Born to a bare-knuckle fighter on Blackheath Common, Fraser dedicated his life to the care and  companionship of his mother and 32-year long toil at Tate & Lyle factory.

 

But for all his traditional East End qualities, a closely guarded secret is revealed in Fraser’s work. Cosmic truths, religious themes and abstract  forms lay bare the tense conflict of a man exploring existence, consciousness, and the male body.  

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A romantic recluse, Fraser taught himself how to paint in a radical act of expression and contemplation. Using  the construction and decorating materials readily available in his public life,

 

Fraser’s pieces are large in scale  and often comprised of multiple panels

the fiercely private and modern polyptychs of a true old school  Londoner.

 

The result is a formidable, expansive and seldom-seen body of work that, like Fraser’s story, is  coming to light for the first time through the memories and conservatorship of his

life-long muse, friend and  advocate, Mark O’Shaughnessy.