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My New Exhibit, beginning Today in South Berwick, Maine -- during the Strawberry Festival: an appropriate day, for my name in French is Fraise = (Wild) Strawberry!
Current Exhibit
James Frase-White working in his studio
in Concord, Vermont states, “My art has evolved out of necessity. As a child I
was fascinated by drawing, but had no knowledge of art until high school, with
an amazing teacher, Mrs. Lorraine Warwick as instructor, who took our class on
trips to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and taught the rudiments
of art.
I went on to Duquesne University for a degree in Existential
Philosophical Psychology, where I learned that my altruistic desire to help
others did not reside in mental health, but in creating art. The creative
desire has relentlessly underpinned my studies and all work that I did
subsequently. Drifting from the fascination with stone carving, I studied
stained glass, which became my major art/craft for many years. I always
had the release of a creative medium no matter what I did to make a living.
ApiAriadnae is Goddess of Honeyflies and Butterbees, who protects
the tiny creates we habitually salvage in our wanton destruction of the
habitats we share with them.
Gallery Page for additional images and artist
information
Current Exhibit
James Frase-White working in his studio
in Concord, Vermont states, “My art has evolved out of necessity. As a child I
was fascinated by drawing, but had no knowledge of art until high school, with
an amazing teacher, Mrs. Lorraine Warwick as instructor, who took our class on
trips to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and taught the rudiments
of art.
I went on to Duquesne University for a degree in Existential
Philosophical Psychology, where I learned that my altruistic desire to help
others did not reside in mental health, but in creating art. The creative
desire has relentlessly underpinned my studies and all work that I did
subsequently. Drifting from the fascination with stone carving, I studied
stained glass, which became my major art/craft for many years. I always
had the release of a creative medium no matter what I did to make a living.
I’ve now begun to merge the two practices together creating a
synergy between the digital and the traditional while also incorporating my
background as a commercial printer. Painting traditional i.e. Oils, Acrylic,
Charcoal alongside the digital, helps add a vital, tactile element to the work
while also challenging the viewer to sight the differences within the work if
any can be detected. Overall this body of work represents a period of
transition and adaptation that is sure to echo throughout many works to come.
From there my curiosity led me to work for a marvelous Scholastic testing firm,
which got me interested in teaching. For almost 15 years I was a Title 1
Reading Tutor for children from grades 1 – 3 and it was there that I learned
the joy of cutting paper. Working with paper evolved from a fun way to
amuse and educate children to a genuine art form that
would facilitate inspirations and ideas that seem natural, to me and
the medium. A random form may usurp an idea and spawn a different
creation, with the slice of a scissor blade. In the past years I have begun
again to attempt to navigate the sea of watercolor, and have recently began
mixing acrylic and canvas to the papercutting techniques.
A Day in the Life (upper middle right), James
Frase White, Papercut is part of a quartet. The beauty of earth, depicted in
this halcyon scene, portrays my dog and two former students flying a kite on
the beach, a great island city across the waters, all unaware of the
approaching Vengeance of the almighty.
Lord Finbarr the Holy (lower middle), James Frase
White, Papercut, An update of an older work, raising Uncle Finbarr to the
status of Lost Deities: He is now Lord Finbarr the Holy of Gotaway Fish tales
and Dampened Dreams.
Previous Exhibits Information
on previous exhibits and gallery artist
