{"product_id":"peacekeeper-2026","title":"Peacekeeper (2026)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMASTERWORKS — Floral Gun Bouquet Reconstruction Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCreated entirely through Brent Ray Fraser’s signature Brush Stroke Technique, \u003ci\u003ePeacekeeper\u003c\/i\u003e continues Fraser’s long running exploration of phallic symbolism, violence, sexuality, and transformation through image making. Though Fraser has never fired a real gun himself, he has long been fascinated by the psychological and symbolic parallels between firearms, masculinity, power, and the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis work traces back to Fraser’s iconic \u003ci\u003eFloral Gun Bouquet\u003c\/i\u003e series first developed in 2012, where toy handguns were photographed alongside elaborate handmade floral arrangements created by the artist inside The Silo Studio, often incorporating flowers grown from his own garden. Inspired partly by childhood cartoons where firearms comically discharged oversized “BANG” flags instead of bullets, Fraser began reimagining weapons as vessels for peace, nature, surprise, and beauty rather than destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAfter years of being repeatedly asked whether the original \u003ci\u003eFloral Gun Bouquet\u003c\/i\u003e works were hand painted or created using Fraser’s Brush Stroke Technique, the artist began developing an entirely new series of body painted firearm studies intended to replace the original photographed toy guns from 2012. For this reason, flowers do not yet emerge from these painted revolvers. These works function as prototype studies that will eventually be merged with Fraser’s original floral bouquet imagery documented years earlier, bridging past and present bodies of work into a newly expanded series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eInfluenced additionally by \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c\/span\u003e’s celebrated revolver imagery, Fraser transforms the handgun into an emotionally charged contemporary icon through expressive monochromatic mark making, gestural texture, and physical performance. The revolver becomes suspended between menace and vulnerability, violence and tenderness, destruction and creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEntirely executed using Fraser’s body driven Brush Stroke Technique and completed exclusively with the artist’s manhood, the painting merges action painting, pop expressionism, and embodied performance into a singular act of confrontation and release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSize: 36 x 48 in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brent Ray Fraser Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52068886085952,"sku":null,"price":4800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/1137\/5424\/files\/RevolverStudyl_2026.jpg?v=1779984238","url":"https:\/\/brentrayfraser.myshopify.com\/products\/peacekeeper-2026","provider":"Brent Ray Fraser Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}