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West Fraser

West Fraser (Born 1955) is active/lives in South Carolina.  West Fraser is known for Coastal, marine, landscape, nocturne.

WEST FRASER

"…West Fraser paints with light—the radiance of early morning, the glare of high noon, the glow of day's end and the mystery of moonlight—to create brilliant works of color and form.  He takes what we see everyday, something that seems ordinary, and makes it worthy of fine art."

Jean Stern, Executive Director, The Irvine Museum, Irvine, California

One of the leading American artists in the representational/plein air tradition, West Fraser has built his career on richly painted, atmospheric vistas of cities, coasts, and the landscape throughout the United States and internationally—from the pristine Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia, to the hill towns of Tuscany.  An inveterate traveler, he has painted throughout the Caribbean, Central America, Europe and Scandinavia.  Yet his passion always draws him back to the marshes and landscape of the Georgia and South Carolina Coast.

Fraser was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1955,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 13933 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Research resources

.  askART lists West Fraser in 0 of its research Essays. West Fraser has 6 artist signature examples available in our database.

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Facts about West Fraser

   Publications  Book References:  9
Magazine References:  4

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4 Miscellaneous Magazine References for West Fraser
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Plein Air Magazine West Fraser: A Dance of Light August 2005 Aaronson, Beatrice Yes
Art & Antiques Points of View May 2005 Sully, Susan Yes
American Artist Nuts & Bolts September 2003 Baxter, Kathleen (ed) Yes
Southwest Art A Portfolio of Nocturnes April 1998 Brown, Margaret (others) Yes
9 Book References for West Fraser
Year Author Title Pages Color
2011 Stern, Jean and Molly Siple (Skira Rizzoli Publisher) California Light: A Century of Landscapes Paintings of the California Art Club 276 Yes
2007 Smith, Joan Irvine Saving California's Vanishing Treasures (Irvine Museum) 0 Yes
2006 Stoney, Richard S.W. and Douglas W. Bostick The Boathouse: Tales and Recipes from a Southern Kitchen 0 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2003 Jinishian, J. Russell Bound for Blue Water Contemporary American Marine Art 184 Yes
2003 Stern, Jean; Roy C. Rose and Molly Siple Enchanted Isle: A History of Plein-Air Painting in Santa Catalina Island 256 Yes
2002 Seebohm, Caroline and Peter Wolosznyski Under Live Oaks: The Last Great Houses of the Old South 0 Yes
2001 Fraser, West Charleston in My Time: The Paintings of West Fraser 0 Yes
2000 Wolf, Rachel Rubin Art from the Parks 144 Yes
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