PAINTINGS by G. FREEBORN
Born in Palo Alto CA and now a long time resident of Maine, I paint with oils on canvas or linen.
Coming from an artistic family background and exceptional high school art program there was no lack of encouragement to create. I studied sculpture and design at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia and have continued my education through classes and painting groups and occasionally teach students individually.
Returning to painting after many years of developing an interior and landscape design business, I focus my work on capturing the likeness and emotions of animals, especially the relationship between man and his canine best friend. I paint other animals as well, inspired by my deep feelings for the Maine countryside, the horses on our farm and my 7 devoted Labrador Retrievers.
I convey the motion, shape and love for the animal with loosely applied sweeping brushstrokes or pallet knife. Using glazing mediums, wax, chalk dust and thick over painting to sculpt subjects on the canvas, I bring them to life in an unconventional form.
Giclee prints are available by Hunter Editions of Kennebunk, ME. Please email me for more information.
I will do commission work occasionally.
Galleries that represent my work:
Lakes Gallery at Chi-Lin, Laconia, NH, www.thelakesgallery.com
Harvest Gold Gallery, Lovell, ME, www.harvestgoldgallery.com
Jackson Art Gallery, Jackson NH, www.jacksonartnh.com
Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich NH, www.patricialaddcarega.com
Roux and Cyr Gallery, Portland, ME, www.rouxandcyrgallery.com
The Station Gallery, Greenville, DE, www.stationgallery.net
CV/Resume
gayfreeborn@gmail.com | www.paintingsbygfreeborn | 207.935.2084
EDUCATION
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1970
Laney College, Oakland CA, ceramics 1972
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Juried Group show, Reflections, Edgewarer Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2023 Solo show, First Friday Art Walk, Roux and Cry Gallery, Portland, Maine
2023, Juried Group Show, Aplomb Gallery, Dover, NH
2023 Group Show, Capturing Beauty I, Lakes Gallery at Chi Lin, Laconia NH
2023 October Group Show, New Works, The Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
2023 Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich NH
2023 Harvest Gold Gallery, Lovell Maine
2022 Karen Anderer Gallery, Lancaster, PA
2022 Group show, A Touch of Gold, The Process exhibit, Lakes Gallery at Chi-Lin, Laconia NH
2022 Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich NH
2022 The Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
2022 Group show, Summer Song, Lakes Gallery at Chi-Lin, Laconia, NH
2022 Harvest Gold Gallery, Lovell, ME
2022 Roux and Cyr Gallery, Portland, ME
2021 Group show, Here Today Gone Tomorrow, 7 Artists For Endangered Species, Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich NH
2021 Karen Anderer Fine Art, Lancaster PA
2021 Harvest Gold Gallery, Lovell ME
2021 Roux and Cyr Gallery, Portland ME
2021 The Station Gallery, Greenville DE
2020 Accepted exhibitor Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, NJ (as Society of Animal Artists member)
2020 2 person invitational show, Teach Your Children Well, Endangered Animals, The Station Gallery, Greenville DE
2020 Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich NH
2020 Karen Anderer Fine Art, Lancaster PA
2020 Harvest Gold Gallery, Lovell ME
2020 Roux and Cyr Gallery, Portland, ME
2019 accepted exhibitor, 59th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists, Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
2019 Art Celebrates Place, USVT Land Trust, Leura Hill Eastmann Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg, ME
2019 Roux and Cyr Gallery, Portland, ME
2019 The Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
2019 Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich NH
2019 Harvest Gold Gallery, Lovell ME
2019 2 person show, Feathers Together, Arabica Cafe, Portland ME
2019 Jackson Art Gallery, Jackson, NH
2018 Solo Show, Roux and Cyr Gallery, Portland ME
2017 Juried show Passionate Color, Roux and Cyr Gallery, Portland ME
2017 Juried show, Yarmouth Arts Festival, Yarmouth ME
2017 solo show, Arabica Cafe through Harvest Gold, Portland, ME
2017 Group show, The Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
2017 Group Show, Dogfish Grill, Portland ME
2017 Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, NH
2017 Vermont Artisan Designs, VT
2017 Harvest Gold Gallery, ME
2017 Nancy Cassidy Gallery, NH
2016 Solo exhibit shown through Harvest Gold Gallery at Arabica Cafe, Portland ME
2016 Group show, Damariscotta Grill, Damariscotta, ME
2016 Animal exhibit with Karen Croner, sculptor and Gay Freeborn, Guardino Gallery, Portland OR
2016 Solo exhibit at The Colony, Harpswell, ME
2015 Group show, The River, Still Point Gallery, Brunswick, ME
2016 Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery
2016 Jackson Art, Jackson, NH
2016 Nancy Cassidy Gallery, Jackson, NH
2015 Juried artist, Vermont Artisan Designs
2015 Group exhibit, Spring Is Color, Jackson Art Studio and Gallery, Jackson NH
2015 Group Exhibit, Figure and Portrait, Group 8 Gallery, Jackson NH
2015 Tamworth Library, solo show, Tamworth, NH
2015 Group exhibit and book signing, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
2015 Juried show, Rectangles, Triangles and Circles, Still Point Gallery, Brunswick, ME
2015 Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich, NH
2015 Mainly Maine, juried show, Damariscotta, ME
2015 Invitational show, A Taste of Tidewater, Falmouth, ME
2015 Juried artist, Yarmouth Art Festival, Yarmouth ME
2015 Book signing at Harvest Gold Gallery, ME
2014 Juried artist, Down on the Farm, River Arts, Damariscotta, ME
2014 Warm Welcome, Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2014 Juried artist, Vermont Artisan Designs Gallery, Brattleboro VT
2014 Solo show, Snowvillage Inn, Eaton, NH
2014 Group exhibit, Painterly Expressions, Eaton NH
2014 Solo Show, In the Company of Dogs, Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, NH
2014 Gold Leaf Gallery, ME
2014 Harvest Gold Gallery, NH
2014 Juried artist, Yarmouth Art Festival, Yarmouth ME
2013 Honoring Our 4-Legged Friends, Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, NH
2013 Guest artist, Gallery 302, ME
2013 Harvest Gold Gallery, ME
2013 Solo exhibit, Arabaca, ME
2013 Gold Leaf Gallery, NH
2013 Invitational group show, Art Celebrates Place, Upper Saco Land Trust, NH
2013 Invitational event, Boots ‘N Bling, Starting Point, NH
2012 Gallery Games, Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, NH
2012 Our Shared Planet, Parson’s Gallery through LACS, MA
2012 Harvest Gold Gallery, ME
2012 Gold Leaf Gallery, NH
2011 Opposites Attract, Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, NH
2011 Solo exhibit, Edge of Maine Gallery, ME
2011 Harvest Gold Gallery, ME
2011 Solo Exhibit, Fetch, ME
2010 Juried Group Show, Faces and Figures, River Arts, ME
2010 Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, NH
2010 Stone Mountain Arts Center, Christmas Show, ME
2010 Denmark Sheep Fest, Denmark Arts Center, ME
2009 Group Show, Edge of Maine Gallery, ME
ASSOCIATIONS/MEMBERSHIP
Society of Animal Artists, Colorado, juried membership
New Hampshire Art Association, juried membership
BOOKS
Rooney, Ashley: “The Contemporary Art of Nature, Mammals”, submitted 2013, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.,
pub: 2015
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Art New England Magazine,
2019 Society of Animal Artists 59th Annual Exhibition catalogue
Maine Art Guide with River Arts Gallery, 2015
Still Point Quarterly, 2014, 2015, 2016
AWARDS
2023 First Place for "Axis Point", Passionate Color show, Roux and Cyr Gallery, Portland ME