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Francis A Willey
BRIGHTSOUL PHOTOGRAPHY

francis@brightsoulphotography.com
brightsoulphoto@yahoo.ca

Portraitist, painter, poet, singer, composer, dreamer.

TRAVEL DATES:

Los Angeles, August 2006
Los Angeles, June 2007
Berlin, July 2007
New York, August 2007
LA March 2008
NYC May 2008
Paris July 2008

Peace

Experience
Level of Experience: Very Experienced

Christopher Walken-Actor

Francis,
I might not know from where
the cold wind blows, but I
know what I like and I dig
your work. You can take that
to the bank on your way mental
baby! Don't go, Don't go yet,
it's wonderful stuff.

CW


For the last 10 years I have taught myself piano and photography.

I have just finished composing my solo piano recordings and have a great love for writing poetry and creating images of spirit through photography.



I am a passionate troubadour, photographer, composer. I see past the mundane and feel the vibration of the truth within us all-
The hidden sanctum and the grace we all have. Through photography I wish to show this light and shake the darkness to inspire empathy and grace.

to leave behind a true image of the psyche and inspire others to embrace and share the small joys in everyday life.

Francis


Self taught Photographer/Composer/artist.

Francis A Willey was born in Alberta in July of 1969, the day that man first walked on the moon. A modern day renaissance man, Francis expresses his creative force through drawings, paintings, photography, ballads and poems. He is a self-taught artist who draws his inspiration from nature, the plight of people less fortunate and from a strong spiritual connection to the world around him. Francis’ extended travels through India and South-East Asia have added significant depth to his work as he lived in different monasteries and with local families throughout his journey. His first hand experience with the day-to-day lives of people with different values and beliefs sharpened his creative forces and his concern for the highly material values of North America.

In recent years, Francis’ energies are split between the two great loves of his life, his family and his art. Francis’ earlier works focused more on the darker sides of our culture but as he walks, Francis looks for hope, opportunity and forgiveness in our world. A journey Francis made himself and from which he can empathize with the course of tears that each man lives through to find true love and happiness in his life.

Francis’ works are owned by private collectors throughout North American and Europe. Francis regularly performs his poems and ballads at various poetry readings in Canada.

Finished recording his first solo piano CD.

22 solo art exhibits
10 group exhibits

Published in Art on Paper magazine April 2003 New York.
Published in various poetry anthologies.