I created these paintings as an Artist in Residence on Monhegan Island, twelve miles off the coast of Maine, during the summer of 1990. The jury for the fellowship reviewed many of my college paintings and awarded me with the summer residency on Monhegan Island. These works clearly illustrate a break from my college work, and redefined the nature of painting for me at that time. The paintings became a simplified form of communication, much like a road sign communicates.
Monhegan Work:
Wesley Freese
Gallery Two
Voice, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Decay, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Grass, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Song, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Nocturne, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Day Swim, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Fields, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Moonlight in Glory, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Lights I, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Lights II, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Bath, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Beets, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Pirate, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Matrix, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas
Gravestone, 1990
24” X 24”
Oil on canvas