Frazier, Luke 1970 -
Luke Frazier grew up hunting and fishing in the mountains of northern Utah. As a child he spent hours scribbling, sketching and sculpting wildlife. Later, his formal art training occurred at Utah State University, where he earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in painting and a Masters of Fine Arts degree in illustration. Every year, Frazier travels through Alaska, Canada, and the American West painting and photographing animals in their environment.
Frazier's work has often been compared to that of Carl Rungius and Bob Kuhn, noted masters of wildlife art. Bill Kerr, cofounder of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, stated, "What impresses me about Luke Frazier is his potential, he's talented, he's dedicated, his work reminds me of some kind of an exotic combination of Kuhn's modernism and the classic palette of the academicians." John Geraghty, a board member of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, said, "It's exciting when young artists emerge who know their material yet do not feel threatened by taking suggestions from the masters. You can tell by the way they work how serious they are, and you can see the continuing improvement in Luke's work, especially in his design.
He has been profiled in Art of the West, Wildlife Art, Big Sky Journal and Southwest Art. His paintings appear in Field & Stream, Gray's Sporting Journal, and Sporting Classics. Frazier's paintings have been exhibited at the National Museum of Wildlife Art; the Autry Museum of Western Heritage; the national Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum; the Phoenix Art Museum; and the C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana; and the Kimball Art Center. He received the Founders Favorite Award at the Art for the Parks competition in 2002 and the Wildlife Art Award in 1994, 1996, and 1997.
