Amy E. Fraser Art

Today I am sharing work from a series of provocative paintings exploring the question of what defines A Woman’s Worth? These works were created from a young woman’s experiences, confronting Feminist, Womanist, and Humanist topics of personal and global interest in the mid to late 90’s. The series leans toward dark, surrealistic, symbolic and highly stylized feminine imagery. It covers a wide emotional spectrum exploring the value placed on female fertility, intellect, strength, beauty and the sexuality of women. These extremely personal works question the artist's position as well as women in the world at large. The goal of the work was to ignite a conversation toward awareness and change, to discuss what it means to be female and how we can continue to redefine and improve perception and conditions. The Ovary Tree by Amy E. Fraser      When a woman is told she is infertile, the healthy women in her life begin to magically glow with overflowing fertility,...

In my last post I discussed creating Art for a Cause as in the example of the United Way Poster Winner . Another way in which Artist's are often asked to make a difference is through donations of our work to fundraising auctions. I have been honored to participate in many worthy charities over the years but one of my favorite creations for a cause was The Exalted Beauty Loon for David's House: The Exalted Beauty Loon by Amy E. Fraser The Exalted Beauty Loon by Amy E. Fraser The Exalted Beauty Loon by Amy E. Fraser      The Exalted Beauty Loon is a hand painted wooden loon decoy by Amy E. Fraser. Painted in luminous metallic glazes in warm shades of antique copper, bronze, and gold, this intricately decorated Exalted Beauty Loon was created for a fine art auction fundraiser featuring local Vermont and New Hampshire artists in support of David’s House.        “David’s House is the dream of a little boy named David ...

In my recent post “ Young Art Entrepreneur ” I discussed how I officially started my first art business at 17 years old, however, what I didn’t mention was that I had already had a long and illustrious career as a famed local artist. Well, perhaps I alluded to that in my “ Artist Biography 2010 ” and maybe also when I shared the award winning Bear With Me Logo from Kindergarten in “ Artist Biography Advice ”… Did I also mention that Artist’s often have large Egos and an over inflated sense of Self Importance? Yeah, that sort of thing happens to geniuses, it’s rough. Anyway, some Egomaniacs manage positive impact with their art, as was the case with my First Place United Way Poster from 1986 (age 13). Here is a look at it from a newspaper I found while touring memory lane with my son this past Thanksgiving break: Close up view of Amy E. Fraser's United Way poster from 1986 It looks like I had very strong opinions about eighty’s excess and shared this through (hopefull...