Damon Freed: "En Plein Air"

In the Front Room, the gallery presents a new exhibition titled "En Plein Air" by Damon Freed. In this exhibit, Freed looks to Ralph Waldo Emerson's, Nature (1836) for inspiration. He reads, "In the tranquil landscape, and especially in the distant line of the horizon, man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature." Freed's landscape drawings stemmed from the recognition of a coming summer, coupled with a strong desire to get out of the studio and away from painting for a while. "Drawing is… Show more so fundamental to creation," says Freed, "Without any ideas or concepts by your side, you're very much in the moment." His utilization of charcoal for these works allows him to capture what he sees instantaneously. After painting abstract for some time, drawing from direct observation, or "en plein air", seemed like an exciting chance to work with this particular medium again. "I took to it like a bee to flowers and participated in a kind of symbiotic reverence for the subject."Presented by Bruno David Gallery

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