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Fine art photography by Drew Smith and wildlife art by Carl Freeman, on Main Street in Frankfort, Michigan, near Sleeping Bear Dunes.

Prints on metal, canvas and paper. Open seasonally spring through fall, and by appointment and online year-round. Focus Gallery, located in a historic building in the heart of downtown Frankfort, was voted “Best Gallery in Benzie County” in 2016 in the Benzie Record Patriot’s People’s Choice Awards. Focus Gallery was opened in 2015 by Drew Smith, a nature and wildlife photographer with deep ties to Northern Michigan. Building on his successful freelance photography business and art show participation, Drew is following his dream of having a fixed gallery presence to showcase his work and the work of other artists he admires and respects. While having been inspired throughout his life by the life and landscape “Up North,” it was a photo project for Pure Michigan in 2009 pairing Drew with the Benzie County Visitors Bureau that caused Drew to truly fall in love with Frankfort, Benzie County and the surrounding landscape and wilderness. When he found out in 2014 that one of Frankfort’s most charming buildings was for sale he and his wife Erin Currier decided to take the plunge and invest in their dream of opening a gallery and putting down roots in Frankfort. Following some emergency repairs and renovations, Focus Gallery was born and first opened for business in the summer of 2015. On display are Drew’s nature, wildlife and landscape images featuring the beauty of Northern Michigan and beyond. Drew produces his own prints on canvas and paper in-house at the gallery using top-quality archival materials and methods, overseeing the creative process from pre-visualization through final print creation with a demanding eye for quality. Focus Gallery is also proud to exhibit original works by Carl Freeman, a renowned Wildlife Artist based in Benzie County, well known for his amazing watercolor and pen and ink artwork as well as his incredible wildlife photographs. Visitors to the gallery can often find Carl working on a new painting or learn from his wealth of knowledge about the many wonders of nature found in the area. Focus Gallery is next door to Crescent Bakery and is open seasonally in the summer and fall. Check out www.FocusFrankfort.com for more information on hours and special exhibitions.

10/03/2026

This weekend and next are the last two of Focus Gallery's 2026 season, and everything in stock in the gallery is 20% off. That includes every piece on the walls and in the bins: photographs by Carl Freeman and me, and Carl's original watercolors and pen and inks. Prints ordered in the gallery to be made and shipped are 15% off, and a few select pieces are marked down even further.

We're open Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 5 at 402 Main Street in Frankfort, and again next weekend for the Fall Festival.

Not in Frankfort this fall? Use the code FOCUSFALL for 10% off any order at focusfrankfort.com through October 31.

09/30/2025

Manitou Fire - Capped off an amazing (23+ hour) workday watching the aurora borealis flicker like flames emanating from the Manitou Islands while lighting up the Big Dipper, Empire Bluff, Lake Michigan the beautiful twists and turns of Otter Creek. Adding to the awe were the beautiful calls of a Common Loon out in Lake Michigan and salmon splashing their way by me and my tripods as they made their way upstream to spawn.

05/06/2025

Catch this Deal before it Flies Away! Price increases coming soon...

If you’ve been considering purchasing artwork from Focus Gallery, now is the time to act! Across-the-board price increases are coming, effective May 12, 2025.

With dramatic changes in the economy affecting materials and shipping prices in recent months, the time has come for us to make some price changes on our work. While we have tried to keep pricing steady, with no changes in our current price structure since late 2022, nothing we buy or ship costs what it did three years ago when we last made adjustments.

As of May 12, 2025, we will be implementing a new pricing structure for all of our products. Some products will be affected less than others, but many of the increases will be significant as we navigate the current economic realities we face.

So, that’s the bad news - but now for the good news!

You can still purchase any of our products at our 2023/2024 price structure through May 11, 2025 at midnight EST. So, if you’ve been thinking about pulling the trigger on a great new piece of art for your home or business, or as a gift for the favorite mother(s) in your life, now is the time! Roll back the clock and enjoy 2023/2024 pricing through this weekend!

Thanks for your support and we can’t wait to see you at the gallery this summer!

12/19/2024

2024-Year in Review! Drew just posted a new blog entry on our website with some news and photographic highlights from 2024. Be sure to check it out! https://www.focusfrankfort.com/gallery/blog/

Drew will be out of the country from 12/20 through 1/3, so please note that any questions / contact / orders will all be replied to and put into production as soon as he gets back. Be safe and enjoy the holidays everyone!

10/06/2024

Meteor and Milky Way - While the much-anticipated geomagnetic storming was a bust this weekend, the cosmos did put on a brilliant show with clear, calm and moonless conditions on Friday night. While photographing a sky full of stars and the Milky Way I even got lucky with a meteor burning through this image, all while being treated to the hoots of at least four Barred Owls and the yipping and joyous singing of two groups of coyotes echoing across a glass-calm Loon Lake...medicine for my soul.

We are approaching our last gallery weekend of the 2024 season with next weekend’s Fall Festival - be sure to join us in Frankfort and celebrate the season!

09/28/2024

Day Barn at Daybreak - This morning I ventured out early to be at the top of the Cottonwood Trail on Sleeping Bear by 6:15am in hopes of seeing Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS on the eastern horizon, but a low cloud bank to the East stymied that plan. But I sure was glad to be out enjoying an amazing morning - as the sun started rising it lit up the ground fog surrounding the DH Day barn and surrounding landscape and made for an amazing start to the day!

Just a reminder we're open at the gallery on weekends only right now, and only for a couple more weeks until Fall Festival. But as always, we're available online 24/7 and we produce and ship art work year-round! Be well and enjoy the day!

09/08/2024

Benzie County Flying Fish

It's that time again - the salmon are running up the Betsie and that means lots of oohs and aahs at the Homestead Dam as Benzie County's flying fish perform their feats of amazing aerial acrobatics on their way upriver. Had fun watching yesterday afternoon with quite a number working their way upstream, including this one who gave me a very splashy photo opp as it cleared the top of the upper falls.

We've got the gallery open weekends this time of year through Fall Festival (second weekend in October) so stop on in and say hello when in Frankfort - or check us out online anytime!

08/12/2024

Wow what a night! I hope some of you were able to catch the amazing sky show last night - with peak of the Perseid meteor shower and an all-night show of aurora borealis courtesy of a coronal mass ejection from our sun - an incredible experience, made even more incredible by having my son Liam with me taking photos all night! A special night and great life experience for me :) Here's a few selects from a quick edit for you to enjoy!

Sorry to have been absent on social but life is good - summer is going too fast but we're happy seeing many new and familiar faces in the gallery. We are open most days right now until school starts back up later this month, then switching over to being open most weekends through Fall Festival in October. As always, we are open online 24/7 and happy to produce and ship you some great art any time!

10/14/2023

Last Call for Fall (in-store, anyways!)

That time of year has come again, all of a sudden! Today will be our last day of the 2023 season here at Focus Gallery. Be sure to check out some of the fun Frankfort Fall Festival activities going on all day today, and stop by the gallery for some great discounts on in-stock items.

Don't worry, though - we produce and ship artwork year-round through our website at www.focusfrankfort.com, so please keep us in mind for holiday gifts and all your wall art needs!

Thank you to everyone who visited us this year and for all of your support - we look forward to our tenth summer next year in 2024!

10/06/2023

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402 Main Street
Frankfort, MI
49635

Telephone

(231) 399-0327

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