Daniel Freaker

Daniel Freaker studied graphics and electronic media, in London in the 90’s. It was a really exciting time and there was a strong movement in the art world with video and new forms of electronic expression, but it was painting and its immediacy and sense of risk that caught captured his imagination. The paint enables the audience to viscerally participate in the experience of the subjects, where the marks and the paint provide a connection to people’s own memories and rights of passage that have formed them. His practice balances structure and chaos. The structure comes from the representation of objects. Chaos comes from the fluidity of paint, where he can’t be precise or controlling of what happens. Further tension comes from the experimental gestures and marks and richness of layers. It seems this tension is integral to the experience of the audience. He tries, in each new work, to challenge myself to find a new technique or process and build a more sensitive visual vocabulary.