Spencer Frazer

Since ancient times man has used art to tell stories. My work follows this tradition with a commentary on global climate change. Often using wildlife to create a point of view, the paintings depict the results of the human impact upon nature. They have us question what is and what will be.

Embedded with a unique visual language of intricate and subliminal patterns, the work bridges the literal and the imaginative. It is informed by NW indigenous art as well as other cultures. In my process, many of the images are comprised and assembled from smaller bits of information. One of the underlying principles of the work is to create pieces where 'The sum of the parts is greater than the whole. In this regard, the paintings transform from up close or viewed from afar. The details dictate assembly. Often in the background, I use images as descriptive language to be deciphered and interpreted. I'm fascinated by how the mind visually searches to recognize the familiar.