Stuart Fraser Art and prints

Stuart James Fraser lives at Great Corby in the Beautiful Eden Valley in Cumbria and paints under his childhood nickname of Fraz, if you want to learn the story why then visit his website www.frazart.co.uk.

Stuart has a passion to bring atmosphere and drama to his work, working predominantly in Oils and Acrylics. Working from photographs, sketches and imagination stuart looks for the “extreme” moments in nature. Steering away from a natural palette, often introducing bolder tones to achieve a unique signature look in each piece.

A member of the Eden Valley Artist Network, a collective of artists, organisations and venues based in the North Lakes and Eden Valley whose aim is to bring art and local artists to an audience. Stuart finds his inspiration everywhere, from the marshes and UK coastline to the fells, moors and mountains of his beloved Cumbria. Stuart says:

I rarely paint exactly what I see unless I am blessed with the light I crave.
Painting for me is all about the light

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A Break in the Clouds

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A Break in the Clouds

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Although based upon a real view from Casterigg near Keswick , this is really about my memory of the view. As always, I like to put a little spin into my work so I introduced a little peak of the sun itself to act as a spotlight on the distant fields. 60 x 50 cm - A Limited Edition Giclee Print of /50 - Uk Postage is included..

Beach Huts at Wells Next The Sea

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Beach Huts at Wells Next The Sea

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-Print Size 16in x 10.5: My long suffering wife and I enjoyed a fabulous week in Norfolk. We were blessed with fantastic weather so we were able to get out explore and walk in an area I had never visited before and so different to my Cumbrian coast. This beach was just one of the splendid vistas we explored, It was a revelation and a painters delight, especially an artist like myself wh..

Blencathra From Matterdale Common

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Blencathra From Matterdale Common

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We had just returned from a fabulous and very hot holiday in the Italian Lakes, next morning dawned with a good forecast so decided we would have a walk in our own Lake District and opted to try a route we had never walked before. It was one of Wainwrights routes over Matterdale common to St Johns in the Vale.Not the most scenic of walks as it is mostly over wetland and moor, weather was close and..

Breaking Light Ullswater

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Breaking Light Ullswater

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Oils on canvas board- 20x 16 inches:This painting is inspired from a hike by the artist above Howtown bay in Febuary 2019. A fresh fall of snow had brightened an otherwise leaden sky. Suddenly light broke through, casting an orange glow over the distant fells Dramatic light after a storm is not unusual, but breaking out while the sky was still heavy with snow clouds is not that common, at lea..

Brough of Birsay - Orkney Isles

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Brough of Birsay - Orkney Isles

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This large painting was inspired by a visit to the Orkney Isles in May 2017, a family day out and picnic to the Brough of Birsay a local landmark on a lovely sunny may day.We were there on a family holiday with my Grandaughter and we were lucky to enjoy mostly fine sunny weather. But as we settled down to a picnic a shower squall made an appearence and sent everyone running for their cars.To many,..

Dropping into Helton

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Dropping into Helton

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Oils on canvas board Print size 12 x 10 inches: A lovely little scene, yet again from one of our walks in the lowther Valley, this lesser known valley nestled between the Lake district mountains and the Eden Valley Pennines is a real delight with a variety of scenery, from dales to river woodlands, moors and fells this valley has it all. This scene is set after leaving the open fel..

Early Morning at Rockcliffe

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Early Morning at Rockcliffe

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Rockcliffe church spire stands dark against the strong morning sunlight. This iconic village lays adjacent to the Rockcliffe salt marsh at Sandsfield where the mighty River Eden joins the solway firth a little further downstream. This is one of my favourite places to paint, I love the wild desolate landscape which can be so bleak and intimidating, yet it experiences some amazing light shows and be..

Footpath to Morley Hill

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Footpath to Morley Hill

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Oils on canvas board- 10 x 12 inches:A sunday walk near the artists village, a fabulous day where the weather threw everything at us at regular intervals. From bright sunshine and warmth to cold winds, leaden skies and hailstones to bootJust loved this little view from a footpath that I knew about, but always passed by. I loved the composition of the sunlit lane and the large tree standing against..

Great Corby in Winter

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Great Corby in Winter

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Snow falls are not that common nowadays, apart from the odd hard winter now and again. So it was nice to be around to capture this little scene of 2 dog walkers climbing the hill out of the village.The light was just perfect, a gap in the trees by the Castle gates provided a lovely shaft of warm light that contrasted beautifully with the cool shadows.Image Size: 40cm x 30cmA Limited Edition Giclee..

Moody day on Ullswater

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Moody day on Ullswater

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Inspired by a walk on Askham fell above Pooley Bridge. This is one of our favourite walks and I have painted this scene before and will many times I imagineThe day was pretty dark and moody but every now and again Jacobs Ladders, shafts of sunlight would stab down to illuminate the fells on the right. Even on the darkest day Ullswater never lets you down..Limited Edition /50UK Postage included..

Poppies in Early Morning Sunlight

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Poppies in Early Morning Sunlight

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My daughter in law was up before dawn to take a photograph of a field of poppies in the Eden Valley, which is not that common a sight nowadays. I just loved the image she took and secided I would paint it for her.This was the result and shows the poppies backlit by very strong light, I dont know if i did the image justice but I do like this little impressionistic painting.A Limited Edition Giclee ..

Running Tide -

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Running Tide -

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Inspired by a trip around the Galloway CoastlineA Limited Edition Giclee Print of /50Uk Postage included..

Strong Light on Gowbarrow

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Strong Light on Gowbarrow

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Print size 40x30cm (including mount)Inspired from photo and sketches walking in early March 2019 on Gowbarrow Fell above Ullswater. A cold day, but one with ever changing light conditions from cold and grey to strong light. I took a number of shots , but one view in particular looking back towards Glencoyne really pleased me. I happened to zoom the image while in photoshop and this view presented ..

The House on The Hill

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The House on The Hill

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Oils on canvas board- 16 x 12 inchesA fabulous day for an artist, the weather was fast changing with strong blustry clouds and fast changing light and shadows, just my sort of day.A view of Morley Hill near Cumwhittion , from a different angle to a previous painting. As Stuart is a massive fan of landscape painters like Edward Seago and John Arnseby Brown it is no surprise that he is drawn to scen..

The Sparkling Stream

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The Sparkling Stream

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Oils on canvas board- 12 x 10 inches:Spotted this scene on a small stream near the hamlet of Broadwath only a mile or so from my home village. I just loved the way the strong spring sunlight was streaming through the trees and dancing on the stream. ..