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Artist Statement:
The earliest memory I have of making art was when I was 8 or 9 years old. I was in 4th grade and one of our first projects in art class was to make a drawing of a book we had read during the summer. A typical boy, I had read some baseball book and proceeded to draw a bat and ball and maybe a few other objects. When I finished I was dejected and embarrassed by my effort. Sloppy, poorly drawn objects, placed randomly on the page. It wasn't really a picture, no composition. None of the objects related to the other pictorially or as a narrative. I remember looking at the drawing of the star artist in our class and becoming acutely aware of my failure as an artist. However, not to be discouraged, I sat down and did a drawing of mountains, sky, trees, a fence, and maybe a house. Totally invented–an invented landscape. When the teacher asked the book I had read, I lied and told her it was a book called "Green Mountains" that I had read when I visited my grandparents in Vermont. Despite my satisfaction with the drawing, I felt ashamed ...
Further Information
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Gordon Fraser:
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solo exhibitions
2008, introversions, grassroots arts facility, jersey city, new jersey
group exhibitions
2008, abstract perceptions, skinner's loft, jersey city, new jersey
2007, little wonders, litm, jersey city, new jersey
2007, holiday show, phyllis harriman mason gallery, new york, new york
2007, red star open studio, jersey city artists studio tour, jersey city, new jersey
2007, group show, phyllis harriman mason gallery, new york, new york
2006 holiday show, phyllis harriman mason gallery, new york, new york
2006, open studio, jersey city artists studio tour, jersey city, new jersey
2006, group show, phyllis harriman mason gallery, new york, new york
2005, holiday show, phyllis harriman mason gallery, new york, new york
2005, open studio, jersey city artists studio tour, jersey city, new jersey
2005, group show, phyllis harriman mason gallery, new york, new york
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