Atelier Frey

Heartwood (installation)

Natural and Directorial

Alternative process photographs of one man and a crane lifting away the severed limbs of a 350-year-old oak tree in our Walnut Creek backyard — as my marriage and family were being dismantled.

Ideas of separation, trauma, and familial discord embed earlier bodies of my photographs and drawings. They often capture ideas of play and abandonment. This work takes on a variety of artistic expressions including paintings, original wood, and cyanotypes, and will be shown as a visual poem projected in video format.

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Resistance I, II, III

Resistance I, II, III

cyanotypes + encaustic on panel
9x12, 8x10, and 4x6”

Resistance I, II, III (detail)

Resistance I, II, III (detail)

cyanotype + encaustic on panel (various sizes)

Trail marker

Trail marker

oil paint and charcoal on primed canvas. 30 x 52”

Trail marker (detail)

Trail marker (detail)

oil and charcoal on primed canvas

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Missing

Missing

9x12” Van Dyke print mounted on panel, encaustic

Slow growth

Slow growth

oil paint and charcoal on primed canvas 28 x 32”

Slow growth (detail)

Slow growth (detail)

il paint and charcoal on primed canvas

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