Frank Björklund

Frank Björklund (b. 1960) is a Swedish autodidact artist. He is a modern surrealist painter and printmaker with motifs strongly influenced by Salvador Dalí, René Magritte and Marcel Duchamp but with a modern and contemporary touch. Often the title of the artwork is a part of the motif and it works like a guide or a helper to fully understand the motif.

”Remember when you still saw cloud figures in the sky? I haven´t stopped doing that. I can admit that it is more academic now a days, the pro in me takes control, but never the less. I like the meta worlds and sub context. Where you can twist images and create a new world, an inner landscape, made by your references and memories. I will provide you with the ticket to these inner landscapes. The title of the painting is a direction, how far you want to, is all up to you.

I´m not so interested in answers, more questions like –Why? To Reflect. I use allegories, like the old masters, to give points, clues, to solve the mystery. Butterflies, birds, books and wine. They have all a meaning. Red is not just a color, it´s blood, love, heart and wine.

I hope you are ready to look up in the sky again."