ...

Further Information
Collections:
Carmen Hawk, Los Angeles,
USA(The Enchantment)
Danielle Jamieson, Canada(The
Rocker, The man that felt so
alone he blended with the
staggering air)
Chester Osborn, Australia(Red
Portal)
Paula Dozois, Canada(The ghost
of what was, a dancer and her
flowers, Full moon seen over
cedars)
Chrysta Bell, Austin,...

Further Information
Commissions:
Confessionals broken flame
2004- Duncan Sinclair,
Edmonton,Canada....

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Francis A Willey's Portfolio Guestbook

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Arvind Ghosalkar
It is a fine work by a creative artist. The blak and white photographs are rare. Its tone values and main masses are very high. I congratulate the photograher.

Francesco Rizzuto
Hi Francis, I always enjoy absorbing your work. All your works are living breathing emotions. See you at the shop.... Ciao, Francesco.

SyNtHiA
wow! your work is amazing...!

Gary Browning
I am just writing to tell you that I admire your work and think that it is very deep in meaning.Thank you for sharing it with me and others.Gary Browninghttp://www.angelfire.com/md2/creativewood/browning.htm

Phil Pegg
Congratulations on your web site. It looks wonderful and the art look fabulous. - Phil Pegg, Caribbean Artist & Photographer. http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/p/philpegg/

lynne douglass
You art is truly mesmerizing. The dreamlike moments in time are captured with such ethereal beauty. I especially liked Delicate, and Sculptured Doves.

Cheryl Paige Bozarth
Francis You are truley amazing. Your imagies have captured the essence of life and spirit so few can recognize. We'll sing soon.

Richard Rhyme
a sun to read the dark.a son to rend the dark.-m. danielewskinothing has changed, and everything has changed. 'sleeping deep in comforts' sake awake'. i love them all.gopi jomo, rr

BIO
great worlk,!!! wery smart and uniqe, love the doves and the angel-saint photo very strong!!I wuld love to se some more of your worlk.?BIO

Angelique
FrancoisTime, as it often does, is escaping my notice, since life soaks my days with living. I am well. And hope your search for depth is fulfilled?I find myself thinking of you often, and seeing your magic expressed in this portfolio here, is a true treat. Thank you for sharing.Angelique

Lynda Lambert Art Gallery
What a great portfolio of super photographs. Love the one titled Euridice Waiting...and others...your COLOR is amazing and your EYE for composition is keen.Nice seeing your work.http://www.geocities.com/lyndajlambert

Youki Cropas-Marchildon
Hi Francis,Thanks for the note...Had a beauriful trip dowm with Monique...it was so special and amazing. Quit smoking on the confederation brigde, saw the new farm. All is good. A little sad to be away from everyone I love. However, I know that I will come to call this place home. Halifax is a magical place. Your art is hanging is my house and in my room. My mother loves it. hope to hear from you soon, Youki* Congrats on your success!

Lauren Thomson-Rusk
Dream asleep-awake foreverinspire me and the child with-inFor the world needs more of what you see and share

lewis lavoie
you are a man of light and mood, I hope we could all see life thought the eyes of Franses Willey

Marcela Bianca
Hey, I'm glad to have received You hint.. I'm not a photograph professional.. but I can say that You've got a very special gift.. Your deed is very touching.. mainly the dreaming and flowered Ones.. keep doing this very way.. You're doing Great..;-)

Eric Martin
Great work!

Michelle
I love Holy Mother. The colours are beautiful. You are very talented.

colleen
dear francisyour expression stirs in my memory so bright!! dancing shadowsfor many i'm sure. community graced by free being...that is the inspiration i feel fromknowing you.mybestthoughtsareallforyouc.

Amy Marrone
Francis, your portfolio truly gives me hope in these trying times.

tom swietochowski
keep up the good work! my favorite is the empyreal and the one that is similar to it.

jonas Macalolooy
this are great and wonderful pic's, maybe one day when i have enough $$$$ to spend i will buy one of your greatest pic's and say i did once knew a great photogarpher..

philly
Your photos are very dream like.Beautiful work!!!

suzlee
hi there, I love your paintings - nice colours & compositions. You're very talented person!! Iast year I met a Canadian Artist(Drew Harris). He had a solo exhibition in one the galleries in Malaysia. It was very sussessful!!.Congrats to you too!!suzleehttp://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/s/suzlee

Mitchell Stuart
Hey Francis.....just thought I'd say hello since I'm exploring your site......cheers!

marion garver
Nice to see your work mature and stay beautiful. And it's nice to see old friends from Edmonton.....namaste,marion

Efstathia (Effie) Vouris
I love the words coming from your souls wonderings and your work too. love & light Effie NSW Australia(Greek born)

Paul Willey
Just your little brother checking out your photos. Which probabily surprises you. All your photos are so amazing in there own ways :). I was with you that day you took the silver stars and bubbles one which is really cool :). I'll make sure to get all my freinds to see my artist brothers amazing photos.

Ann Christensen ( Anna Marie )
Interesting.... nice quality work.

Pablo
I am glad to have met you. I mean when I say that you will definitely be an influence on my own future photo-projects. Thanks for creating!!

Ray Gibson
Whenever I publish my first manuscript, I'll give you the control of cover art and illustrations as you see fit. Your flowers recall Magritte; your black and white photos Man Ray. Polyphemus on a Floral Pillow is wonderful in its argument and content. I'm glad to have met you.

derrick
your work is incredible! in my opinion it's some of the best... my favorites are: eurydice waiting, narcias minuet, and dream of flaming sunfowers.

colleen
your art draws enigmas out of the dream-state and into waking-life, creating another realm filled with optimism and wonder. you're a constant source of inspiration, and it's all the more a pleasure knowing you because i'm able to witness the passion and dedication that goes into your work. i enjoy working with you and i hope that we can again soon!

Xz
On Travelling Lands,I am! The Dreamer of the Dream. The Uncertanty Principle. The Hacker of my Future. Thanks for connecting :0] Xz

Lesley
Greetings Francis from the girl formerly known as a 4-Her from the Lupin Gold Mine in Nunavut.

lite brite
'between being and non-being the grass wavers,the elements become lighter,outlines shade over,glimmers,reflections,reverberations,flashes of forms andpresences,image mist,eclipse:what i see, we are: mirages. ' octavio paz~ from a tree within '...this feels like your art.... to me.....reminded me of it.

Walter King
I especially like the portraits. Your models are exquisite and the subjectivity you bring to them is equal to their beauty. I'm also on wwar: www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/w/walterking

Maria Palma
Hi, Francis!Great work...I am very impressed! I see that we have alot in common (well, except for the singing part!! :~0 )

Kate Rossiter
Everytime I see your work, I find a new love for photography and a new feeling of inspiration. Thank you for the opportunity to develop and view your images. There is so much to learn and I look forward to shooting with you. You're a true creator, Francis.

Oliverio Balcells
Congratulations on your works, I really like and enjoined.Here is my page and if you want to exchange some of my art, let me know; I like the picture of Grand Mothers Dream Garden.Keep your work up.

guntre
hi,my name's guntur i'm a painter..the beginner exactly. i realy like your artwork it's inspire me much..mean that your artwork gave me an inspiration to do my new painting..willey can you contact me some time

Walter Spaeth
Dear Francis,Great works !Congratulation !!!Best regars from GermanyWalterwww.artside.de www.photopage.de

nocturna
thank you for the wonderful music and for the beauty you give shape to, through your artworks... hoping for a collaboration in the future...http://nocturna.net/

+Rossella+Daniele+ (Xteriphonia)
Enchanting works... very beautiful site! It's amazing to know talented artists all around the world!

Tiffany Smith
Great work Francis! I am very impressed. Just so you know I now have the conductor proudly gracing my entryway. Your insight and passion are an inspiration. I give you my best wishes.

Chelsea
I love your work... Very Beautiful, you are a true artist! Wish you could shoot me someday. Chelsea

serena
hey friend,I just wanted to stop by and see your artwork again, it's so beautiful and always touches me everytime I see it. You have millions of mounds upon mounds of talent.wishing you the stars and all great things,serena

katerina
Wiley's Pandoras Stripes is what interesting. It's a mixture of mystery and lovely form.

Shawkat Kibria
Great work!

Anton Vogels
Hi Francis, I have seen nearly all of your superb art works.I just cannot make up my mind which images I like the best. They all deserve an applause! From,Anton artist on this web.

Photo Shop Gurl...aKa: mya
Hi There! Thank-you for giving me the opportunity to visit your page..with your card that you gave me ..otherwise, I would have been underprivileged it seems! You are a truly talented artist..and will look foreward to seeing more.By the way..hope you are enjoying your film, and there's plenty more there that came from!...*myA

katie lousie
i really like your work its excellant, its gave me a lot of insspiration for my own work, as a student study graphic design.

viana Rodriguez Etcheto
love the way you see flowers .... very good.. oniric

KANE THOMPSON
HEY MAN MY FIRST TIME ON YOUR SITE AND WAS CAUGHT UNAWARES AS TO HOW TRULY GREAT YOUR ARTISTIC MIND TRULY IS.I SIMPLY CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BRING SUCH A VISIONARY. STRONG WORDS I SUPOSE BUT IT AFFECTED ME DIFFERENTLY WHEN SOUGHT OUT OF MY OWN ACCORD.

Cara M
So today I had the utmost pleasure of working with the artist you see here before you. From his personal style, his artistic allure of so many aspects and areas, right down to the most original musical talent i have ever been in the presence of... it's a definite hands down to Francis. I'm still in awe and inspired as of today by him, and probably will be for a time yet to come, though i haven't told him yet. Admirable, dedicicated and amazing!

Caleb Kincaid
awed with most of your work.i am inspired beyond mysticaldimensions. eager to see more...salut!

Shannon
You have beautiful work here!

madeleine schiller
a beautiful exhibition you really are a magician of light

sammy Raw
SONG WRITER HERE

cara maru
So I've had the chance to spend many more times together with francis, since my first photoshoot and since my last message in here. As I've gotten to know him more, the more apparent and proven have my first impressions become of him. You'll find in all his portraits and photos he captures these people at their absolute very best, objects put together to be something else and a feeling, and nature at its most magical but never seen moments. And this just being the photographer in him. All creative and works of genius aside. Francis is the definetly one of the most honest, most compassionate people I know, and I'm so fortunate to be able to say that.

Mos Riera
No dudes que la belleza esta en la mirada,hay quien tiene ojos y no sabe ver.Un consejo de otro artista.Mos Riera.www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/m/mosriera

Gordon R. Johnston
Beautiful, tranquil, haunting, radiant, mysterious, dream-like,dangerous,innocent.Wonderful Mr.Willey. You're a Jennifer Dickson & Irvin Penn wrapped into one.Thank you.

Aislyn Slaine
Wow... I've stumbled across something pretty incredible here. I'm so very impressed with all of this. You are where I hope to be in a few years. Very inspiring.

Nadia Jolobova
For anyone who doesn’t know Francis it is very hard to describe him in just a few words. I don’t think there are any words close enough to describe Francis, any words that fully express how much good he does to the world. He is the most generous person I know. Even though some people take advantage of that. But what can you do, people will do those types of things. I am very thankful that we ran into each other. Francis has an amazing talent of bringing something out in his art where it will make you stare at the art and daydream. You kind of loose your self in his photos, paintings, songs…… what don’t he do ? haha Hey Francis where is the sign up sheet for dance lessons? kidding. Wish you and your family the best and looking forward to working with you in the future.Much love Nads 3000 Nadia Jolobova

Kevin Willey
Your Black and White photography is incredible. The three protraits Jeanie, Ms Parks, and Windswept are simply fantastic.http://www.kevinwilley.com

gILLIAN*
You've already touched my life in so many ways, that I cannot begin to express it. Not only have you inspired me through your ever evolving and diverse works of art, but also through your genuine kindness, your amazing outlook on life, and the beauty that you pull from every worldly and unworldly existance. Through brush, pen, film, and word I discover you... and I discover me... and I discover living. Thank you for being you and for sharing your self with others.hugs!g*

Monique Wagner
I saw the article in the Edmonton Journal about your life and thought I would take a look at you site. Beautiful and interesting work.Keep it up. Cheers Monique

emma bibby/absolutearts
hello .. came upon your work by chance and loved it...i think its wonderful.. loved your enchanting photographs and your illustrations.. what an experience it would be to be photographed by you ... well done best of luck in the art world.. emma bibby

Faye Hadley
Just viewed some of your work, particularly photography, and wanted to compliment you. I am a photographer/artist myself, so I hope I have a discerning eye, and I enjoyed your color work especially. I love the abstractness and etherial nature of many of your pieces, without getting gimmicky or over-manipulating them.I am just starting out as an artist after years of working in the business world. I hope to return to your work for future inspiration.Faye Hadley

samantha
I came across your work and I really enjoyed it, congratulations! I am a painter from mexico city,look me up if you come down, www.samanthasalvat.com

Volya Baziuk
Photography is the art of seeing. Francis has this tremendous gift, and the ability to find beauty in everything. Magic.

maru
I'm not sure how francis manages to do so much being so busy and all! He is a constant creator and clairvoyant in what some of us forget to notice in life, or miss out on because it happens in a blink of an eye. Francis is a continual reminder to me that most everything is possible in our dreams and that life itself is the most beautiful manifestation of art that we have. Never ceasing to inspire!thanks francis

RDevittt
The works of art are beautiful, of course; but what I really like are the fantastik New Wave Songs!!! Sorry it took so long to sign your guestbook. R

Shannon Miller
Your work is breathtaking! Each picture gave me goosebumps! I am a student at Brooks Photography Institute, and you are my inspiration! Thankyou!

Lili Vanderlaan
Well, after reading all the praises I read about you and your work....what is there left to say...Francis, you inspire me always.Lili Vanderlaan

TSDF
Wonderful site.electro industrial music

Gabriella Morrison
Great photographs, Francis. But the stuff that rocked my boat were your illustrations, which to me are exciting graphic work that explore meaning and express ideas clearly. Love your mark-making!

Elizabeth Howard
Francis Willey work continues to inspire.

jessica
passages in gardens sweeping, by the light of embers keeping. we are dust in shadows...falling throught the sound. poets in the ethers, and lovers underground. artists by creation....dreaming of the spark, that makes the dream worth dreaming....that wakes us from the dark.

Margaret Haugen
Hi, Francis... Beautiful work.

theresa
exquisite... absolutely lovely.

elizabeth Hadar
life and sorrow, your muses softly i hear a whisper your heart speaks indeed i am touched

Arisu
truly, i'm in love with your photography, i think it somehow has this touch from man ray, but better in a female way. really, your photography is amazing, this i why sometimes i don't understand how can some ppl don't understand this kind of photography. when they should look at it keep staring and try to understand. <3

Marie
The grace and presence dwelling in your work whirls me like a dance; I'm left breathless, struck dumb like a mad, lame artist, soaring in the depths of the conturs between light and shadow, caught between birth and death, in the black & white photographs of this gossamer life.

scarlett
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Kristi
The story of you is art in itself, Francis. The ghosts we gather along life's way sometimes present themselves to us in such raw beauty. Your art is breathtaking. You not only capture alluring images, but allow them the right to continue their growth before our very eyes, long after your work is done. Nice.

Anette
As you know I'm crazy about your photographs :) they're full of emotions & feelings.I dream of beeing one of your model :)greetings and wishing you the best.

Daniel Miller
Beautiful portfolio of mysterious, atmospheric and mesmerising images..... great visual series... I look forward to viewing many more of your current works..Daniel Miller, Photograpgher, Partner, Miller Andersen

Sandy
Francis, Your passion for what you do really comes out in your pictures. The way you capture the beauty of the people you are photographing is truly a gift. I wish you all the best with each of your artistic talents.

Francis E. Willey
This is your Dad I am very proud of you my son. Your a good man and son who makes my heart swell with pride. Who gave me two wonderful granddaughters. You have help me to be a better man by seeing what kind of man you have become--better man than me. Art is the ability to tell the truth in pictures, especially about ones inner self, you have done that my son and more. I love you son Dad

Marilyn Nosewicz
Francis Your work is Beautiful Sensitive and haunting, as your journey has been. Your work reminds me of the wind. Your poetry is intelligent and beautiful. I love your work! absolutearts.com/portfolio/p/photolightartsimage

gala
i am really touched by you. thank you.

Joshua Ziff
Beautiful, captivating and resonant.

Steph
Francis, what's new? How's life? I'm LOVING the new works...they look like they could be taken a century ago. I just renewed my portfolio finally and thought i'd check out yer site. Hope all's well.

Paul Raymound Fox
Nice work

Walter King
Francis, haven't been on your site in a while. These new black and white metaphorical portraits are haunting and beautiful. Stunning.

Gary Wells
I like your work. My favorite is Wisdom Teeth. You have a great eye.

Kathy Slamen
Your photos are simply sublime! Such an inspiration to me as a photographer. I wish I could afford your work - I would buy several pieces if I had the $$.

diana paquette
hi francis! its diana,hows the girls doing? they sure must be big now what approx 3yrs old. i live in bolye alberta now. Hey if your looking to photograph two cousins that would be myself and my cousin who doesn't look anything like me. I'm native shes not but in so many ways we're so alike. I've lost 100 lbs since i last seen you. Hope everything is going good for you,it sure looks like it BERLIN francis i'm impressed I'm proud to be your friend. Hope your liking calgary. diana

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