Opening reception: Friday, October 7^th, 2011

Helena Fox Fine Art

Charleston, SC.

West Fraser wins

Edgar Payne Gold Medal Award for Best Landscape

California Art Club

100th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition

Peter & Elaine Adams, West Fraser and David Gallup

On April 2, 2011, Pasadena, CA – Southern artist WEST FRASER wins the prestigious Edgar Payne Gold Medal Award for Best Landscape at the California Art Club’s 100th Annual Gold Medal Awards.  The Club’s Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibitions is considered to be one of the country’s premier exhibitions of contemporary-traditional fine art, held this year at the Pasadena Museum of California Art.

Before the World was Made , 24 x 30 inches

“I stood in the riverbed painting, and was struck by the primal power of eons of water, that carved out shapes, that the shadow cast by the late afternoon sun, crept across.  The season has not yet brought greens to the oaks, only russet blooms, and the golden sunlight really changes the hue of California spring.” – West Fraser