CONTACT
PO Box 1763
Charleston, SC 29401
843.971.0877
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Website: westfraserstudio.com

GALLERIES
Helena Fox Fine Art, Charleston, SC
Claudia Heath Fine Art, Charlotte, NC
Palmetto Bluff Gallery, Bluffton, SC

RESUME

Born  1955, Savannah, GA
Raised  Hinesville, GA, and Hilton Head Island, SC
Education 1979, BFA, University of Georgia

PERMANENT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
Greenville Country Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
Masterworks Museum Collection, Hamilton, Bermuda
Midway Museum, Midway, GA
Mission, San Juan Capistrano Museum, CA
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA

AFFILIATIONS
Plein Air Painters of America, 2010
Salmagundi Club
American Society of Marine Artists
California Art Club
Oil Painters of America

SOLO MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2007, Bakersfield Museum of Art,Bakersfield, CA, As I See it, Paintings by West Fraser
2002, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville , SC, Charleston in My Time, Paintings of West Fraser
2002, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, Charleston in My Time, Paintings of West Fraser
 2003, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA, Charleston in My Time, Paintings of West Fraser
1995, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH, The Color of Light, PaintingS of West Fraser
1987, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, Coastal Watercolors by West Fraser

GROUP MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2012-2011,The Allure of Water: On Location with the Plein Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2013-2009, American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, & traveling to museums throughout the country.Art in the Embassies Program, Ottawa, Canada
Art in the Embassies Program, Tanzania
Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
Clinton Library, Little Rock, AR
George H. Bush Library, College Station, TX
Gerald R. Ford Museum News, Grand Rapids, MI
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
The Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, NM
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
The Irvine Museum of Art, Irvine, CA
The Johnson Library, Austin, TX
The Ottawa Art Gallery, U.S Embassy, Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, Ottawa, Canada
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, VA
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT
The Nixon Library, Yorba Linda, CA
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Speigel Grove, Fairmont, CA
South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
White House Historical Association, Washington, DC

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010-2003, Governor’s Mansion, Columbia, SC Paintings on loan at Governor’s request
2010-1988, Heritage Classic Foundation, Hilton Head Island, SC, Annual Portrait of Winner
2009
Claudia Heath Fine Art, Charlotte, NC, Group Exhibition
2009-2006, Art in Embassies US Embassy, Ottawa, Canada, Paintings on Loan at Ambassador’s request
2009-2008, Helena Fox Fine Art, Charleston, SC, The Siren Call of the Sea and Shore, Group Exhibition
Salmugundi Club, New York, NY, 126th Annual Member’s Exhibition
Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, Plein Air Painters of America, American Legacy: Our National Parks
California Arts Club Pasadena, CA, 98th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition Invitational
 2008
US Embassy/Firestone Collection of Canadian Art/The Ottawa Art Gallery Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, At Home West Fraser and The Twentieth Century Landscape School as Represented In the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art
The Irvine Ranch Conservancy Irvine, CA, Heritage 2008 Exhibition 2nd Place Award *
California Arts Club, Pasadena, CA, 97th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Invitational
2007
Crystal Cove Alliance Crystal Cove, 5th Annual Tropical Gala and “Coastal Splendor” Invitational
Helena Fox Fine Art Charleston, SC, Inside & Out, Group Exhibition
Crystal Cove Alliance, Crystal Cove, CA, 5th Annual Tropical Gala and “Coastal Splendor” Invitational 2nd Place Award *
Fraser Fox Fine Art, Charleston, Support American Fishermen, One Man Exhibition
Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA, As I See It Paintings by West Fraser, One Man Retrospective Exhibition
Clinton Library Little Rock, AR Eye of the Artist, White House Impression, Invitational
The Governors Mansion Columbia, SC, Unveiling of Official Portrait of Governor Mark Sanford
2006
 Fraser Fox Fine Art, Charleston, SC, As We See It, Charleston and the Lowcountry, Group Exhibition
Gibbes Museum of Art Charleston, SC, Painters in Paradise: The Masterworks Bermuda Collection
Traveling Museum Exhibition, USA Painters in Paradise: The Masterworks Bermuda Collection
White House Historical Association Washington, DC. White House Impressions: The President’s House Through The Eye of The Artist, Invitational
2006-1999
Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, Eye of the Artist, White House Impression, Invitational
The Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, CA, Eye of the Artist, White House Impressions, Invitational
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Spiegel Grove, Fremont, CA Eye of the Artist, White House Impressions, Invitational
The Johnson Library, Austin, TX
Eye of the Artist, White House Impressions, Invitational
George H. Bush Library College Station, TX, Eye of the Artist, White House Impressions, Invitational
2005
 Fraser Fox Fine Art Charleston, SC, Six Masters on Cumberland Island, Group Exhibition
Fraser Fox Fine Art, Charleston, SC, Stockholm and the Midnight Sun, One Man Show
 20th Annual P.A.P.A Exhibition & Sale, Lake Tahoe, NV, Invitational
2004-1999, White House Historical Association, Washington, DC, White House Impressions: The President’s House Through The Eye of The Artist, Invitational
2004
 The Lodge, Sea Island, GA, Inaugural Sea Island Art Exhibition, Invitational
Claudia Heath Fine Art, Charlotte, NC, Two Person Show
Fine MJW Art, Balboa Island, CA, Four Person Show
2003
SAPAP, Santa Catalina Island, CA, Invitational
 Charleston Renaissance Gallery, Charleston, SC, West Out West, One Man Show
2002-2003, Arts in the Embassies, US Embassy, Tanzania, Paintings on loan at Ambassador’s request
2002-2003,
Greenville County Museum of Art, SC, Charleston in My Time: Paintings of West Fraser
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, Charleston in My Time: Paintings of West Fraser
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA, Charleston in My Time: Paintings of West Fraser
2002
Charleston Renaissance Gallery Charleston, SC, France, One Man Show
2001
Charleston Renaissance Gallery, Charleston, SC, Italian Sojourn, One Man Show
2001, Charleston Renaissance Gallery, Charleston, SC, Daws Island: A Painter’s Passion
2000
Charleston Fine Art Annual, Charleston, SC, Southern Impressionism
South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC, 100 Years: 100 Artists
Charleston Renaissance Gallery, Charleston, SC, West Fraser Paints Charleston, One Man Show
1999
Charleston Renaissance Gallery, Charleston, SC, Spirit of Place
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Laguna, CA, Juried Invitational; Bronze Prize *
Charleston Fine Art Annual, Charleston, SC, Seen and Unseen, One Man Show
1998
White House Historical Association Commemorative Calendar, Washington, DC, Guest Artist
1997
Robert Hicklin Jr., Inc., Spartanburg, SC, As We See It, The View from Charleston, Two Person Show
Arts for the Park, Jackson Hole, WY, Annual Juried, Top 100
Plein Air Painters of America, Catalina Island, CA, Guest Artist
1996
Red Piano Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC, New Paintings, One Man Show
Kershaw County Fine Arts Center, Camden, SC, Recent Paintings, One Man Show
1995
Big Horn Galleries, WY, CA, CT, CO, Landscapes, Group Show
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH, The Color of Light, One Man Show
1994
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, Lure of the Lowcountry, Group Show
Red Piano Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC, One Man Show
C. Duncan Connelly, Atlanta, GA, The Paintings of West Fraser
1993
The Gallery at 4 India Street, Nantucket, MA, One Man Show
1993-1982, Knickerbocker Artists, Annual, Juried
1991
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, Contemporary Charleston, Invitational
The Hubbard Museum, Ruidoso Downs, NM, The Pursuit of Excellence, * American Master, Invitational
Ewing Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Contemporary Charleston, Invitational
South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, CA, Contemporary Charleston, Invitational
1990
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, Charleston Maritime Heritage
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, Red Clay Survey
1990-1988, Art for the Park, Jackson Hole, WY, Annual, Juried, Top 100
1990-1985, Mystic International, Mystic, CT, Annual, 1985 Award of Excellence *
1989
Stobart Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC, One Man Show
ASMA, Maryland Historical Association, Annual
1988
 John Stobart Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC, One Man Show
Southern Watercolor Society, Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, La Grange. GA, 12th Annual, Juried
1987
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC, South Carolina Realist, Four Person Show
1986
 Grand Central Galleries, New York, NY, Siren Call of Sea to Sail, Two Person Show
1986, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, One Man Show – Retrospective
1985
American Watercolor Society, Canton, OH, Annual Juried, Mary S. Litt Award *
Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, VA, Juried
Guild of South Carolina Artists, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, Annual, Juried, Best of Show *
1984
Grand Central Galleries, New York, NY, Clean Air and Snug Harbors, Two Person Show
Allied Artists of America, Juried, John Young Hunter Award *
1983
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, Annual, Juried
1982
Palmer Gallery, Bluffton, SC, The Lowcountry, One Man Show
1982-1981, Joe DeMers Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC, One Man Show
* Awards Received
CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
Amelia Island Plantation Company, Florida
Anson’s Restaurant, Charleston, SC.
Arizona Bank, Arizona
Bald Head Island Company, North Carolina
Bank of America, Georgia, North & South Carolina
Bower and Knight Yachts, California
Bray’s Island Plantation Collection, South Carolina
Callawassee Plantation, South Carolina
Carolina First Bank, South Carolina
Carolinas Restaurant, Charleston, SC.
Cousteau Society, Virginia
Disney Corp., Florida
Evergreen Lines, Taipei, Taiwan,
Fenco, New Jersey
Fraser Yachts, San Diego, California
Heritage Classic Foundation, Hilton Head Island, SC
MBNA, Maine
OOCL, Taipei, Taiwan
Palmer and Cay, Georgia
Palmetto Bluff /Crescent Development Corp., South Carolina
Piggly Wiggly Corporation, South Carolina
Professional Mortgage Company Collection, South Carolina
Roper Foundation, South Carolina
Sea Island Company/The Cloister, Sea Island, GA.
Sea Pines Plantation Company, South Carolina
South Carolina Governors Mansion, South Carolina
South Carolina National Bank, South Carolina
Spring Island Plantation Company Collection, South Carolina
The Boathouse Restaurant, Charleston, SC.
The Signal Companies, South Carolina
The State of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
The White House, Historic Foundation, Washington, DC.
Thompson Industries, New York, NY.
US Department of State, US Embassy, Ottawa, Canada

PUBLICATIONS

January 2010, Charleston Magazine, Charleston, South Carolina..
July 2009, American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA), Notes from Brush Hill Studios, Artist Profile/West Fraser, Written by, Charles Raskob Robinson.
November/December 2008, The Charleston Review, Artist Profile/ West Fraser, written by Mary Frash.
September 2008, Southern Living Magazine, “Return to Charleston”, Written by, Southern Living Editor, Cassandra M. Vanhooser.
Spring & Summer 2008, Gibbes Museum of Art, Collector’s Publication Signatures, Artist Profile/West Fraser, Written by, Pam Wall.
Spring 2008, Legends Magazine,  “Island Muse, Artists draw from Kiawah’s mystique”,
Written by, Stephanie Hunt.
March 2008, American Art Collector, “Coastal Carolina”, written by, Staff writer.
Summer 2007, Edible Lowcountry, “Food As Art” Written by, Lyn Mettler..
2007, The Irvine Museum, “Saving California’s Vanishing Treasures” Written by, Mrs. Joan Irvine Smith, President, The Irvine Museum.
March 27, 2007, Bluffton Today, “Capturing The Elusive Lowcountry, Artist West Fraser documents our changing landscape” Written by Ruth Ragland. March 15, 2007, The Island Packet, “Landscape Painter returns to Bluffton to judge SOBA art show” Written by Jenny Lim. This regional newspaper contains a ½
January 15, 2007, The Island Packet, “Woman Travels to Capital to Capture Inaugural Day Moments” Written by David Lauderdale.
January 2007, Charleston Magazine, “Homecoming: A Multigenerational, historic Mount Pleasant home gets a loving update,” written by Emily Perlman Abedon
August 2006, United States Embassy, Ottawa – ART in Embassies Program. Published by the Art in Embassies Program U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. Written by Ambassador and Mrs. David Wilkins.
June 2006, The Boathouse: Tales and Recipes from a Southern Kitchen, introduction by Richard S. W. Stoney, written by May 2006, The Robb Report, “Charleston, SC.”, written by Anne T. Pope..
October 2005, Charleston Magazine, “A Light Touch,” written by Stephanie Hunt and photographs by Rick McKee. August 2005, Plein Air Magazine, Salon d’Art Today’s Masters: “A Dance of Light – West Fraser”, written by Beatrice Aaronson. May 2005, Art & Antiques Magazine, Today’s Master: “Points of View – West Fraser tells scenic stories en plein air”, written by Susan Sully & portrait by Paula Illington.
Spring/Summer 2005, RedBone Journal, “Pulling Pig and Pigs that Pulled”, written by Jimmy Lozar.
January 2005, Hilton Head Monthly, 20th Anniversary, Intriguing people of the Lowcountry: “West Fraser, Lowcountry landscapes”, written by Allison Laurie
January 2004, Sandlapper, The Magazine of South Carolina: “West Fraser’s Southern Art”, written by Rosie O’Rear & illustrated with paintings by West Fraser.
October 2003, Bound For Blue Water, Contemporary American Marine Art, J. Russell Jinishian – Publisher, Greenwich Workshop Press
October 2003, Enchanted Isle, a History of Plein Air Painting in Santa Catalina Island. Published by The Society for the Advancement of Pein Air Painting
January – February 2003, Southern Accents Magazine - South East – “Plein Air Passion, South Carolina artist West Fraser explores settings near and far in his lush landscapes”-
November 2002, Palmetto Bluff, Paintings by West Fraser & Photographs by Jim Erickson, Mark Permar & Eric
October 2002, UNDER LIVE OAKS: THE LAST GREAT HOUSES OF THE OLD SOUTH, Caroline Seebohm and Peter Woloszynski (photographer) –
April 17, 2002 – January 6, 2003, CHARLESTON IN MY TIME: THE PAINTINGS OF WEST FRASER – Exhibition Catalog – 12 pages, 13 full color illustrations, with essay by Roberta Sokolitz. 
April, 28 2002, GREENVILLE NEWS, “Charleston: In Plein View”, written by Arts writer Ann Hicks. 
February 2002, PORT CHARLESTON MAGAZINE, “Guest Artist of the Month Column”.
January – February 2002, SOUTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE, “Daws Island: Rich in History, Rich in Art”, written by Emily Clements illustrated with paintings by West Fraser. 
2000, ART FROM THE PARKS, by North Light Books. Edited by Rachel Rubin Wolf.  74 Artists Celebrate North America’s National Parks and Outdoor Scenes in Majestic Grandeur.