Frank Spears – The Painter

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Frank Spears – the painter is a visual biography which traces his life from his humble beginnings in Birmingham to his professional life in Cape Town where he met his wife of almost 60 years, the poet, Dorothea Spears.

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Writing about his painting in 1981 he said: ‘The value of a picture lies in its ability to awaken a sense of the underlying magic of the totally mysterious universe of which we are part.’ Esme Berman in her book Art and Artists of South Africa said of his painting: ‘There is an intimacy about Frank Spears’s portrayal of his subjects that evokes immediate and warm response from viewers.’ Frank Spears – the painter is a visual biography which traces his life from his humble beginnings in Birmingham to his professional life in Cape Town where he met his wife of almost 60 years, the poet, Dorothea Spears. As well as becoming a successful businessman, yacht designer, actor and playwright, singer and broadcaster, he was also a painter whose work is represented in public and private collections worldwide. Drawing on original archival material and research, Melissa Sutherland reveals the changing influences on the work of this mystical painter.