Artist Lecture
12/4/2018 For the artist lecture I went and heard Robert Freeman speak about his painting and the work he's done over the years. I went into the lecture thinking I might be bored out of my mind. Historically, I’ve never been too interesting in paintings in comparison to photography. My biggest struggle was understanding what the artist was trying to portray and the message he was trying to send, but that was not the case with his work. Freeman focused not on how he made the painting or the techniques he used, but where he got the inspiration and the message he was trying to get across. What I found most interesting about him is that his work was getting so popular for a while, that it was selling before it was even finished. This led him to leave the Boston area and get away for awhile with his family. Freeman took his family to a tiny island in Italy where he then got inspiration for many more paintings; these were my favorites that he showed. The paintings from the i
