Abstract Painter
A work in progress and time lapse video documentation of process. https://videopress.com/v/Bp9XjJaH?preloadContent=metadata Derval Freeman in the studio August 7th 2020 Unfinished, studio session, August 7th 2020
This is a painting from 2019 that I am revisiting. Where I have come to in my current ongoing series of work began in 2019 and my style is constantly evolving. Colour has become something I really want to bring into the work especially lately in these COVID dark times. Colour has become something I …
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This is a small part of how a painting I painted 2019 came about. It was mostly on my phone so apologies for the low quality in parts. I have recordings of other recent work in progress from my camera that I will be putting together soon. Here is my painting, 'After the Rain', 40cm …
Here is a small new work, untitled for now. Sometimes I paint these smaller ones while I am working on a larger scale painting. They help stop the over thinking and allow a sense of release when moving between the small and the larger scale Untitled,Oil and Coldwax on Canvas,30cm x 30cm x 4cm
My latest painting, hung as diptych but can be separate. I just finished this diptych yesterday. It was a troublesome one and took longer than other paintings to get to a place I was happy with so I hope the time and work paid off. I started it early in the COVID19 lockdown and I …
Here are my 3 tiny paintings I can finally reveal that I donated and sold at Lavitt Gallery Cork and Sol Art, Dublin, for this year's Incognito 2020 in aid of the Jack and Jill Children's Foundation. Delighted for the success of the exhibition, all who took part and especially for the children who need …
Here is a small piece on a painting I did in response the poem 'Among School Children' by W.B. Yeats. It is part of an exhibition of 115 invited artists by Hamilton Gallery, Sligo to coincide with Yeats Day celebrations this June 13th. Among School Children, by W.B. Yeats I walk through the long schoolroom …
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I’ve been revisiting this painting the past few days and as each time I looked at it, I felt it needed a different conclusion , especially because of the direction my work is going. I am more at ease with its development so I think this painting has come to a better place now… ‘Communication’,Oil …
New Stitches, 2007An oil collage on canvas in 70cm x 70cm x 4cm I’ve been clearing out and reorganising my studio space and I came across this old painting from ‘Urban Trail’ series from 2007, when I lived in Limerick city for a few years. I was surprised to see some old techniques that I …
A small part of how this painting came about. Watching the Stars Watching You https://youtu.be/XL2rZ5jOA9k 'Watching the Stars Watching You' Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas, 36cm x 46cm x 1.5cm
The beginnings of a new work. Quick rough sketching and mark making with pencil. The drawing is an opportunity to be expressive and free. They are inspired by my walks and trails I map as I walk. I am also inspired by the rocks and boulders that I come across scattered in the landscape of …
This is a small snip of today's recording of a current work in progress. It is a diptych in 100 x 100 cm (or both at 50cm x 100cm) that I am working on. They can live either together or apart I am hoping, at the finished stage. Art In the Making I forget to …
UntitledOil, cold wax on panel,15cm x15cm
This is one of the fun parts of making the painting. One of the expressive parts for colour, as the values form from lights into darks. It’s almost like the colour is dancing along with the under drawing’s lead. https://videopress.com/v/5kqdnTRC?preloadContent=metadata Small clip of video I’m putting together of this work as it develops. Watch this …
Coriolis ForceOil, Cold Wax on Linen,50cm x 100cm x 4cm
Re-worked 2020Over the past few months looking back at this painting from 2019, the more I looked at it, the more I felt it needed refining. So I revisited it these past few strange weeks. Aligning the Planets,Oil, coldwax on Canvas,100cm x 100cm x 4cm
The Orbital Dance of 2020 CD3, Oil, Cold Wax on Linen,70cm x 70cm x 4cm
Detail of a ‘Aligning the Planets’ painting that I am revisiting at the moment.. For the past year I thought this painting was finished, but I’m feeling a new energy with it now. Some detail sections below. Full size 100cm x 100cm, oil and cold wax on linen Detail Details Detail
Current times made me re-look at this painting that I painted a small few weeks back. Art and music are more than ever so important right now. I don't want to mention the, what I think is now the new 'C' word. There is too much negativity out there right now and these times are …
Not to explain it all but this is somewhat the squiggles of my trail, both mapped and unmapped. Reaction, Charcoal, Pencil and Pastel on Cotton Rag, 58cm x 78cm
