Hi, my name is frankie sims. I’m glad you’re here.

I’m really excited about some new art forms i’m developing, and about some shows where my art is on display…. including some of my new work. You can see these in and around the Boise area. AND…. an announcement: my art is to be displayed at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise next year, when I will be one of the 12 artists-of-the-month.

At the Riverside HoteI now is my large watercolor painting, “SCHOOL OF LIFE.” It was judged into the current Treasure Valley Artists’ Association’s big annual OPUS show. That exhibit will run through November 4th. If you can catch it before it’s gone, you’ll see lots of wonderful art in a myriad of mediums by artists from all over Boise, Meridian, Nampa and areas thereabouts.

I also have some new works available for purchase at my Heart in Art Studio Gallery in Garden City, at the Catalyst Arts Collaborative in Boise, and here on the website…. different things in different places.

I am having a blast enjoying art in so many ways right now. Two areas in particular are the Artist Enhanced Sun and Sky Photography that I’m doing, and my return to watercolor -my first love in art.

It is the new type of sun-and-sky photography-combined with my artistic enhancements that garnered my acceptance onto the St. Al’s art wall next November (yup, a year away!!). The work i began developing more than a year ago, suddenly has begun taking on a life of its own. I’m seeing such fun new ideas spring from who-knows-where, manifesting onto the work I’m doing. I’ll just finish one piece, when a new, improved (in my mind, anyway) version appears.

While it’s true i enjoy my work more than i can say, it is work. I do have these wonderful spells of creativity. Then the dry days arrive when i can imagine nothing creative. I have loved rollercoasters since i was a kid. Maybe this is just the adult version.

Of course, i do not have prices on my art yet on this site. It’s not that i’m trying to keep them secret, or hidden or something. It’s an arduous process for me to get all the items needed on this page. Everyone has talked about how simple squarespace is to use…. it’s been a real headache for me. I am working on it. If you should see something you are interested in owning, please reach out using the form farther along in this website.

As I’ve said before, the prices are set, just not published yet… soon, though, soon.

I used a lot of “I” and “my” as i wrote about all the places where “my” art is showing and going. But it’s not all mine. “My” art is not my creation alone. It would not even exist if it weren’t for people like Craig at Roots Family Printing who uses such skill and care to print my photographic art so beautifully, and Angie there too. Karl of Gray’s Framing who doesn’t just frame, but is kind enough to lend me his extensive expertise in color and design to bring out the best in my work, Nathan, an artist and the manager of printing at the UPS store in Nampa who is there to bail me out ALL the time and globally recognized watercolor artist and teacher Linda Aman, who i’m honored to call coach.

No them, no frankie sims art.

thank you to them, and thank you for paying a visit,

—frankie