Abbey Road - Original Painting

“Abbey Road”  40” X 30” X 2” Mixed Media on a Cradled Wood Panel, Framed

Abbey Road presents a carefully calibrated interplay between form and color.

Inspired by The Beatles’ iconic Abbey Road album, the piece reinterprets the famous image of the band crossing a street into an abstract exploration of movement and connection. While it does not recreate the photograph literally, it captures the symbolic essence of a shared journey and cultural moment, representing the four figures as a unified yet dynamic group. This approach honors the album’s themes of transition and harmony, inviting viewers to reflect on how personal and communal paths intersect within a lived environment.

Evocative of the cultural touchstone that inspired it, the work channels the iconic imagery of a well-known crossing, distilling its symbolic resonance into a fresh, abstract narrative. The composition neither replicates nor narrates literally but instead captures an essence of movement, connection, and place. This approach invites viewers to consider how identity and environment shape one another, held together in a moment of poised transition.

This piece is part of my ongoing exploration of "Faces and Facades," a series of mixed media paintings where people and places intertwine, with architecture serving as a vessel for unseen narratives. Inspired by characters from Beatles songs, each work aims to evoke the stories and emotions hidden beneath the surface, inviting viewers to look beyond the obvious and discover the deeper layers within.

This painting is also available as a canvas print 

Frank Trocino is an award-winning American-born artist and former architect currently residing in Santa Fe, NM. His work primarily explores themes of people and architecture

My mixed media paintings consist of acrylic paint and digital collage. They are painted on museum quality archival paper and then laminated to a cradled wood panel, varnished, waxed and then framed in a black floater frame.

About the Artist

Frank Trocino is a retired architect turned painter currently residing in Santa Fe New Mexico. His path to Santa Fe began in New York, then to Oregon as a young child through College. From there he lived in Italy, Los Angeles, the Middle East, Portland, and Austin. Franks work can be seen in galleries, hotels, and the homes of private collectors internationally. He is a mixed media artist using acrylic paint, ink and collage and his subject matter is primarily people and buildings.