Peace Talks 2018

Rose Freymuth-Frazier painted Peace Talks using oil on canvas, and you can really see that love of medium in her work. I imagine the painting coming into being—Rose layering those oil paints, shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition. Look at the way she’s built up the skin tones of the figure, one careful brushstroke at a time. The paint's not too thick but not too thin either. It has this beautiful textural quality that really makes the figure come alive. I sympathize with Rose here. What was it like to create this? What was she thinking when she made it? I bet the painting was difficult. It must have taken hours and hours of work! I love the butterflies and roses, this little world Rose has built up. It’s all part of an ongoing conversation across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. It’s ambiguous, full of uncertainty, and embraces multiple interpretations and meanings over fixed or definitive readings. That's what makes it so great.