1910 Elizabeth Ave.
Winston Salem, NC 27103
Ph: 336-721-0568
Cell: 336-403-1018
frankiedenton@gmail.com
Frances Crabill Denton "Frankie"
Born in a small town in Virginia, Frankie wanted to be an artist from age four. She practiced by doing the "Draw Me" in magazines, drawing paper dolls as taught by a friend, copying designs her sister made. But not until she was at the College of William and Mary did she have the opportunity to take an art course. She took one course in drawing, one in oil painting, and one in sculpture. Then she signed up for an architecture class in the art department. Seeing that as a viable way to support herself as an artist, Frankie went on to graduate school and received her Masters of Architecture from the University of Virginia.
After teaching architecture at the University of Nebraska for two years, she moved back to Virginia to work as a Capital Outlay Planner for the State of Virginia. She married and then moved to North Carolina and raised three children (one is still at home). While rearing children, she took a watercolor class and a colored pencil class at the community college.
Illness in 1988 reminded Frankie to look at her "list", and she has been painting ever since. Much of her work is realistic-style oil still life, but she also takes portrait commissions. Her work can be found in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina (including two paintings in the Carol G. Belk Library at Appalachian State University).
Frankie also has work hanging at The Gallery Group gallery in Mount Airy, NC.
