Boss Apple Peeler 2021

Rose Freymuth-Frazier’s painting, Boss Apple Peeler, is made with oil on canvas, and it just oozes with attitude. Imagine Rose in her studio, wrestling with this image, the way the figure emerges from the darkness, one brushstroke at a time. I wonder what she was thinking when she painted those boots, that confident stance, the way the apple peel spirals down. There’s a real tension here, isn’t there? The way the smooth skin of the apple contrasts with the rough texture of her denim jeans, her hat and boots. You can almost feel the cool, waxy surface of that fruit. It reminds me of Van Gogh, in a weird way. It's that same obsession with the everyday, that intensity of looking. Painting is an exchange, right? It’s a conversation across time. Rose Freymuth-Frazier has clearly looked at the work of the masters, and she's answering back in her own voice, adding her own layer to the story. And now, we get to join in that conversation too.