Artist Information:
Gordon Fraser
Jersey City, NJ
United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
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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 ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
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 ...
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Gordon Fraser's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Gordon Fraser's Portfolio.
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 ... |
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