Frank C. Turner

Frank C Turner is an actor and iconographer born in Wainwright Alberta and now living in Port Coquitlam British Columbia He received his theatrical training at the University of Alberta graduating in 1975 with a BFA For the first few years after graduation he acted in theatres across western Canada and Ontario In 1983 he moved to Vancouver BC and has worked mainly in film since then His favourite credits include Air Bud 1997 Air Bud Golden Receiver 1998 Air Bud 3 2000 Air Bud Seventh Inning Fetch 2002 The New Addams Family Addams Family Feud 1999 Lonesome Dove The Outlaw Years 1995 Cats Dogs 2001 Snow Dogs 2002 and The Duke 1999 Frank has previously performed the GKC GBS debate in Calgary St Paul Minnesota and on Apostle of Common Sense with EWTN In 1991 he began studying iconography under Vladislav Andreyev He has completed about 50 icons in the Byzantine tradition for individuals and churches in the Vancouver area A frequent attendee of the Mount Angel Iconography Institute where he studied with Charles Rohrbacher Mary Katsilometes and Cathy Sievers more recently he studied with Father Gianluca Busi from Bologna spending six weeks there in 2007 He gives private instruction in iconography Along with Chris Kielsinki and Michal Janek Frank was a founding member of Epiphany Sacred Arts Guild and has served as its president for four years He also served on the curriculum advisory board of Living Waters College soon to be opened in Derwent Alberta