Marley Freeman
Marley Freeman Portrait by Sarah Rice, The New York Times\nMarley Freeman\xa0is a New York-based artist who combines the disciplines of abstract and representational painting. Her unique facture is characterized by the hand-mixed gesso, acrylic, and oils she uses to create meticulous, psychologically-charged color fields. Through this technical process, she studies the ways in which paint \u201cwants to perform.\u201d \u201cPigments have their own ways of acting,\u201d Freeman says, \u201cand I became obsessed with learning their traits.\u201d Freeman\u2019s distinct vocabulary of forms is made up of brushy strokes, color washes, and shapes that freely transform across the picture plane. The influence of textile design is evident in her close attention to the textural subtleties of her paints, and her reverence for their surface effects\u2014their impressions in the warp and weft of the canvas.\nFreeman completed her MFA at the Milton Avery Graduate School of Arts at Bard College, New York, and her BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Freeman\u2019s work can be found in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York; RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island; the San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas; and the Colorado University Art Museum, Bolder, Colorado.\n\n\nMarley Freeman,\xa0tuned to existence, 2021, Oil and acrylic on linen, 8\u215b x 9\u215b inches; 20.65 x 23.19 cm, 9\xbc x 10\xbc inches; 23.5 x 26 cm (framed)\n\nMarley Freeman,\xa0a self area, 2021, Oil and acrylic on linen, 54 x 54\u215b inches; 137.2 x 137.5 cm, 54\xbe x 54\u215e inches; 139.1 x 139.4 cm (framed)