Events
Upcoming Events 2012
February 24, 2012 – May 6, 2012. A Native Son, Paintings by West Fraser. Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA.
March 2012 – California Art Club 101st Gold Medal Exhibition, Autry Museum, Pasadena CA.
October 2011 through July 2013 – American Society for Marine Artists, 15th National Exhibition,
Mobile Museum of Art, AL
Art Museum of Texas, TX.
Museum of the Southwest, TX.
The Higgin Museum, CA.
Coos Art Museum, OR.
Minnesota Museum of Marine Art, MN.
October 2011 – January 2012 – The Allure of water: On location with PAPA, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA.
Past Solo & Group Museum Exhibition 2011 – 2010
April 2011 – California Art Club Centennial (100th) Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA.
* West Fraser Won the Edgar Payne Gold Medal Award for Best Landscape
American Legacy: Our National Parks
October 2 - January 10, 2009, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, Plein Air Painters of America, American Legacy: Our National Parks
November 5, 2010-January 16, 2011 City of Lake Charles, Louisiana
February 13 to April 24, 2011 Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas
May 22 to November 6, 2011 Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts
December 6, 2011, to February 12, 2012 R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana
March 8-August 26, 2012 Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA
September 23-December 2, 2012 Washakie Museum and Cultural Center, Worland, WY
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March 10 – May 7 2011, West Fraser: A Southern Perspective, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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. This exhibition, entitled West Fraser : A Southern Perspective, explores the paintings of his South, from the rolling hills of the North Carolina Mountains to the maritime forests on the southern sea islands. Visit http://www.spartanburgartmuseum.org/index2.htm for more details.
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ASMA North Regional Exhibition, 2010
The exhibit opens at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum on June 26 and at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum on September 7, 2010. It will close on November 13 and all art will be returned to the artists in the following days. The 50 pieces that were accepted in the exhibit were part of 143 that were entered from 77 ASMA members across the country.
News
May 24 2010 – West Fraser has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA).To learn more about ASMA please click here.
May 5 2010 – The Plein Air Painters of America (PAPA) recently announced it has added West Fraser as a signature member. “Founded in 1986, PAPA is a fellowship of professional artists dedicated to the historic tradition of painting directly from life. Whether working outdoors or in the studio, PAPA members carry forward this tradition by exploring and responding to the timeless beauty that surrounds us all.” To read more about PAPA and West Fraser’s recent announcement please click here.