I had the privilege to paint in the Bluffton Oyster Factory recently. In my first introduction to the ladies I was comforted to realize our connections from the past. These women start shucking before sunrise and produce an amazing volume of May River Oysters among the best in the world.
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Helena and I enjoyed a memorable holiday in the tropics for Christmas and New Years, and upon my return my first priority was to complete the paintings and submit all of the material to my publisher. The book, which I have tentatively titled, Painting the Southern Coast; The Art of West Fraser, will be released in June of 2016, by The University of South Carolina Press.
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I finally have a publication date for my new book! It will be available for the spring/summer cycle and in the warehouse from overseas printing by June 2016.
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I now have a beautiful new website thanks to the talent and diligent work of Kate Sondag. Thank you very much!
This past May, Helena and I completed an epic trip to Italy. Most of our time was spent in the Sienna region of Tuscany. We stayed with some friends at an estate la Foce that was made famous by the writings of owner Iris Origo.
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I have just completed two new sporting paintings of my fishing expeditions, one from the Limay River in Argentina and another off the coast of Costa Rica. These works titled, Fishing the Limay and Pacific Sport, represent a new series of sporting and travel paintings that I plan to expand upon.
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Two-thousand and eleven was a long year. I have been fortunate enough to be honored with two solo Museum Exhibitions that have dominated much of my energy and focus. A southern Perspective: Paintings by West Fraser at the Spartanburg Art Museum in Spartanburg, South Carolina closed in June and new paintings and logistics for the exhibition and publication are finally completed for my show in Savannah, Ga.
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A letter to the 2009 graduates from my high school in Savannah, Georgia; Savannah Country Day School.
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