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Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

American, b. 1954
Freeman attended the University of Wisconsin, where she earned a B.S. in Fine Arts in 1976. She earned her M.A. in Studio Art from New York University in 1981. She has taught painting and drawing at NYU and The New School for Social Research and worked as a visiting artist and lecturer at The New York Studio School and the Massachusetts College of Art. Freeman is heavily influenced by the ideas of the Bauhaus School, which emphasized combining the ideas and techniques of art, architecture and design. She endeavors to present new forms in a simple way. Freeman has exhibited her amazing paintings extensively in galleries and museums, in solo and group exhibitions, throughout the US and internationally. The artist's solo show entitled Recent Paintings and Drawings was on display at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY, in February 2016. Her art has been reviewed in ARTnews and The New York Observer. The American artist paints with gouache on Khadi, a handmade Indian paper fashioned from long fibered cotton. Her oeuvre is exemplified by vivid colors, geometric shapes, hard edge lines, and curved, gestural marks painted against white backgrounds. Freeman presents a reductive visual language that references urban symbols and signs, architectural patterns, and the interplay between shadow and light. Freeman's process involves taping off areas to create hard edges, and combining those areas of control with spontaneous mark making. The scale of her works and the marks she creates are both dictated by the extent of her physical reach. The resulting images express physicality, emotion, limitation and randomness, combined with a precise, minimalist aesthetic.
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Artist: Joanne Freeman
Joanne Freeman "Squares and Strokes_8" Gouache on Handmade Paper
By Joanne Freeman
Located in New York, NY
My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in architecture, design, popular culture and art history. My reductive compositions and pure color mimic the low-tech graphics ut...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Joanne Freeman "Squares and Strokes 10" Gouache on Handmade Paper
By Joanne Freeman
Located in New York, NY
My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in architecture, design, popular culture and art history. My reductive compositions and pure color mimic the low-tech graphics ut...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Joanne Freeman "Squares and Strokes 40 (multi)" Oil on Linen
By Joanne Freeman
Located in New York, NY
My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in architecture, design, popular culture and art history. My reductive compositions and pure color mimic the low-tech graphics ut...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Joanne Freeman "Squares and Strokes 5" Gouache on Handmade Paper
By Joanne Freeman
Located in New York, NY
My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in architecture, design, popular culture and art history. My reductive compositions and pure color mimic the low-tech graphics ut...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Joanne Freeman "These Days" Oil on Linen
By Joanne Freeman
Located in New York, NY
My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in architecture, design, popular culture and art history. My reductive compositions and pure color mimic the low-tech graphics ut...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Joanne Freeman "Squares and Strokes 40 (red)" Oil on Linen
By Joanne Freeman
Located in New York, NY
My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in architecture, design, popular culture and art history. My reductive compositions and pure color mimic the low-tech graphics ut...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Joanne Freeman Original Encaustic, Titled "Moon & Sun"
By Joanne Freeman
Located in Larchmont, NY
Joanne Freeman (American, b. 1954) Moon & Sun, 1990 Oil and wax on wood Overall dimensions: 31 x 44 x 3 1/4 in. Square dimensions: 24 x 24 in. each Signed, dated and inscribed verso Bess Cutler...
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1990s Contemporary Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Wood, Wax, Oil

Covers 13-Black B (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Black B (Abstract painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses ta...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Covers 13-Blue Black (Abstract Painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Blue Black (Abstract Painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Covers 13 Red 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13 Red 2 (Abstract Painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape ...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Covers 13-Red Yellow (Abstract Painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Red Yellow (Abstract Painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Covers 13 Green (Abstract Painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13 Green (Abstract Painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape ...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Covers 13-Black D (Abstract Drawing)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Black D (Abstract Drawing) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tap...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Covers 13 Red Orange (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13 Red Orange (Abstract painting) Gouache on handmade paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape t...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Handmade Paper

Covers 13 Red 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13 Red 2 (Abstract Painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape ...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Covers 13 Red Orange (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13 Red Orange (Abstract painting) Gouache on handmade paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape t...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Covers 13-Purple A (Abstract Painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Purple A (Abstract Painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses t...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Covers 13-Red Yellow A (Abstract Painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Red Yellow A (Abstract Painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She us...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Covers 13-Blue Black (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Blue Black (Abstract painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She use...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Covers 13-Purple B (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Purple B (Abstract painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses ta...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Covers 13-Black B (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Black B (Abstract painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses ta...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Handmade Paper

Covers 13-Blue Black
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard e...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Covers 13-Purple B (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard ed...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Covers 13-Black B (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard e...
Category

2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Handmade Paper

Covers 13-Purple A
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard e...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Joanne Freeman "Violet_40" Oil on Linen Abstract Painting
By Joanne Freeman
Located in New York, NY
"My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in architecture, design, popular culture and art history. My reductive compositions and pure color mimic the low-tech graphics utilized in mid-century media...
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2010s Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Space_17 (summer 15) (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Space_17 (summer 15) (Abstract painting) Oil on linen - Unframed. "She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard edges, working spontaneously, placing down a shape and then buil...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Space_17 (summer 10) (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Space_17 (summer 10) (Abstract painting) Oil on linen - Unframed. "She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard edges, working spontaneously, placing down a shape and then buil...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Space_17 (summer 15) (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Space_17 (summer 15) (Abstract painting) Oil on linen - Unframed. "She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard edges, working spontaneously, placing down a shape and then buil...
Category

2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Covers 13 Green (Abstract Painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13 Green (Abstract Painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape ...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Covers 20 Red A (Abstract Drawing)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 20 Red A (Abstract Drawing) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper - Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape t...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Covers 13 - orange (Abstract Painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13 - orange (Abstract Painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses ta...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Handmade Paper

Covers 20 Red A (Abstract Drawing)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 20 Red A (Abstract Drawing) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper - Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape t...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Covers 13-Purple (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Purple (Abstract painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tap...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Covers 3 - orange (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 3 - orange (Abstract painting) Aquatint made with oil based Charbonnel Etching Ink, printed on 100% rag paper Copperplate Warm White. Unframed. "Edition 5/20 This piece is ...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Covers 24 Blue D Summer (Abstract Drawing)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 24 Blue D Summer (Abstract Drawing) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper - Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade India...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Covers 24-Green A (Abstract Painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 24-Green A (Abstract Painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tap...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Joanne Freeman Cadmium 40, 2021 oil on linen 40 x 30 in. (freem173)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Freeman Cadmium 40, 2021 oil on linen 40 x 30 in. (freem173) This original oil painting on linen by Joanne Freeman features rich, red abstracted shapes on the linen background. "My drawings and paintings utilize geometry and are influenced by architecture and design. They were initially influenced by the symbols and signage found on the streets of New York. That early visual language emerged into a reductive formal language with roots in modernist aesthetics and ideology. My drawings are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. The source for the work can be found in the geometry of the city and the effects of light and shadow. They also reference graphic popular culture, specifically the simple direct designs of midcentury media...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Covers 24 Blue D Summer (Abstract Drawing)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 24 Blue D Summer (Abstract Drawing) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper - Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She use...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Covers 24-Green A (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 24-Green A (Abstract painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tap...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Handmade Paper

Covers 24-Green A (Abstract Painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Covers 24-Green A (Abstract Painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tap...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Handmade Paper

Covers 13-Purple B (Abstract painting)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard ed...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Joanne Freeman "Flying Without a Net 1" -- Abstract Oil Painting on Linen
By Joanne Freeman
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Freeman Flying Without a Net 1, 2020 oil on linen 42 x 48 in. (freem158) This contemporary oil painting on linen features bold blue, red, and green geometric shapes on a whit...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Joanne Freeman "Flying Without a Net 4" -- Abstract Oil Painting on Linen
By Joanne Freeman
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Freeman Flying Without a Net 4, 2020 oil on linen 42 x 48 in. (freem159) This contemporary oil painting on linen features bold blue, red, and green geometric shapes on a whit...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Covers 24 Blue D Summer
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper - Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard ed...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Covers 20 Red A
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper - Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard ed...
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2010s Abstract Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Covers 13-Red Yellow A
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard e...
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2010s Hard-Edge Joanne Freeman Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

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