Frank C. Turner

Frank C. Turner is an actor and iconographer born in Wainwright, Alberta, and currently resides in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. He received his theatrical training at the University of Alberta, earning a BFA in 1975. 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 primarily in film since that time. Among his notable credits are *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). Turner 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 approximately 50 icons in the Byzantine tradition for individuals and churches in the Vancouver area. A regular attendee of the Mount Angel Iconography Institute, 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. Turner offers private instruction in iconography. Along with Chris Kielsinki and Michal Janek, he was a founding member of Epiphany Sacred Arts Guild and served as its president for four years. He also served on the curriculum advisory board of Living Waters College, which is set to open in Derwent, Alberta.