DANIEL FREAKER
Cluster Exhibitor | Cluster Contemporary | 2022
Brave Together | 2022
Daniel Freaker received his MFA from the Slade School of Art in London in 2000, where he explored the painterly qualities of print, video, film and photography and his paintings are reminiscent of film scenes and fragments of a broader narrative. Since studying, his work has evolved through lecturing in the U.K. and internationally. This has allowed him to experiment widely through different media and take experimental and creative risks and he still contributes significantly to art and design education in the U.K. through developing creative qualifications for schools and colleges. He now concentrates on painting and has developed a distinct and personal visual language that combines figurative and realistic elements with more gestural work. He has exhibited widely in group exhibitions and in solo shows in the U.K and internationally.
Solace Formed | 2022
Violet Frontier | 2022
Pilgrimage | 2022
The subjects are often individuals, couples or groups of people in order to provoke thoughts of relationships and connection. The scenes remind us of personal experiences, where the techniques and colours bring feelings of sentiment and longing with a contemporary twist of warmth and radiance. Distortions exaggerate the emotional significance of the moment: connection, loss, vulnerability, joy, growing up, innocence or loneliness… This juxtaposition between vibrance and darkness, accident and intention, order and chaos, is what makes the work memorable.
Daniel Freaker’s paintings sit between abstract and figurative spaces where the way paint is applied is equally as important as the image itself. Some details are defined where others are more suggestive and evocative. These provide a rich tapestry of interwoven processes and a textural quality to the work. There are also more unusual processes generating a sense of nostalgia about moments that are both beautiful and painful.
Back to the Moon | 2022