Terri Fraser Studio

Terri’s studio will be open on Sunday, May 1 from 11 AM to 5 PM

6 Hunting Hills Road, Annandale, NJ 08801

(908) 432-5048

I have been transitioning from the way I used to approach my work.  After being in isolation from the Coronavirus, I decided it was time to jump.  I am both excited and anxious over the new works. I am an artist who paints in oil and plays with 3-dimension.  Both rely on my feelings toward reminiscences, nature and the mundane.

When I paint in oils I use grids, organic circles, and sometimes small hashes that are a translation of the work I do 3-dimensionally.   Memories of people, places, and things I have done are stories I enjoy expressing through abstraction.  With each work I always include some form of nature (landscape).

Sculpture is a little different.  They have always been about freedom of expression. The expression portion is formed in clay or encaustic, working with natural elements to allow for a sense of time.  I loved playing in the dirt and getting messy and still do. When I was young, I roamed in the woods & streams and built forts out of whatever I could find these bright memories are some of what I work at including in my 3-dimensional work.

 

Like so many artists, I work at finding the true essence.  For me to bring a memory into a physical visual story means I must use how I felt/feel about it.  This way I remain true to the myself and can share through a painting or sculpture.   Sometimes I know specifically what it is I want to say and other times it is more abstract.  Because these remembrances are not always clear for me, I work between the elusive and tangible.