ABSOLUTELY STUNNING NEW ORIGINAL "La Rochelle"
"La Rochelle" by Fraser King
Painted in en plein air in La Roochelle - La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.
Signed by Fraser King!
..........BY THE INCREDIBLE ARTIST FRASER KING
Fraser paints a huge variety of subjects from cafés to orchestras in rehearsal, the River Thames and vignettes of London life to Royal Ascot, Glyndebourne, Henley Regatta and seaside scenes. All his paintings embrace his love of depicting the human form. This stems from the years he spent life drawing at Liverpool university.
He has also been influenced by his father Gordon King, internationally reknowned artist and ilustrator, who acted as a mentor in his early years. Fraser's interest in figure drawing is carried through to the many successful portrait commisions he has undertaken.
His paintings have been used for greetings cards for all occasions which are available from John Lewis. He works in all mediums, but is best known for his watercolours.
Measurements; height 21 inches by 28 inches
(53 cms x 71 cms)
Watercolour
On Archival Textured Paper .... A Heavy Gauge Paper in Cream & Oatmeal weighing 250 lb per square .............
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Examples of other paintings by Fraser King (Not for sale with this piece)
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Fraser's father, Gordon King, with Gloria Hunniford
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Fraser's Father, Gordon King, with the legendary Shirley Bassey
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Fraser's father, Gordon King, with the Princess Royal - Princess Anne
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Fraser King was born in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, England in 1969. He studied graphic design and illustration for three years and gained a BA(Hons) in illustration from John Moores University in Liverpool. He became a full time freelance artist in 1991 and has exhibited throughout the UK, including several highly successful exhibitions at the Llewelyn Alexander Gallery at Waterloo, three one man shows at the Alexander Gallery Bristol, and three with his father Gordon King at the Magee Gallery Belfast. He has also exhibited at numerous mixed shows across the country. More recently he had a one man show at The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden with paintings of the orchestra in rehearsal.
Fraser paints a huge variety of subjects from cafés to orchestras in rehearsal, the River Thames and vignettes of London life to Royal Ascot, Glyndebourne, Henley Regatta and seaside scenes. All his paintings embrace his love of depicting the human form. This stems from the years he spent life drawing at Liverpool university. He has also been influenced by his father Gordon King, internationally reknowned artist and ilustrator, who acted as a mentor in his early years.
Fraser's interest in figure drawing is carried through to the many successful portrait commisions he has undertaken. His paintings have been used for greetings cards for all occasions which are available from John Lewis. He works in all mediums, but is best known for his watercolours. Fraser lives with his wife and three daughters in South London.
Fraser was inspired by his father, Gordon King, and below is a biography of the artist.
Gordon King was born 6th June 1939, Gordon spent most of his early childhood on the Fife coast of Scotland before moving south of the border to Reading in Berkshire.
As a child his talent came to the fore early on, winning several major art competitions from the age of seven. After leaving school he concentrated on figurative illustration, undergoing training at Carlton Studios in London whilst studying life drawing and painting at Reading University .
In his early 20s he went freelance and became a Member of the Society of Industrial Artists (MSIAD), illustrating for major magazines and advertising agencies. Gradually he built up the commission side of his work by painting portraits and exhibiting his work until in the mid 70s he gave up illustration work altogether to enable him to concentrate full-time on his paintings which at that time were predominantly in oils. Success came quite rapidly, showing at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions in London and later at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, painting mostly figurative subjects.
His paintings of girls in natural surroundings soon became his trade mark and the popularity of the watercolours in the early 80s together with the success of his prints, limited editions and silk-screens brought him the high profile that he has today.
In 1995, his first book “A Romance with Art” was published, with a forward by HRH The Princess Royal, featuring a wide range of his oils and watercolours. A second edition followed later.
Gordon lives and works in his studio in Buckinghamshire which provides the backdrop for many of his paintings. He exhibits worldwide and has been featured painting live on a number of television programmes including the BBC2 arts series “Close-Up”, Channel 5’s “Open House” and Sky Sports with the P.G.A.
Gordon’s second book “Drawn To Life” was published in 1999. In addition, he received a prestigious award from the Fine Art Trade Guild who voted him “Published Artist of the Year”. He also had a painting accepted into the Singer & Friedlander Sunday Times Watercolour Competition which exhibited in London before touring the country.
He has supported various charities over the years including projects for the Save the Children Fund, the NSPCC and the BBC’s “Children in Need” appeal (when he painted a portrait in front of a live audience). A commissioned painting of the Golf at Brocket Hall was auctioned for the Bob Wilson Willow Foundation. He has also painted many celebrity portraits including Sir Norman Wisdom, Gloria Hunniford, Ann Widdecombe, Tim Henman, Tony Jacklin, Katherine Jenkins and the legendary actress Patricia Neal on the Queen Mary 2.
Recent projects include three limited edition prints of Darcey Bussell in aid of The Alzheimer’s Society, a collection of paintings of Angels for the Caron Keating Foundation and a painting of Status Quo which was auctioned at Bonhams in aid of The Prince’s Trust.
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Fraser King was born in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, England in 1969. He studied graphic design and illustration for three years and gained a BA(Hons) in illustration from John Moores University in Liverpool.
He became a full time freelance artist in 1991 and has exhibited throughout the UK, including several highly successful exhibitions at the Llewelyn Alexander Gallery at Waterloo, three one man shows at the Alexander Gallery Bristol, and three with his father Gordon King at the Magee Gallery Belfast.
He has also exhibited at numerous mixed shows across the country. More recently he had a one man show at The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden with paintings of the orchestra in rehearsal. | | Fraser paints a huge variety of subjects from cafés to orchestras in rehearsal, the River Thames and vignettes of London life to Royal Ascot, Glyndebourne, Henley Regatta and seaside scenes. All his paintings embrace his love of depicting the human form. This stems from the years he spent life drawing at Liverpool university.
He has also been influenced by his father Gordon King, internationally reknowned artist and ilustrator, who acted as a mentor in his early years. Fraser's interest in figure drawing is carried through to the many successful portrait commisions he has undertaken.
His paintings have been used for greetings cards for all occasions which are available from John Lewis. He works in all mediums, but is best known for his watercolours.
Fraser lives with his wife and three daughters in South London. |
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