Meet Frank De Decker

BEING FRANK

Artist living on the Belgian coast

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The year is 1966...

Sgt.Pepper sends the world into a psychedelic swirl; Batman crashes onto technicolourTV with a ZAM! KRACK! POW!; a prodigious Belgian portraitist makes a flamboyant entrance.

For30 years and counting, Frank De Decker’s striking artworks and eye-popping portraits have been brightening up homes, designer offices, fashion boutiques, à la mode eateries, and the occasional deluxe pissoir, in more than 50 countries across the globe. 

Now, for the first time ever, you can purchase Frank’s pop-tastic artworks and newly launched limited edition prints directly from the artist himself.

FRANK'S STORY

BORN IN GHENT, BELGIUM, FRANK WAS FIRST INSPIRED TO PUT PAINT & PENCIL TO HIS PAPER BY HIS ART-LOVING MOTHER WHEN BUT A YOUNG LAD OF 10

As his natural talent developed, Frank found an affinity for drawing with charcoal and graphite; the raw materials emboldening him to amp up the contrast, drama, and emotion on the canvas.  

Frank went on to formalise his artistic education at St Luke’s School of Fine Arts (Saint Lucas Kunst Academie). Armed with charcoal, acrylic paint, a palette knife, and a hairdryer, he began to specialise in custom portraiture, creating countless distinctive collections inspired by international celebs, fashion, and pop culture icons. Digital trickery be damned, all Frank’s artworks are100% hand painted, with no computer tinkering used at any stage in the process.

AT THE HEIGHT OF THE 90s, A BRONZER FRANK OPENED HIS OWN GALLERY IN BEACH-BESPECKLED TENERIFE

Today, he lives and works on the less sunny but equally serene Belgian coast. Here, he continues to perfect his much in-demand portraiture, while running a budding academy, teaching and championing a new generation of artiststo capture the world on canvas in their own signature style.

Frank De Decker Academy

NURTURING THE ARTISTS OF TOMORROW

Blessed to be living the career of his dreams, Frank has also made it his mission to share his passion and art expertise with aspiring artists. Frank continues to teach and champion a new generation of portraitists to capture the world on canvas in their own signature style at his much sought-after art academy in Blankenberge, Belgium.

Frank’s art has found a home in private and public collections in over 50 countries and counting…