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Art | Design
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Joel Frank
Artist | Designer
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Art | Design
Joel Frank
Artist | Designer
Emile Galle
20th Century French Glass Artist
Emile Galle
20th Century French Glass Artist
Nothing replaces the
hand of the artist that knows what it wants.
I’m an exhibiting artist and unapologetic art generalist working across multiple mediums. This website is a showcase of works that I have made and collaborated in making over the past 20 years. I work in a large range of mediums — I let ideas choose their medium rather than forcing them to conform to one particular medium, which has kept me learning, experimenting, and occasionally surprised by where the work ends up. Please enjoy the work and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.
The current purpose of this website is practical: it’s a portfolio for job applications, artist residencies, and client or commission work. It brings together selected pieces from across many years to show the range of mediums and skills I work in.
Ideally, I’d present tightly focused bodies of work made in a specific moment in time. But currently, breadth matters more than cohesion for several things I'm applying for. That means some abrupt stylistic shifts — works made decades apart now sitting side by side. It makes my teeth hurt, I hate it, so I had to explain it — it’s an honest snapshot of a long, evolving practice.
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Capturing moments in art that tell a story to engage the viewers own life experiences
My work explores existential questions through moments of emotional truth. I’m interested in how presence, uncertainty, and meaning surface briefly, and how art can hold them in time.
My work explores existential questions through moments of emotional truth. I’m interested in how presence, uncertainty, and meaning surface briefly, and how art can hold them in time.
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Joel Frank
Artist | Designer
Joel Frank
Artist | Designer
Joel Frank
Artist | Designer
Shoot me a line?
I love to talk art so don't hesitate. Reach out and say hi.
What are you working on now?
As of Jan/Feb 2026, I am currently working on a largescale stained glass and painting work. I haven't been this excited about a project in a long time.
Are you an "artist" or a "designer"?
Art has been my one true direction my whole life. But I've also gone very deep into languages, technology, I was in renewable energy engineering school for a while. Design feels like a tech extension of art for me. The only difference is that we have to think a lot more about function than in just art for art's sake. Which I like. The two feed one another and I'm better at both because of the other I feel.
How do you know when a painting is done?
X-rays have revealed that many famous paintings contain earlier, abandoned compositions underneath. Art history is basically layers of “nope.” Metaphor for life much?
What do you want to do with art next?
I've been transient for a lot of my life. Just enjoyed moving and seeing new places. I've lived in many countries and many states. My next art adventure is seeing if I can build it, and they will come? I recently bought an historic home in Talent Oregon from 1902 and spent two years remodeling it by hand. The next adventure is to build my dream studio on the property and then really go nuts. Be in one place long enough with enough space to make the big ambitious things that I've always dreamed of. The they will come part is that I have a lot of art friend near and far and I'd love to set up a tiny residency to have artists come stay at the property and enjoy the focus and quiet afforded in Southern Oregon.
What is your favorite art musem in the world?
Short answer is the Musee D'Orsay. It's fun and funky and has some incredible work from some lesser known names. It also has so many incredible design objects from the Art Nouveau era. It's just fun. Long answer is Musee D'Orsay and the Prado in Madrid.
What are you working on now?
As of Jan/Feb 2026, I am currently working on a largescale stained glass and painting work. I haven't been this excited about a project in a long time.
Are you an "artist" or a "designer"?
Art has been my one true direction my whole life. But I've also gone very deep into languages, technology, I was in renewable energy engineering school for a while. Design feels like a tech extension of art for me. The only difference is that we have to think a lot more about function than in just art for art's sake. Which I like. The two feed one another and I'm better at both because of the other I feel.
How do you know when a painting is done?
X-rays have revealed that many famous paintings contain earlier, abandoned compositions underneath. Art history is basically layers of “nope.” Metaphor for life much?
What do you want to do with art next?
I've been transient for a lot of my life. Just enjoyed moving and seeing new places. I've lived in many countries and many states. My next art adventure is seeing if I can build it, and they will come? I recently bought an historic home in Talent Oregon from 1902 and spent two years remodeling it by hand. The next adventure is to build my dream studio on the property and then really go nuts. Be in one place long enough with enough space to make the big ambitious things that I've always dreamed of. The they will come part is that I have a lot of art friend near and far and I'd love to set up a tiny residency to have artists come stay at the property and enjoy the focus and quiet afforded in Southern Oregon.
What is your favorite art musem in the world?
Short answer is the Musee D'Orsay. It's fun and funky and has some incredible work from some lesser known names. It also has so many incredible design objects from the Art Nouveau era. It's just fun. Long answer is Musee D'Orsay and the Prado in Madrid.
What are you working on now?
As of Jan/Feb 2026, I am currently working on a largescale stained glass and painting work. I haven't been this excited about a project in a long time.
Are you an "artist" or a "designer"?
Art has been my one true direction my whole life. But I've also gone very deep into languages, technology, I was in renewable energy engineering school for a while. Design feels like a tech extension of art for me. The only difference is that we have to think a lot more about function than in just art for art's sake. Which I like. The two feed one another and I'm better at both because of the other I feel.
How do you know when a painting is done?
X-rays have revealed that many famous paintings contain earlier, abandoned compositions underneath. Art history is basically layers of “nope.” Metaphor for life much?
What do you want to do with art next?
I've been transient for a lot of my life. Just enjoyed moving and seeing new places. I've lived in many countries and many states. My next art adventure is seeing if I can build it, and they will come? I recently bought an historic home in Talent Oregon from 1902 and spent two years remodeling it by hand. The next adventure is to build my dream studio on the property and then really go nuts. Be in one place long enough with enough space to make the big ambitious things that I've always dreamed of. The they will come part is that I have a lot of art friend near and far and I'd love to set up a tiny residency to have artists come stay at the property and enjoy the focus and quiet afforded in Southern Oregon.
What is your favorite art musem in the world?
Short answer is the Musee D'Orsay. It's fun and funky and has some incredible work from some lesser known names. It also has so many incredible design objects from the Art Nouveau era. It's just fun. Long answer is Musee D'Orsay and the Prado in Madrid.