In the late summer of 1999,  David Frain met Mary Beth Jarvis (Kevin's Mom!)  in an on-line discussion of progressive music. Having expressed interest in a particular style of prog, she mentioned that her son was in a band of similar influence, and so she put David in touch with Kevin and Rick. At the time, David was actually looking for musicians to augment a  tech-fi/fantasy video concept which he was scheming.  As it turned out, the proposal bounced back to him as: "How would you like to do some cover art?"  Kevin and David arranged to meet at a YES show in October of  1999 in Myrtle Beach  where, after the show, they broke out David's portfolio of pen/ink drawings on the tailgate  of his old pick-up truck. At the time, Farpoint was developing a theme which would later  become the core repertoire of  Grace. Although never hearing a single note of  Farpoint's music,  David went to work on a few visual interperetations of themes derived from the tiltes of  Grace.

     Acsending, descending, and cyclical elements seen here were inspired by the song titles  "Into The Night", "Into The Light", "Sunset", "Dawn", "Yesterday", and "Nevermore".  The  double-helix connecting Heaven and Earth was inspired by "H2Origins".

     As things go, the band postponed Grace and began work on First Light.  Around this time, David surrendered to embracing computer-generated imagery  and Farpoint had adjusted their desire  for him to illustrate something more along the lines of  David's earlier pen & ink work, "Alignment After Twilight".

     Like sine waves 180 degrees out of phase, Farpoint went back into their studio writing and recording  their next album while David went back to his studio expanding his newly found knack for animation.  Never out of touch for very long, Kevin wired David with titles from the new project.  These are variations on what would become the final cover art for From Dreaming To Dreaming.

     The expansive chasm was visualized as a result of David's "From (here) To (there)" reaction.  The bridge was his vision of the symbolism of the Christian holiday, Good Friday.  The atmosphere was inspired by the title, "Autumn Sky".  The figure sailing through the sky actually began as a pen/ink creation "Cruise Control" in 1996.  Visions of the traveller were inspired once again by Farpoint's title, "Ashley's Song (Sail On)".  Farpoint's From Dreaming To Dreaming is bracketed by two very immersive pieces:  "Lux Universum I" and "II". Both were instant visual stimulants for David.  Farpoint gave him permission to use the music for his movie, Light Speed Dreaming,  Inspired by Farpoint's contributions, the movie is also bracketed by these two songs.  In December of 2006, Farrpoint created a nine-plus minute special edition just for the movie,  including brand new vocals featuring Jennifer Meeks.

     Farpoint's 2008 album, Cold Star Quiet Star, utilizes a comprehensive layout and an ambitious new look.  Although what you see here are not the final images for the album, they are part of its evolution. The "arena" was developed simultaneously as part of a new web-site theme and as an  advetisement  in a progressive music publication. The idea was partly carried over from one of David's earlier ideas,  a work in pen/ink called "Nectar" from 1996.