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Francisco M. Verano
Francisco "King" M. Verano (August 7, 1938) is a Filipino sculptor and painter. He is well known for using unconventional and indigenous materials in his works and for merging two-dimenional forms with sculptures.

Early life and education
King graduated from University of the Philippines college of Fine Arts and Design and pursued his career right after by continuing to paint and sculpt. He has a wide range of experience with the use of many different mediums and is an adept painter of acrylic and watercolor. His skill in sculpting was further enhanced under the guidance of his mentor Napoleon Abueva a Philippines National Artist with the use of stone, wood, metal and indigenous materials. And soon after he created the bamboo Fugue series such as Fugue 1 which showed much expressive potential. the artworks of King focuses on the expression based on the nature and harmony by sculpting and executing the mood, atmosphere, feeling and flavor of a scenery with accuracy and sensitivity giving his works a lot of depth. Kings' landscape and still life painting has garnered him awards through out his years as an artist in competitions such as Shell National Students Arts Competition and Arts Association of the Philippines. He has had twenty-five one-man exhibits and has been invited to more than one hundred group exhibits to date. Though King has a low public profile, he has cultivated a very select clientele and his works are in the collection of private and corporate collectors not only in the Philippines but also in the United States, Japan, Europe and Southeast Asia.

As an artist
King is the founder of the organization of watercolor painters called Agos Kulay as well as one of the most distinguished member and founding chairman of grUpo. Several commisioned works in heritage sights and landmarks in public places have occupied him for the last couple of decades. In 2012, after a long hiatus King has made a comeback with artworks dating back to the 1970s at the start of his career up to the present at the JIV Manila Art Gallery.