elise freda
My source is nature. It is the jumping off point for my paintings, prints, drawings and collages. I find everything I need there: rich color, spatial relationships, shapes, lines, textures and layered depths. My studio is surrounded by mountains and fields and sky. I respond strongly to weather and changing light with its inherent drama and energy.
Water holds a particular place in my mind’s eye. Rivers, lakes, ponds and oceans all are eternally changing and teeming with imagery.
I like mystery and seek to create a sense of it in my abstract work. I like not knowing--and how through the process of creating my work --the unknown eventually becomes the known. This continuously inspires me…bringing me back to the blank paper and panel and beginning again.
Freda has shown her work throughout the US and has been reviewed in The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe and Art New England. Her studio is based in the Catskills, To learn more about Elise please visit www.elisefreda.com and www.instagram.com/elisefredaartist/.
