Steve Fraser: Artist

Steve Fraser was born in June 1969 at the height of the Summer of Love – in the bleak ferry town of Stranraer, Scotland. Instead of fading into the dockside landscape, this introspective Scotsman has successfully trawled through the dark recesses of his psyche, to create outstanding images, which both liberate and haunt our thoughts.  

A talented musician as well as artist, Steve Fraser spent his teenage years on the road, as lead guitarist with a succession of rock bands, playing small venues and bedding down for the night in VW Campers.    

By the age of 21 Fraser had visited Grimsby more times than anyone needs to & suffered numerous electric shocks from dodgy PA systems wired up by drug-fuelled roadies. Motorway madness was taking over. Realising that if he planned to stay on the road, he could do better than the M6, Steve packed a rucksack and took a one-way ticket to Mississippi.    
After two years of dueling banjos, four months sailing a prawn trawler through Alaska & six months in Mexico, Steve headed for South East Asia, studying orang-utans in Borneo and French in Vietnam. Returning to Montreal, he fell in with a group of artists, and lived in their studio space while he developed his extraordinary talent at the Concordia University.    

The combination of his powerful imagination and diverse life experiences are reflected in his art. Steve Fraser has never been restricted by style or genre, preferring to mix the equation whenever possible. Essentially a fine artist specialising in oil on canvas, acrylics and pastels, the artist uses a variety of textures & mediums to enhance his unique vision.