Thomas Frontini

I was looking through some old brochures that I had collected while interning at Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland and came across a Cleveland artist named Thomas Frontini.

With a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art and an MFA from Ohio State, Frontini's work has showcased in L.A., New York and Hong Kong.

Most of his paintings are oil on panel but his earlier works from the 90's are mostly oil on linen.






I liked this one a lot because of its compositional elements.



The following paintings are from his 1996 oil on linen collection.





The lady on wheels reminded me of a scene from Philip Pullman's series "The Golden Compass".



The eerie last few paintings I've chosen give me the creeps as good non-cheezy fantastical paintings should. Frontini's painting technique is clean but soft, contributing to an unnaturally solid/tangible feel; almost as if the viewer knows that these objects and people should not exist--they are almost mirages--yet here they are standing before them in a very well-painted manner.







Find more of this Cleveland artist's work at: http://www.thomasfrontini.com/index.cfm