Windy Night 2016

Rose Freymuth-Frazier made this painting, Windy Night, with visible, sweeping brushstrokes that really give you a sense of the weather. It’s all about a kind of process where the making is right there on the surface. The paint is applied in layers, thin enough to see through in some places, catching the light. Look how the strokes in the sky mimic the ripples in the water below! There’s a kind of circularity to the composition, where the light is reflected below in the water, mirroring a similar shape in the sky. It’s almost as if the whole painting is breathing. Painters like Constable come to mind, especially in the way Freymuth-Frazier captures the drama of the sky, though there’s a looseness and immediacy here that feels really contemporary. Ultimately, it’s up to you to decide what you see, because art is an open conversation, always changing.