Franks’ painting experience has taken him from one coast of Canada to the other, plus five trips to the High Arctic. His paintings hang in private collections across Canada and internationally.

Recently he has been active in group and one-man shows. He strives to present the rhythm, pattern, design and colour of the changing landscape of Canada.

January: Kelly O’Neil, Public Relations and Communications Manager, Hospice Georgian Triangle.

February: Amanda Pegg, Executive Director, Town of Collingwood

March: OPP Constable Trevor McKean, Fraud Awareness and Prevention

April: Will Goertz, Casinos and a whole lot more.

May: Mike Hiltz, The Canadarm..A Canadian Success Story

June: Ted Barris Video Interview with Jim Deeks of Canada Files

July: Andrew Kirsch, Former CSIS officer, Author, ‘I Was Never Here’.

August: Nancy Esson, Right At Home, Health care in the home.

September: Peter Lang, Nuclear Power.

October: Malcolm G Kelly, Canada’s Sports Century

November: Jane Fleetwood-Morrow, WW11 Through An Unseen Lens.

December: Julian Bayley, ‘Ice Sculptures That Worked’

January: Dave Hanna,’ The World of Commercial Diving’.

February: Tim Morawetz, ‘Canada’s Art Deco Heritage’.

March: Paul Weatherhead, Navigating Cyber Threats.

April: Tony Pigott, Georgian Bay Ecopark.

May: Eric Pootmans, Former Snowbird Pilot

June: David Sweetnam, Microplastics in Our Water

July 3: Jarvis Strong, Escarpment Corridor Alliance

August: Deb Dougherty, Blue Mountain Watershed Trust

September: John Arnone, ” Us and Them”- The Beatles”

October: Judge Norm Douglas, ” You Be The Judge”

November: Collingwood Mayor, Yvonne Hamlin

December: John Carswell, Travelling the Arctic